March 7, 2000 While both parties and all major political candidates are supporting globalization, events in Seattle and Davos, Switzerland, this year should provide a warning that all is not well in the global economy. Those in business who have profited from globalization ignore at their peril those who have not. From the perspectives… Read More »
SCORE ONE FOR THE LITTLE GUYS
November 26, 1999 For decades, world leaders in business and government have been constructing a new global economy behind closed doors and with little accountability to the public. However, a series of events–the defeat of fast-track trade negotiating authority, the efforts to cancel Third World debt and the current controversy over environmental and labor… Read More »
YOU MEAN THERE’S AN ALTERNATIVE?
November 7, 1999 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, and other social movements have in… Read More »
GLOBAL VILLAGE OR GLOBAL PILLAGE: QUOTES ABOUT THE BOOK
July 1, 1999 Download Global Village or Global Pillage for free. “Penetrating analysis . . . crisp and simple language . . . as revealing as it is succinct . . . an effective antidote to the mood of resignation before the omnipotence of transnational business institutions which pervades the political discourse of our times… Read More »