September 29, 2001 In the months before September 11, the Bush Administration undermined one effort after another to address world problems on an international basis. It skipped out on the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, scuttled efforts to control biological weapons, refused to support a war crimes tribunal, withdrew from efforts to limit nuclear… Read More »
GLOBALIZATION FROM BELOW
December 4, 2000 When tens of thousands of protestors brought the World Trade Organization in Seattle to a halt in November 1999, it marked the “coming out party” for a new global movement. Trade unionists, environmentalists, students, women’s rights groups, and human rights advocates demanded an alternative to “globalization from above.” As Newsweek commented, “There… Read More »
THE ROAD FROM SEATTLE
October 7, 2000 The Battle of Seattle marks a turning point in the politics of globalization. It represents the emergence of a worldwide movement seeking to put limits on global capital. The Road from Seattle provides greatly expanded opportunities for that movement—if it can avoid the potholes in the road. Seattle showed that thousands… Read More »
OUR NEW FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE – AND THEIRS
October 7, 2000 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher In a previous article, we argued that popular movements, progressives, and the left should develop their own program for a “new architecture” for the global economy and demand that policymakers bargain with them. While the global economy needs radical alteration in all… Read More »
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