Samir Amin

The year 2011 began with a series of shattering, wrathful explosions from the Arab peoples.

IS TRANSNATIONAL CAPITALISM IN THE PROCESS OF EMERGING?

Every honest economics teacher absolutely must make the book written by Rod Hill and Tony M">yatt (‘The Economics Anti-Textbook’, Zed Books, 2010) compulsory reading for their students, fed almost exclusively on the conventional

SAMIR AMIN: In a previous paper, I wanted to stress the strategy of the enemy, that is, the strategy of the USA and the ruling class of Egypt. Many people do not understand this. Now I would like to discuss the components and the strategies of the movement.

The book by Afyare Abdi Elmi, (‘Somalia: Understanding the Conflagration’, Pambazuka Press, Pluto, 2010) to the best of my knowledge provides unequalled documentation on the actors in the drama of Somalia.

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Egypt is a cornerstone in the US plan of control of the planet. Washington will not tolerate any attempt of Egypt to move out of its total submission, also required by Israel in order to pursue its colonisation of what remains from Palestine.

Professor Samir Amin, respected political thinker, economist and writer, evaluates developments in Tunisia in an interview with Aydinlik Magazine. We also asked Samir Amin his views about Hu Jintao’s visit to USA and currency policy of the China.

The World Forum for Alternatives (WFA) was created in Cairo in April 1997 at a conference organised by the Asian and African People’s Solidarity Organisation and the Third World Forum (TWF).

RFI: Would you say that you’re among the pessimists who regard the five decades of African independence as five lost decades?