Nick Dearden

Generating terror in Guatemala December 2012
Nick Dearden traces the legacy of World Bank-funded development in Guatemala through massacres, massive public debt and continued poverty for the majority

Thomas Sankara: an African leader with a message for Europe October 2012
On the 25th anniversary of Sankara's assassination, Nick Dearden argues we need to remember him to challenge dominant views of Africa and fight our own debt crisis in Europe

Debt: The First 5,000 Years – Money, myth and morality May 2012
Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber, reviewed by Nick Dearden

Samir Amin at 80 December 2011
Nick Dearden looks at the theories of one of Africa's greatest radical thinkers – still going strong at 80

Behind the bankers’ mask August 2011
In the context of another financial crisis, debt audits could offer a way to counter the power of big finance. Nick Dearden introduces a special Red Pepper dossier

Debt audits and a new economic vision May 2011
Nick Dearden reports from an activist conference on austerity and debt in Athens

Discrediting Britain May 2011
Nick Dearden explains how the Export Credits Guarantee Department puts corporate profits above human rights

Iceland’s message to Portugal April 2011
The Icesave referendum has global implications says Nick Dearden

The revolution will not be organised February 2011
Nick Dearden writes from the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal.

Born into debt? February 2011
For south Sudan, sovereignty must mean more than having your own border, writes Nick Dearden

Private debt, public pain: lessons for Ireland December 2010
Nick Dearden and Tim Jones from Jubilee Debt Campaign on standing up to global finance.

Optimism of the will September 2010
Noam Chomsky's Hopes and Prospects (Hamish Hamilton), reviewed by Nick Dearden

International Money Fiends April 2010
The International Monetary Fund devastated the developing world - and now it's targeting eastern Europe, writes Nick Dearden

The other world November 2009
Vijay Prashad's The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (The New Press), reviewed by Nick Dearden

Radicals return to the UN November 2009
While the G8 and G20 meetings this year have sought to keep power in their own hands, a UN summit on the economic crisis in June raised very different proposals. Nick Dearden assesses the chances for real change in the global economy as a result

The war on terror comes to Africa February 2007
There are echoes of Afghanistan in the Horn of Africa, writes Nick Dearden. Will a quick victory for a foreign-backed warlord government be followed by further instability and an Islamist insurgency?