'Non a la réforme' means no to the age of austerity in France, as a student protests against a rise in the pension age in October 2010.Thibault Camus / AP / Press Association Images

The Great Rebellion

The Great Recession may have stunned the Minority World, but the Majority World has survived more or less unscathed. David Ransom investigates why, and traces the outlines of a future that might just be worth having.

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NI 440 - Up in arms - March, 2011
Gathering strength at the World Social Forum, Belém, in February 2009. Photo: Paulo Santos / Reuters

Financial meltdown and the Age of Possibility

As the empire of international finance collapses, David Ransom finds the chance to reset the compass towards democracy, equality and the survival of our planet.

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NI 421 - Put people first - April, 2009
Photo by Krishna Murari Kishan / Reuters

A new, green, democratic deal

How the financial, social and environmental crises collide – the opportunities and the dangers. Susan George and Walden Bello get the debate going.

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NI 419 - Climate justice - January, 2009
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The road to meltdown

How did we get here? David Ransom takes a global – and historical – look.

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NI 418 - Crisis! Crisis! Food... Money... What next? - December, 2008
Peter the Great trims a taxpayer’s beard in a contemporary Russian cartoon.All images: Mary Evans Picture Library

A short history of TAXATION

A history of the eternal fate of taxation: to be the abused or abusive means towards noble or ignoble ends, never quite able to escape its association with extortion and war.

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NI 416 - Wanted! For dodging tax justice - October, 2008
Tax Injustice – the facts

Tax Injustice – the facts

The measure of just tax is the ability to pay. The world’s tax system today is unjust, shifting the burden from rich to poor – and failing altogether to address the green agenda. Here are the facts and figures.

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NI 416 - Wanted! For dodging tax justice - October, 2008
The Turmoil, registered in George Town, Cayman Islands, moored outside Citigroup’s office in Dublin, 9 June 2008.John Christensen

Can pay.. won't pay!

How John Christensen made a banker hide his head in his hands in the tax haven of Jersey. Top dodgers: Leona Helmsley, The Prince of Liechtenstein

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NI 416 - Wanted! For dodging tax justice - October, 2008

Tax justice and the global fiddle

David Ransom listens to the false notes being played by an orchestra of financial instruments. Top dodgers: Bono, Rupert Murdoch.

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NI 416 - Wanted! For dodging tax justice - October, 2008

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Article title From magazine Publication date
Up in arms March, 2011
Put people first April, 2009
Climate justice January, 2009
Crisis! Crisis! Food... Money... What next? December, 2008
Wanted! For dodging tax justice October, 2008
Wanted! For dodging tax justice October, 2008
Wanted! For dodging tax justice October, 2008
Wanted! For dodging tax justice October, 2008
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