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Bello: Lessons of the Obama Debacle
Znet Article, October, 14 2010
Walden Bello
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The key problem is the failure of progressives to translate their vision and values into a program that is convincing and connects with the people trapped in the terrible existential conditions created by the global financial crisis.
Bello: Class and Conflict
Znet Article, September, 26 2010
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
Due to the nature of capitalism, we know that there will be increasing class tensions and social conflicts which will grow within Asia even as certain states start to dispute hegemony in West.
Bello: Greece - Same Tragedy, Different Scripts
Znet Article, September, 17 2010
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
Cafes are full in Athens, and droves of tourists still visit the Parthenon and go island-hopping in the fabled Aegean. But beneath the summery surface, there is confusion, anger, and despair as this country is plunged into its worst economic crisi...
Bello: The Political Consequences of Stagnation
Znet Article, September, 11 2010
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
Before 9/11/2001, there was 9/11/1973, when Gen. Pinochet toppled the Allende government in Chile and ushered in a 17-year reign of terror. More recently, on 9/15/2008, Lehman Brothers went bust and torpedoed the global economy, turning what had b...
Bello: New economics for a new administration
Znet Article, August, 13 2010
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
A new government in the Philippines offers the country a rare window to fundamentally shift away from failed economic policies, subordinate to neoliberal ideology and the pre-eminance of illegitimate foreign debtors.
Bello: The Problem with Old, Familiar Faces
Znet Article, July, 14 2010
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
With more poor people in the Philippines now than at any other time in history, its time for the new government to break with the old policy of putting foreign debtors and IMF doctrine first.
Bello: The Battle for Thailand
Znet Article, May, 26 2010
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
Nearly a week after the event, Thailand is still stunned by the military assault on the Red Shirt encampment in the tourist center of the capital city of Bangkok on May 19. The Thai government is treating captured Red Shirt leaders and militants l...
Bello: Is Corruption the Cause? The Poverty Trap
Znet Article, May, 20 2010
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
The “corruption-causes-poverty” narrative has become a standard tool in the hegemonic discourse kit for leaders in some developing countries - where in fact, Waldon Bello argues, it is neoliberal economic policies that are really to blame for pove...
Bello: China’s Neo-Colonialism
Znet Article, April, 21 2010
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
The new trade pact between China and ASEAN is touted as bringing benefits to both sides, but it is China that stands to gain most from the deal.
Bello: Why fighting corruption is not enough
Znet Article, April, 03 2010
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
Corruption is blamed by most Filipinos for its economic quagmire, but it has been neoliberal policies and clean-cut technocrats who have been most responsible for causing poverty.
Bello: China Lassoes its Neighbors
Znet Article, March, 20 2010
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
The China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA), went into effect on 1st of January this year. For China, the benefits are clear, but Southeast Asia will be paying a big price for a bad deal.
Bello: The Meaning of Seattle: Truth Only Becomes True Through Action
Znet Article, November, 28 2009
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
Before 1999, the momentum of globalization seemed to sweep everything in front of it, including the truth. But in Seattle, ordinary women and men made truth real with collective action.
Bello: Neoliberalism as Hegemonic Ideology in the Philippines
Znet Article, November, 05 2009
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
Paper delivered at the plenary session of the 2009 National Conference of the Philippine Sociological Society held at the PSSC Building on 16 October 2009
Bello: The Virtues of Deglobalization
Znet Article, October, 23 2009
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
The current global downturn, the worst since the Great Depression 70 years ago, pounded the last nail into the coffin of globalization. Already beleaguered by evidence that showed global poverty and inequality increasing, even as most poor countri...
Bello: Will China save the world from depression?
Znet Article, May, 30 2009
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
Will China be the "growth pole" that will snatch the world from the jaws of depression? This question has become a favorite topic as the heroic American middle class consumer, weighed down by massive debt, ceases to be the key stimulus for global ...
Bello: U-20: Will the Global Economy Resurface?
Znet Article, March, 31 2009
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
The Group of 20 (G20) is making a big show of getting together to come to grips with the global economic crisis. But here's the problem with the upcoming summit in London on April 2: It's all show. What the show masks is a very deep worry and fear...
Bello: The Global Collapse: a Non-orthodox View
Znet Article, February, 21 2009
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
Week after week, we see the global economy contracting at a pace worse than predicted by the gloomiest analysts. We are now, it is clear, in no ordinary recession but are headed for a global depression that could last for many years.
Bello: Asia: The Coming Fury
Znet Article, February, 10 2009
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
As goods pile up in wharves from Bangkok to Shanghai, and workers are laid off in record numbers, people in East Asia are beginning to realize they aren't only experiencing an economic downturn but living through the end of an era.
Bello: 'It Is Time to Aim Beyond Capitalism'
Znet Article, January, 31 2009
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
The World Social Forum meeting this week in this city in Brazil's Amazon jungle region has an urgent and crucial task: coming up with alternative solutions for the global crisis of capitalism now under way, and pushing for democratic control of th...
Bello: Primer on Wall Street Meltdown
Znet Article, October, 09 2008
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
The Wall Street meltdown is not only due to greed and to the lack of government regulation of a hyperactive sector. It stems from the crisis of overproduction that has plagued global capitalism since the mid-seventies, argues Walden Bello.
