- 80 years of bleeding us dry! The Bretton Woods Institutions, austerity, and social protection
By Pooja Balasubramanian / Four years after the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights stated that “[e]veryone,… Read more: 80 years of bleeding us dry! The Bretton Woods Institutions, austerity, and social protection - Cordillera Indigenous People’s struggle against the World Bank-funded Chico River Dam
On the International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples, we look back on the victorious struggle of the Cordillera Indigenous Peoples against the World… Read more: Cordillera Indigenous People’s struggle against the World Bank-funded Chico River Dam - The Bretton Woods Institutions at 80: Driving financialisation in the Global South, perpetuating the economic dominance of the Global North
By Robert Bain / In the 80 years since their founding, the Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs), the World Bank and the International Monetary… Read more: The Bretton Woods Institutions at 80: Driving financialisation in the Global South, perpetuating the economic dominance of the Global North - How the World Bank’s report on Gaza covers up the US-backed Israeli genocide
By Hala Ali / The World Bank (WB) has historically and continuously facilitated the global capitalist colonial system. It routinely turns a blind… Read more: How the World Bank’s report on Gaza covers up the US-backed Israeli genocide - Kenyan President withdraws controversial IMF-backed finance bill after mass protests
By IBON Africa / Nairobi, Kenya, June 26, 2024 – Kenyan President William Ruto withdrew the controversial finance bill 2024 amid mass protests… Read more: Kenyan President withdraws controversial IMF-backed finance bill after mass protests - 80 years, not another year more: Reclaim our future from neoliberal dictates and false solutions! Shut down the IMF-WBG!
The following Declaration was originally deliberated and discussed at the October 2023 Reclaim Our Future Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, parallel to the Annual… Read more: 80 years, not another year more: Reclaim our future from neoliberal dictates and false solutions! Shut down the IMF-WBG! - Call for articles & art: People’s history of the iMF-World Bank
The Bretton Woods Conference of 1944, held in New Hampshire in the United States (US), led to the establishment of the International Monetary… Read more: Call for articles & art: People’s history of the iMF-World Bank - Financing plunder: The World Bank and resistance in India’s North East
By Jiten Yumnam / The World Bank (WB) and other international financial institutions (IFIs) have been involved extensively in financing development projects in… Read more: Financing plunder: The World Bank and resistance in India’s North East - Market-assisted land reform and the World Bank’s SPLIT in the Philippines
By the Peasant Movement of the Philippines (Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, KMP) / The following is an excerpt from Decoding the World Bank’s… Read more: Market-assisted land reform and the World Bank’s SPLIT in the Philippines - The Bretton Woods Institutions’ colonial paradigm
By Elaine Zuckerman / This article describes the neo-colonial paradigm of the “twin” Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs) – the World Bank (today called… Read more: The Bretton Woods Institutions’ colonial paradigm - Born for war: The lost history of the World Bank and IMF in conflict
By Elliot Dolan-Evans / Today, the leading role of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as peacebuilders has been largely… Read more: Born for war: The lost history of the World Bank and IMF in conflict
