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| Philippines
Haiyan/Yolanda: Inside each new-born violent storm is the DNA of the fossil fuel industry and capitalismWhile I write this article, in the Phillipines the death toll reaches about 4,000 people and continues to grow, 12 days after Supertyphoon Haiyan (also called “Yolanda”) hit that country with the power of 310 km/h (195 mph) sustained winds and gusts that reached 375 km/h (235 mph). It fitted into the “Category 5”, the class for the most powerful storms using the scale that is currently used to classify hurricanes. However, with winds that strong, if one more category was added [what category? It just souds like you’re saying if add one on to 5 we get 6], Haiyan would certainly be classified as a “Category 6”. Haiyan is recognized as one of the most powerful storms of all times to strike against human settlements. Along with the extremely strong winds, the storm surge immediately began to cause a huge amount of damage and loss of life. Many hundreds of thousands have become refugees; many are now orphans and widows/widowers. -> read article... |
| Sub-Saharan Africa
GDP, the bourgeoisie and inequality all growingIn the current context of international crisis of capitalism, sub-Saharan Africa is presented as a zone of the world economy which is doing well. In 2012, none of the states in the region was considered as in recession: 0.8% growth in GDP in Swaziland, 8.7 % (after 13.7% in 2011) in Ghana, or 7% in Congo-Brazzaville, 2.7% in South Africa and 4% in Mauritius [1]. The average growth of the sub-region is 5.8%, well above the world average of around 3%. -> read article... |
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| Belgium
Eight questions on trade union independence and politics The FGTB of Charleroi & Sud-Hainaut
The Charleroi & Sud-Hainaut regional organization is the second biggest of the FGTB in membership terms (102,000). It has just printed ten thousand copies of a pamphlet whose key passages we reproduce here. -> read article... |