May 13, 2011 Previous posts have described the vision laid out in the “Bejiing Declaration”on “The global economic crisis: An historic opportunity for transformation” and the specific proposals that make up its “transitional program” to move toward a “radically different kind of political and economic order.” This post looks at next steps toward realizing such… Read More »
THERE’S AN ALTERNATIVE
November 20, 2009 By Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher When world leaders meet in Seattle after Thanksgiving for the “pre-millennial” session of the World Trade Organization, many will sincerely believe that there is no alternative to the present direction of globalization. But all over the world, activists and scholars associated with environmental, religious, labor,… Read More »
GLOBALIZATION FROM BELOW IN HARD TIMES
February 6, 2009 The economic globalization that transformed the world at the turn of the century promised, according to its advocates, a glorious vista of prosperity that would provide unprecedented economic growth and raise billions of people out of poverty. In practice it generated personal and national insecurity, growing inequality, and a race to… Read More »
“GLOBALIZATION FROM BELOW TACKLES THE “GREAT RECESSION”
January 26, 2009 At the pit of the Great Depression in 1930, an American country music group named the Carter Family recorded a song called The Worried Man Blues. It began: “I went down to the river and I lay down to sleep When I woke up there were shackles on my feet.” Though… Read More »
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