World Institute for Development Economic Research United Nations University  UNU-WIDER project on The Role of Elites in Economic Development Working Paper No. 2010/02 Global Capitalism Theory and the Emergence of Transnational Elites By William I. Robinson* January 2010 Abstract The class and social structure of developing nations has undergone profound transformation in recent decades as [...]

Europe Greece comes to standstill as citizens focus anger on EU Greece came to a standstill on Wednesday as millions of workers, both public and private, stayed away from work in protest at the government’s austerity programme and anger at the European Union’s role in enforcing the cuts. An estimated 2 million people downed tools, although [...]

Asia The Solidarity Center Press Release: Increasing number of strikes, protests in Egypt, Egyptian labor policies must change Posted by the Center for Trade Union & Workers’ Services http://www.ctuws.com/Default.aspx?item=423 Today in Egypt, thousands of workers are taking to the streets in strikes and sit-ins around wages, working conditions, demanding their rights for freedom of association, [...]

“We have to go back to Marx’s premise and goal – the concept of human development.It is no accident that the Communist Manifesto, written in 1848 with Frederick Engels, talked about how the free development of each depends upon the free development of all. By free development, they meant the development of human potential and capacities. [...]