Britain's Five Richest Families Worth More than the Poorest 20%

An Oxfam report reveals the scale of inequality in the U.K., as charity appeals to chancellor over tax.

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Ukraine Resistance Withstands Ice and Violence In 11-Week-Long Occupation

An uneasy calm hangs this week over Kiev’s Maidan, where riot police and masked demonstrators engage in a 24-hour staring contest across ice bricks, burn barrels and scrap metal as the political impasse marks 11 weeks of occupation.

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Young Europeans Against Austerity Launch "Troika Party" to Run in 2014

“This type of campaigning will play a key role in bringing political messages to sectors of the population that are not yet politicized," says Spain's Emma Avilés, "contributing to the multi-level European struggle against the E.U. crisis regime.”

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Global Power Project: The Group of Thirty and the "Good Discussion" They're Still Having

Emerging from the Rockefeller Foundation in the late 1970s, the Group of Thirty was designed as a think tank, lobby/industry group and, ultimately, a consensus-building institution for the global elites – to ensure that they stayed that way.

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Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable Little-Known Model

Established in 1949, Costa Rica's four public banks have remained open and in public hands in spite of enormous pressure by the IMF and the U.S. to privatize them.

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Global Power Project: Central Bankers and the Institute of International Finance, Part 3

The relationship between the powerfully connected Institute of International Finance and global central bankers goes well beyond the timid attempts at “regulation” on the part of global banks, as this third segment in the IFF series reveals.

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Egypt and Ethiopia Spar Over Future of Water as Massive Dam Project Proceeds

While Ethiopia continues to move forward on the huge Renaissance Dam, Egypt is fighting back with legislation of its own to guarantee that its water share, arranged in colonial-era treaties, is not usurped by the construction project.

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Global Power Project: Connecting Josef Ackermann, the Institute of International Finance and the Euro Debt Crisis

When the European debt crisis hit headlines in 2010, the Institute of International Finance was again on the scene and playing a major part, like it did during the 1980s debt crisis. At the center this time was the CEO of Deutsche Bank, Josef Ackermann.

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Global Power Project: Exposing the Institute of International Finance, Part 1

The Institute of International Finance represents the very "visible hand" of financial markets, wielding immense influence and boasting unparalleled access to central bankers and top policymakers from around the world.

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Greek Journalist Who Leaked "Lagarde List" of Tax Evaders Faces Retrial

The Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, who caused an uproar by publishing the so-called "Lagarde list" of 2,000 suspected tax evaders from his country who hold bank accounts in Switzerland, is on trial in Athens on charges of infringing privacy laws.

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