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The Power Politics of Poverty: Privatization and the World Bank in Armenia

by Rob Maguire, project communis
In a country crippled by scarcity and want, a poverty alleviation group has been encouraging higher utility tariffs, despite the greater adversity this places on the poor. Ironic as this situation may be, it becomes clearly understandable and quite unsurprising once it is revealed that the organization in question is [...]

Review of Parecon: Life After Capitalism, by Michael Albert

By Rob Maguire, as featured on ZNet.

The Unlikely Saint Bernard

Maritimes Indymedia

Kofi’s Choice: Paul Martin and the Privatization of Development

Project Communis

Subjectivity and social justice: reflections on claims to historical objectivity

What is history? The answer to this seemingly innocuous question continues to evade consensus, spurning impassioned debates as historians continue to struggle over the meaning of the term.
One of those who have made such a valiant attempt was E.H. Carr, tackling the issue in his widely influential essay ìWhat is Historyî, penned [...]