Government Assertiveness and Finance in Latin America

Mike Weisbrot has recently written an article in the International Business Times that is available in part below. Weisbrot is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. The excerpt is from ZNet:
The relationships between governments and investors – especially transnational corporations -are changing rapidly, and this is especially true [...]

The Science of Team Success

Below is an excerpt from Steve W. J. Kozlowski and Daniel R. Ilgen’s article in the Scientific American Mind:
A growing body of research shows that groups can systematically enhance their performance.
Human history is largely the story of people working together in groups to explore, achieve and conquer—and in our modern world the role of teams [...]

Alain Badiou: The Soldier in Politics and Poetry

Below is an excerpt of Alain Badiou’s writing titled “The contemporary figure of the soldier in politics and poetry,” from Lacan.com:
In any period of time, in any sequence of history, we have to maintain a relationship with what exceeds our possibilities; with what, as an idea, exists beyond the natural needs of the [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada Empowers Labour Rights

Duncan Cameron has written the following at Rabble.ca:
In a judgment rendered June 8, the Supreme Court of Canada has reversed itself and recognized that freedom of association includes the right to collective bargaining.
Fundamental labour rights, pursued historically, and recognized under international conventions, must be respected in Canada, according to the highest court in the land. [...]

A Society of Consumption

Below is an excerpt from infed, written by Trevor Norris:
Trevor Norris explores the contribution of Hannah Arendt and Jean Baudrillard to our appreciation of the consumer society and education.
We are, as it seems, considering not only how a city, but also a luxurious city, comes into being… Let’s look at a feverish city…This healthy one [...]

Human Migration

Bashy Quraishy has recently an article titled “Migration’s Untold Story” which touches on general themes of migration from the post-colonial era, to today’s themes, and multiculturalism. Quraishy is the chairman of the European Network Against Racism, a member of the EU Commission’s High Level Group on Integration, and the editor in chief of Media Watch [...]

News in Brief: 13 June 2007

A brief list of news for the day:
US offer to Russia. “The idea has been floated: Washington offers Moscow a grand bargain under which the US delays deploying its missile defense system in Europe, and the Russians agree to back stronger sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. The view from Iran and Russia, both [...]