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Rebecca Solnit | Learning How to Count to 350
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 28 minutes ago
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Next month, at the climate change summit in Copenhagen, the wealthy nations that produce most of the excess carbon in our atmosphere will almost certainly fail to embrace measures adequate to ward off the devastation of our planet by heat and chaotic...
Tags: Seattle, WTO, climate change, Mexico, Berlin Wall, NAFTA, New York Times, free trade, Washington, wall street, Economic ideologies, International trade, Free Trade Area of the Americas, Washington Consensus, World government, World Trade Organization, Globalization, North American Free Trade Agreement
ASIA: Civil Society Steps Up Efforts Towards Alternative Economy
Asia :: Philippines | about 17 hours ago
Credibility Amid worsening poverty, income inequality and a host of environmental hazards that are afflicting many countries, what does the world need today? An economic model that encourages local initiatives for social entrepreneurship, builds smaller-scale and...
Tags: solidarity economy, Asian, Japan, social responsible, asian forum, National University of Malaysia, Philippines, Asia, Foundations, Economic ideologies, World Economic Forum, Social forum, Business Finance, Anti-globalization, Globalization, Social economy
The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
Dar es Salaam :: Tanzania | 2 days ago
Credibility A People’s History of the Third World Nick Dearden review’s Vijay Prashad’s The Darker Nations The term ‘third world’ is now out of fashion, but Prashad’s argument in this book is that the third world is not simply about geography.
Tags: Vijay Prashad, Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Non-Aligned Movement, Globalization, Superpower, Sukarno, Kwame Nkrumah
Globalisation is our future
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 days ago
Credibility To millions of people around the world it means a job and a better standard of living, to millions of others it is seen as a threat. For Australia it is our future. In fact, few countries have more to gain from globalisation than we have. Globalisation...
Tags: China, Japan, Korea, Tōkyō, Globalization, Postmodernism, Sociocultural evolution, Trade, Business Finance, World government, Cultural geography, Economic geography
Q&A: Wanted: Economy at the Service of Mankind
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 days ago
Credibility The outbreak of the global financial crisis that followed the collapse of the U.S.�s major financial institutions last year sent many economies into a downward spiral. Many were also forced to rethink their economic development models. For Dr Jun Nishikawa,...
Tags: Hatoyamas, Japan, Tōkyō, Solidarity economy, Economy, Socialism, Industrialisation, Globalization, Politics, Business Finance, World government, Philanthropy, Social economy, Social Issues, John Roos, Okinawa Prefecture, Prime Ministers of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Yukio, allnews
Who's Afraid of World Government?
Lawrence :: NY :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility A few weeks ago, Glenn Beck of the Fox News Channel, with that hysterical flourish that has made him the darling of right-wing extremists, proclaimed: "America, if . . . you're not really into that whole One World Government thing, watch out."
Tags: world governance, House Un-American Activities Committee, United Nations, United States, Americans, governance movement, Lawrence, World federalists, Political parties in the United States, World Federalist Movement, Citizens for Global Solutions, Global governance, Globalization, World government, International relations, Politics
Passing of Global Trade Union Leader Neil Kearney
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 4 days ago
Credibility In his long and distinguished service to the trade union movement, Neil Kearney achieved many notable successes in improving the wages and working conditions of some of the most exploited workers in the world, in a sector where workers have borne the...
Tags: Neil Kearney, Bangladesh, Dhāka, Guy Ryder, Globalization, International Trade Union Confederation, Labour relations, Global union federation, Labor
For Youth: A Disciplinary Discourse Only
Athens :: Greece | 5 days ago
Credibility In Athens, Tehran or the French suburbs, popular anger continues to erupt. Anthropologist Alain Bertho follows the tracks of these episodes on the Net, establishing a global map of a symptom of the times. Jean-Marie Durand for lesinrocks.com: "The present...
Tags: Athens, Greece, Student riot, Globalization, Protests, Civil disobedience, Riot
G-20: A new global oligarchy
Mumbai :: India | 5 days ago
Credibility A new global oligarchy is coming into being and India [ Images ] is a part of this charmed circle. We are chuffed about the invitation to sit at the high table. In Washington next week, President Obama [ Images ] will ensure that this feeling of having...
Tags: India, China, Japan, South Africa, G-8, West, global economy, Mumbai, Nitin Desai, Globalization, Global governance, World government
'Asian Century needs the next Asia'
Hong Kong :: China | 5 days ago
Credibility In order to maintain robust growth rates in the face of weak US demand, the region's dynamic economies must stoke domestic consumption and embrace environmentally sustainable development policies. So says Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia...
Tags: Asian Century, Morgan Stanley Asia, India, China, Japan, century need, Hong Kong, Asian Financial Crisis, Asia, Globalization, Four Asian Tigers, Business Finance, Economy of Singapore, Economy of South Korea, Economy of Asia
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