Mois : mai 2011

Linked on our blogs with Assault on the Establishment, and tomorrow with real-world economics review – Invitation from 141 economists to join the World Economics Association.

• The World Economic Association WEA was launched on May 16, 2011. It fills a gap in the international community of economists — the absence of a truly international, inclusive, pluralist, professional association. The American Economic Association and UK’s Royal Economic Society provide broad associations mainly for their country’s economists. The WEA will do the same for the world’s community of economists, while promoting a pluralism of approaches to economic analysis … (full text Introduction).
• Privacy Policy Statement  /About Us: This website is operated by World Economics Association, which is a Community Interest Company.

Homepage and Online Form for Membership;
Journals: WEJ, ET, RWER; Online Conferences; Press Releases; Join; Founders; Donate;
Address: World Economics Association, 12 Maurice Road, St. Andrews, Bristol BS6 582, UK;
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Manifesto: The World Economics Association (WEA) seeks to increase the relevance, breadth and depth of economic thought.  Continuer la lecture de « World Economics Association WEA »

Welcome to the homepage of the International Economic History Association (IEHA)! The IEHA has been established in 1960, and unites economic historians from almost 40 countries in Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Today the seat of the Associaction is Utrecht. The aims of the IEHA are to maintain and develop personal contacts between scholars interested in economic history and to encourage all forms of research and publications relevant to the development and diffusion of economic history. Every three or four years the IEHA organizes a World Economic History Congress. The association’s next congress will take place in Stellenbosch in 2012. (Homepage).

Organization; Members; Statutes; Projects; Newsletters;
Address: IEHA c/o Department of Economic History, University of Tuebingen, Mohlstrasse 36, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany;
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The 16th World Economic History Congress 2012: The Economic History Society of Southern Africa and The Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University invite you to be part of the XVIth World Economic History Congress from 9-13 July 2012. Continuer la lecture de « International Economic History Association IEHA »

a website with each page mainly in chinese and short texts in english

The main goals of TIWA （the Taiwan International Workers’ Association）are to promote cooperation between migrant and local workers, to improve the working conditions and social environment for migrant workers in Taiwan, and to increase workers’ rights and benefits. Taiwan began implementing a guest worker program in 1989. There are currently over 300,000 migrant workers in Taiwan, mostly from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Not only have they contributed their labor, but they have become a unique part of Taiwan’s vibrant society and cultural life. (About).

Homepage;
Network; International Solidarity; Archives; A Chinese only page;
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TIWA named on other websites:  Continuer la lecture de « Taiwan International Workers' Association TIWA »

• The Media Foundation: We are a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Our aims is to topple existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will live in the 21st century … (about 1/2).
• on en.wikipedia: Adbusters Media Foundation is a not-for-profit, anti-consumerist organization founded in 1989 by Kalle Lasn and Bill Schmalz in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The foundation describes itself as « a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. »[1]
• on fr.wikipedia: Adbusters est à la fois un magazine (Adbusters magazine) et une fondation (Adbusters Media Foundation).

Homepage;
Current Issue; Back Issues; Magazine; Campaigns; Videos; Blogs; Subscribe; Donate;
Address: Adbusters Media Foundation, 1243 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6H 1B7, Canada;
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About 2/2 … /Adbusters Magazine: Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Adbusters is a not-for-profit, reader-supported, 120,000-circulation magazine concerned about the erosion of our physical and cultural environments by commercial forces.  Continuer la lecture de « Adbusters Media Foundation »