Category: economic justice

Enslaved by Free Trade

The West became rich by ignoring patent rules and protecting its industries. Poor countries should be allowed to do the same.

Rich in Imagination

The figures which purport to show that the world’s poor are emerging from poverty don’t add up

Left Behind to Starve

A humanitarian disaster is engulfing Africa as cash is poured into the war with Iraq and its aftermath

White Lies

African leaders will be forced to humble themselves at the G8 summit, by taking the blame for what has happened to their continent

Patent Nonsense

Nothing exposes the hollowness of the claims corporations now make to intellectual property as much as their own histories

Dig Up the Roads

Local economies will prosper only by cutting their global links

Mortal Injustice

The countries least responsible for global warming will be hit hardest

Cannibal Feast

By buying second homes all over Britain, the rich are preying on the lives of the poor

Sold Down the River

50 per cent of all the new homes in central and inner London are being sold to speculators in the Far East