-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
For someone not reading about development issues every day it might not be clear why it is such an alarming development, but the United Nations Development Fund has begun to seek donations from big corporations. This plus MAI, and we are finished. You may be wondering what is MAI. It is a very under-reported matter … Continue reading
You may be aware of Jubilee 2000, the campaign to celebrate the Christian millennium by writing-off unrepayable debts owed by the poorest countries… The IMF alone makes over $600 million profit a year in its operations in Africa; in 1996 that continent paid out $1.31 in debt service for every $1 it received in aid … Continue reading
By Aidan Rankin If now I sit once more for a brief quarter hour on the parapet of the bridge from which as a child I dangled my fishing line a thousand times, I am powerfully gripped by an awareness of how beautiful and remarkable was the experience of possessing a place to call my … Continue reading
Introduction to 1997 Conference, by Graham Williamson To the casual observer it may seem odd that a group dedicated to the principle of the nation-state would host a conference of secessionist and independence groups in conflict with established and sometimes long-lived states. In reality, however, many so-called “nation states” are in fact artificial entities, based … Continue reading
THIRDWAY THINK-TANK | The Voice of the Radical Centre 