Like chewing gum or hair gel, water [according to the World Bank and IMF] is to be sold by the private sector at market rates. The needs of the people are all that's left out of this equation.... [A] World Bank document cites the 'willingness to pay' on the part of the people in Ghana as evidence of their recognition of the 'health benefits' of drinkable water. It's amazing, isn't it, how people are 'willing' to pay huge amounts for things that they need in order to survive!

One of the striking aspects of the new trade deals is that while they have invested corporations with a new set of rights, they have attached no responsibiliti…

It is almost enough to make one's jaw drop to think that officials at the World Bank and the IMF would suggest that they have poverty alleviation in mind when …

Canada got one break in the Walkerton tragedy: the deadly contamination of the Ontario town's water supply, which killed seven people in the summer of 2000, ca…

A class of labourers, who live only so long as they find work, and who find work only so long as their labour increase capital. These labourers, who must sell …

You cannot have humane Zionism, it is a contradiction in terms.

First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people and creatures deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect.