Karl Marx, Capital, Volume 1. London: Penguin and New Left Books, Translated by Ben Fowkes, with an introduction by Ernest Mandel. By Radhika Desai Originally Printed in Red Pepper, August/September …
January 9 Webinar - The Geopolitical Economy Research Group, the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy, Centre sur l'asie du sud and more present
Farmers' Struggle: Successes, Lessons and Future
As Indian farmers celebrate their historic victory against the three draconian farm laws introduced by the Government of India, their struggle is far from over.
Tikait Rakesh of the Indian Farmers' Union (BKU) joins us to what worked, what did not, lessons learnt, and the future of the movement.
A 21 November Panel Discussion from the International Manifesto Group, Nodutdol, Qiao Collective, and Friends of Socialist China
Our webinar takes a timely look beneath and behind western stereotypes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – as totalitarian, autarkic, economically bankrupt, led by a dynasty and a cult, and a nuclear bad-boy – to probe the realities, old and new, by addressing key questions including the ongoing Korean War.
A November 14 Panel Discussion from the International Manifesto Group
Can historic Palestine ever harbour a true democratic state? What would that state look like? Can those who desire a better world support this goal and what would this support look like? This panel explores these and related questions drawing from the perspectives of selected figures with decades long, joint, collective experience in the struggle for a democratic state in Palestine.
Panel Presented by The International Manifesto Group, Black Alliance for Peace & CODEPINK
This panel will discuss the many questions that are opened up by the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. What is the world significance of the US defeat in Afghanistan? What are the prospects for peace and development there? What role could China, Russia and Iran have in Afghanistan’s reconstruction?
A 1-day Conference hosted by the Qiao Collective and sponsored by Peoples' Dispatch, Monthly Review & CODEPINK
In partnership with The People’s Forum, Qiao Collective is thrilled to host a one-day international convening of organizers, scholars, and journalists whose work grapples with questions of Chinese socialism, Western imperialism, Global South internationalism, and the renewed Cold War consensus taking hold in the West. Speakers and events will analyze current trends in U.S.-China relations, Chinese development, and international relations through a socialist, anti-imperialist lens.
The International Manifesto Group
The Manifesto is an important political initiative which, in view of the multiple crises facing us and the urgency of political action, has been taken following several months of discussion by the International Manifesto Group, a world-wide group of concerned activists and scholars. The launch took place September 5, 2021 over Zoom and YouTube live.
Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson
Understanding of the dollar’s world role is dominated by the ideas of ‘dollar hegemony’ and ‘US hegemony’. In this paper, we reveal how these ideas are ideologies, not theories. In their place, we reveal an understanding one that is theoretically sound and accords with the historical record, a geopolitical economy of the international monetary system of modern capitalism.
GERG Director Radhika Desai was featured in a new talk held at “The Long End of the First World War: Ruptures, Continuities and Memories.” HERRENHAUSEN SYMPOSIUM, MAY 8 – 10, …
GERG directors recently visited New Zealand/Aotearoa at the invitation of the Living Wage Movement, where the two biggest cities – Auckland and Wellington – have just implemented the Living Wage. …
We are seeking volunteers for our forthcoming international conference which will take place at St John’s College, University of Manitoba between September 29th and October 1st 2017. We need helpers …
Over the second half of the 20th Century, South Korea has transformed from one of the most backwards economies of the world into an economic powerhouse. It is no longer …
By Radhika Desai and Alan Freeman Originally printed in the Winnipeg Free Press, June 12, 2017 Even in an age of political and electoral upsets, Thursday’s U.K. election contained so …
GERG, along with the University of Winnipeg Manitoba Chair for Global Governance Studies, the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities and Peace Alliance Winnipeg are happy to present panel …
Join us at 5:00 pm on Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights for the documentary premiere of El Buen Cristiano, followed by a presentation from …