Globalization

Subsections:

2009

Iron City in the Shadow of G-20

VideoNation

G-20 protesters and Pittsburgh locals take a stand against the summit and the corporate globalization they feel it supports.
Fortress Pittsburgh

Robert S. Eshelman : Global Justice Movement

In heavily fortified Pittsburgh, protesters are kept isolated from local residents and from conference attendees.
Climate Change: Off the G-20 Agenda?

Robert S. Eshelman

Climate change groups occupy a central place among G-20 protests in Pittsburgh.
Police Harassment Greets G-20 Protesters

Robert S. Eshelman : Global Justice Movement

Even permitted demonstrators are subjected to unconstitutional search and seizure at the gathering of world leaders.
Redoing Globalization

Sherle R. Schwenninger : U.S. Economy

The economic crisis was caused by world trade imbalances just as much as by domestic problems.

Dr. Paulson's Magic Potion

William Greider : Barack Obama

As Bush and Paulson throw money at the problem, Obama is moving rapidly to adapt to the crisis that awaits the next president.
Disaster Capitalism: State of Extortion

Naomi Klein : Disaster Capitalism

As the planet is rocked by multiple shocks, here's a look at how disaster capitalists are reaping the benefits--leveraging the Iraq War, the push for arctic drilling and the global food crisis.
Haiti on the 'Death Plan'

Reed Lindsay : Haiti

Protesters decry high food prices--and the savage cost of "free trade" agreements.
Manufacturing a Food Crisis

Walden Bello : Agriculture

How "free trade" is destroying Third World agriculture--and who's fighting back.
The World Food Crisis

John Nichols

We must rein in the global food giants who reap profits at the expense of the planet and the poor.
Democratizing Capital

Sherle R. Schwenninger : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left

New Deal progressives believed the economy should exist to serve society, not the other way around.
The Big Yam

John Feffer : China

Chinese hearts, minds and pocketbooks get a lot of attention from the Eastern and Western consumer markets.
Toy Story

Daphne Eviatar : Health & Disease

An eviscerated Consumer Product Safety Commission means American children still face perils from their toys.

Civic Agriculture = Sane Housing

Nevin Cohen : Agriculture

There is an alternative to unhealthy eating and irresponsible development schemes.
Pakistan's Bomb: Have It Your Way

Catherine Collins & Douglas Frantz : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation

Thanks to globalization, the 'Islamic bomb' turns out to be a little bit American, Canadian, Swiss, German, Dutch, British, Japanese and even Russian.
Confronting the Global Timber Barons

James North : Environment

From a church in a rugged rural parish in Honduras, Father Andres Tamayo leads a grassroots movement to protect dwindling timberlands. Bills introduced in the US Congress might help save the forests.
Toxic Toys

Mark Schapiro : U.S. Economy

As safety scandals dampen the public's appetite for cheap imports, the European Union is raising doubts about standards and oversight in the US toy industry.