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Bello: Greece: Same Tragedy, Different Scripts

Commentary, July, 17 2010 Walden Bello
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Cafés 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 plunges into its worst economic crisis i...

Bello: The Migrant Condition

Commentary, November, 20 2009 Walden Bello
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Speech delivered at the People's Global Action Conference during the Global Forum for Migration and Development, Athens, Greece, Nov. 1, 2009.

Bello: Porto Alegre Social Summit Sets Stage for Counteroffensive against Globalization

Commentary, February, 02 2002 Walden Bello
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Porto Alegre is not exactly a Third World city. Located in one of BrazilÕs more prosperous states, Rio Grande do Sul, and populated by people mainly of European stock, this city of 1.2 million people is First World when it comes to infrastructure ...

Bello: When Davos Meets Porto Alegre: A Memoir

Commentary, February, 01 2001 Walden Bello
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Porto Alegre, Brazil "Hemingway said that the rich are different from you and me. How can anyone expect the people in Davos to understand the crisis that globalization has visited on the lives of people like those of us here in Porto Alegre?" Tha...

Bello: 2000: The Year of Global Protest against Globalization

Commentary, January, 10 2001 Walden Bello
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The last year will probably go down as one of those defining Êmoments in the history of the world economy, like 1929. Of course, the Êstructures of global capitalism appear to be solid, with many in the global Êelite in Washington, Europe, and Asi...

Bello: MELTZER REPORT ON BRETTON WOODS TWINS BUILDS CASE FOR ABOLITION BUT HESITATESBy

Commentary, April, 16 2000 Walden Bello
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During the heated debate on whether or not to raise the US quota in the IMF in 1998, the US Congress voted for the quota increase but attached several conditions, including the creation of an independent body to look at the missions and performanc...