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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
U.S. Liberal Media Literacy Guide: The World Bank and the IMF
26 Aug 2026
The IMF and World Bank are not subjects the corporate media cover in any real sense. Instead, their role is treated as unquestionably immutable and beneficial.
Centre for Counter Hegemonic Studies
Luis Britto García: I resist, therefore I am
17 Jun 2026
A Venezuelan writer asks hard questions about the state of the Venezuelan state.
John Perry
Nicaragua’s Economy “Weathers Multiple Shocks” Including US Attacks
11 Feb 2026
Nicaragua has built a resilient economy against the odds. Now, that success is being met with escalating economic attacks from the U.S.
Nicholas Mwangi
Angola: 22 killed during mass protests against fuel prices
06 Aug 2025
Angola, one of Africa’s top oil producers, is in turmoil after protests erupted over a sharp fuel price hike driven by IMF-backed subsidy cuts.
Dylan Sullivan , Jason Hickel
Plundering Africa – Income Deflation and Unequal Ecological Exchange Under Structural Adjustment Programmes
12 Mar 2025
Presenting new research, Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel mount a devastating critique of the impact of structural adjustment in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. Drawing on recent data on Africa’s…
Pavan Kulkarni
67 Killed in Stampedes at Christmas Food Drives in Nigeria as IMF-Induced Hunger Engulfed Millions More in 2024
15 Jan 2025
After dozens died in stampedes, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu remarked, “We should just get on with it.” Tinubu’s IMF-prescribed policies have more than doubled food prices in the country,…
Keston K Perry
The IMF and the World Bank Must be Abolished to Save the Planet
27 Nov 2024
The IMF and the World Bank give the appearance of aiding Global South nations with economic relief for climate disasters, but in reality, they are burdening them with more debt.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Rwanda's Stillborn Middle-Income Economy
10 Jul 2024
Rwanda’s economic miracle is a lie.
Krys Cerisier
South Africa’s Case Against Israel and the (Il)Legitimacy of World Governance
15 May 2024
The U.S. and the West as a whole maintain dominance over the Global South through their control of international institutions they wield as a weapon against nations who attempt to move from…
Pavan Kulkarni
Looting of Food Grains Continues in Nigeria as Almost Half its Population Suffers Hunger
17 Apr 2024
President Bola Tinubu’s lifting of fuel subsidies and liberalization of currency trade has pleased the IMF and increased hunger in Africa’s most populous country.