Progressive Commentary Hour – 01/16/12

Remarkable Minds- Global Issues

Jim Garrison is the co-founder and president of Wisdom University and president of The World Forum, dedicated to tackling the environmental & social problems related to climate change & global warming.  “Civilization and the Transformation of Power”, “America as Empire: Global Leader or Rogue Nation”.  

Dr Tony Clarke is a  Canadian activist, director of the Polaris Institute of Canada, and sits on the board of directors of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG). He was the chair of the Action Canada Network, supporting labor against the  Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement. In 2005 he and fellow Canadian Maude Barlow received the Right Livelihood Award.  “Tar Sands Showdown: Canada and the New Politics of Oil in an Age of Climate Change”.

Dr. Walden Bello is professor of sociology and public admininstration at the University of the Philippines and executive director of Focus on the Global South, a program of research, analysis, and advocacy of the Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute based in Bangkok. He has written numerous books & articles on Asian economic and political issues, including “A Siamese Tragedy: Development and Disintegration in Modern Thailand” and “Dark Victory: the US, Structural Adjustment and Global Poverty”.

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