Breast Beating
The G8 has the interests of the rest of the world at heart - until they conflict with its own.
Archive for the 'globalisation' Category
No More Ventriloquists
A world parliament allows the poor to speak for themselves
The Emperor of Africa
Tony Blair cannot let go of Britain’s inordinate global powers
Still the Rich World’s Viceroy
If the IMF wants to reform itself, why not try democracy?
The Man Who Betrayed the Poor
Even as the G8 promises fall apart, Geldof stays silent
Africa’s New Best Friends
The corporations which helped to immiserate Africa are being given control of its development.
Bards of the Powerful
Far from challenging the G8’s role in Africa’s poverty, Geldof and Bono are legitimising its power.
Spin, Lies and Corruption
The G8’s debt reduction plan is little better than an extortion racket
A Game of Double Bluff
The UK and EU are keeping the poorer nations exactly where they want them: beholden to their patrons
I’m With Wolfowitz
Have we forgotten what the World Bank is for?
The Real Straight Banana
A coup against social Europe has been foiled - for the time being
Punitive – And It Works
Sweden proves the neoliberals wrong about how to slash poverty.
America’s War with Itself
Bush’s attempt to wreck the climate talks follows an established pattern of self-destruction
The Age of Consent
Text of lecture given to the Royal Society of Arts, and printed in their magazine
Battle of the Manifestos
Battle of the Manifestos
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A Charter to Intervene
We need new international laws to tell us whether or not force is justified.
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The Flight to India
The jobs Britain stole from the Asian subcontinent 300 years ago are now returning. Is this a good thing or a bad one?
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The Philosophy of Cant
Europe wrecked the world trade talks, but it may accidentally have forced the poor world to assert its power. Final installment of the series on trade.
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Whose Side Are You On?
Some of those calling for changes in the way we trade are working against the interests of the poor. This is the second of a three-part series on trade.
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Universal Fair Trade
We need a global trading regime which permits only the nice guys to survive.
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Le Monde, C’est Nous
At the world trade summit next week, the rich world will ensure that the poor world stays that way. This is the first of a three-part series on trade
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Beware the Bluewash
The UN should not become the dustbin for America’s failed adventures
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Stealing Nations
The International Monetary Fund does not make its “mistakes” by accident.
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Fake Patriots
Why does the right refuse to see that US power has become a threat to our sovereignty?
I Was Wrong About Trade
“Localisation” is both destructive and unjust
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Seize the Day
Our task is not to overthrow globalisation, but to use it as a vehicle for the first global democratic revolution.
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How to Stop America
How to Stop America
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Enslaved by Free Trade
The West became rich by ignoring patent rules and protecting its industries. Poor countries should be allowed to do the same.
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Rich in Imagination
The figures which purport to show that the world’s poor are emerging from poverty don’t add up
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Out of the Wreckage
By tearing up the global rulebook, the US is in fact undermining its own imperial rule
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Who Guards the Guards?
The UN Security Council is inherently tyrannical. No war it mandates can ever be just
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Do As We Say, Not As We Do
The free market is imposed on the poor world, but absent from the rich world
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The Rich World’s Veto
Only a democratic revolution can break the grip of vested interests
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White Lies
African leaders will be forced to humble themselves at the G8 summit, by taking the blame for what has happened to their continent
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Patent Nonsense
Nothing exposes the hollowness of the claims corporations now make to intellectual property as much as their own histories
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Making Generosity Redundant
Our global institutions are destined to fail. They need to be replaced.
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Trade piracy unmasked
Poor countries are still being cheated by the rich world
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Let the People Rule the World
The rich nations must surrender their power to a world parliament.
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Stealing Europe
The great European dream has been subverted by corporate power
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Reversing the Corporate Takeover
We know what we’re against, but what are we for?
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Gats’ gaffes
The World Trade Organisation, which meets in Geneva today, wields enormous power yet is unaccountable
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Britain Rising
A powerful new opposition movement is beginning to emerge
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Power Hides from the People
New market “freedoms” need the help of old-fashioned authoritarianism
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Against Corporate Power, For Free Trade
Globalisation is the means by which big business takes trade from small business
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Hear No Evil
Why is parliament so worked up about Europe, but not about the graver threats to its sovereignty?
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Enforcing Injustice
The World Bank and the IMF are irredeemable - they must be closed down.
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Vote Conservative for a Federal Superstate
William Hague’s bold new vision for Britain is to put us in the same position as Mexico
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Making Peace With Power
The United Nations is trying to regain its credibility by fawning to big business
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There Is No Debt
The Third World “debt” is simply an accounting device
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Running the World without a Mandate
We Need a Global Constitution
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The Poor’s Most Deadly Enemy
The World Bank helps First World countries seize Third World resources
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The Rich Walk Away
It’s time for a global corporation tax
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The New Global Masterplan
The WTO might have failed, but big business has a fallback scheme
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Champion of Corruption
The World Trade Organisation helps business to dump its costs on other people
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Economies of Scale
The World Trade Organisation makes businesses bigger - and that makes the rest of us smaller
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Beating the Agro-industrial Complex
Citizen power is wresting food production away from ruthless corporations
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Free Trade Fundamentalists
The world is being run by a group of fanatics, who’ll destroy anything for the sake of “free” trade
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Running on MMT
The Multilateral Agreement on Investments will force governments to poison their citizens
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A Stealthy Truce
A new, unnoticed trade agreement will destroy the laws protecting human health and the environment.
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Secrets or Lies?
The Department of Trade and Industry is misleading us about the Multilateral Agreement on Investment.
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Making Government Redundant
A charter for the corporate takeover of the earth is being negotiated by Northern governments, and no one even knows
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