Charles Derber Derber is Boston College Professor of Sociology. He’s a leading social critic. He challenges corporate power, globalization injustice and imperial lawlessness. His books include “Regime Change Begins at Home,” “Corporation Nation,” “The Wilding of America,” and “People Before Profit.” Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) | …
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Food Justice advocates have always argued that trade agreements need to respect and promote human rights, not drive a process of globalization that privileges commercial interests and tramples on public interests. In my new paper on land grabs from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, that position is affirmed. “Land grabs” …
My guest Ethan Watters is the author of Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche. This is a don’t-miss show, filled with insights and new information about the invasiveness of Western psychiatric diagnoses and drugs, as well about what other cultures have to teach us. A really interesting conversation between the …
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Understanding the nature of the collective psychosis and malevolence that permeates western societies and is now globalizing the planet, with Paul Levy, author of “Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil.” Podcast: Play in new window | Download (15.5MB) | Embed
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The globalization of NATO – how it has morphed since the Cold War into a global threat to peace and stability, with Prof. Mahdi Nazemroaya Prof Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya is an award winning author and scholar, a sociologist and a geopolitical analyst, specializing on the Middle East and Central Asia. …
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The world should work to end extreme wealth by 2025 and reduce the massive inequality has has skyrocketed over the past twenty years, the anti-poverty group Oxfam states in a new report [pdf]. [3] While discourse on inequality has grown more prominent in recent years thanks to Occupy Wall Street and major …
No doubt you’ve heard the great news: Globalization is going to save the world. Sure, things are (really) bad right now, but as more nations join the global economy, their economies will become more integrated, and their interests and goals will become more aligned. As the economic playing field levels, …
Corporate predators seek cheap labor worldwide. Countries like China, India, Honduras, Jordan, Haiti, and Bangladesh provide it. Transnational giants are unaccountable. Global sweatshops supply them. Workers endure horrific conditions. Some work up to 90 or more hours weekly. They’re wage slaves. They earn sub-poverty pay. They’re subjected to …
Back in 2003/2004, the Indian government spent around $20 million telling its citizens that India was shiny and bright with the slogan ‘India shining’. Many went on to use the feelgood slogan in an attempt to legitimize the opening up of the economy and neo liberal economic policies. A part of India was indeed shining. A …
This study asks: Who are the the world’s One percent power elite? And to what extent do they operate in unison for their own private gains over benefits for the 99 percent? We examine a sample of the 1 percent: the extractor sector, whose companies are on the ground extracting …
Private military and security companies (PMSC) have been involved in grave human rights violations that have attracted international attention and debate over the legitimacy of PMSCs, the norms under which they should operate, and how to monitor their activities. These companies pose a real problem to human rights, to the …
The latest on how to improve your blood vessel health Children’s healthy diets lead to a healthier IQ Commentary on the adverse effects of globalization An in-depth report on chemotherapy and radiation and more … Related articles The Gary Null Show – Recent Trends with Gerald Celente – 08/07/12 The …
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Peter Suderman | July 17, 2012 One of the odd things about the Obama campaign attacking Romney by connecting him to offshoring activities at Bain Capital is that Obama has never been a particularly vocal opponent of free trade, or a notably dedicated protectionist. In his 2006 book, The Audacity of …
Vandana Shiva is a philosopher, environmental activist, author and eco feminist. Shiva, currently based in Delhi, has authored more than 20 books. She was trained as a physicist and received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, in 1978 with the doctoral dissertation “Hidden variables and …
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I went to Lille in northern France a few days before the first round of the French presidential election to attend a rally held by the socialist candidate François Holland. It was a depressing experience. Thunderous music pulsated through the ugly and poorly heated Zenith convention hall a few blocks …