Bush’s attempt to wreck the climate talks follows an established pattern of self-destruction
Category: globalisation
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
A Charter to Intervene
We need new international laws to tell us whether or not force is justified.
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?
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.
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.
Universal Fair Trade
We need a global trading regime which permits only the nice guys to survive.
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
Beware the Bluewash
The UN should not become the dustbin for America’s failed adventures
Stealing Nations
The International Monetary Fund does not make its “mistakes” by accident.
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
Seize the Day
Our task is not to overthrow globalisation, but to use it as a vehicle for the first global democratic revolution.
How to Stop America
How to Stop America
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.
Rich in Imagination
The figures which purport to show that the world’s poor are emerging from poverty don’t add up
Out of the Wreckage
By tearing up the global rulebook, the US is in fact undermining its own imperial rule
Who Guards the Guards?
The UN Security Council is inherently tyrannical. No war it mandates can ever be just
Do As We Say, Not As We Do
The free market is imposed on the poor world, but absent from the rich world