Class Struggle in the New China
Christian Parenti : China
Across China there is a rising rural and urban class struggle as the economy moves from Maoist socialism to a strange type of quasi-Maoist capitalism.
World Economy
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2008
2007
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Latin America's Shock Resistance
Recent events in the region show how societies can recover from extreme capitalism.
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Beyond the Age of Petroleum
Michael T. Klare : U.S. Economy
Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change.
2006
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Free-Trade Bondage in Jordan
Kristen Gillespie : Globalization
The Jordan-US free-trade agreement was supposed to be a labor-rights model. It's been a disaster.
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China's Neoliberal Dynasty
As China's economy surges forward, so does the pileup of social contradictions: pollution, migration, crime and family dysfunction.
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Temple of Mammon, Planet of Doom
Alexander Cockburn : Banks & Banking
As we head into Summer 2006, the world capitalist system is out of control.
2005
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Bono Meets Dr. Shock
Doug Henwood : Ethical Economics
It's easy to scoff at a rock star like Bono pairing up with economist Jeffrey Sachs. But their tireless lobbying for debt relief for the poorest nations could make a real difference for the 1 billion people who live on less than a dollar a day.
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Climate and the G-8
Mark Hertsgaard : Global Warming & Climate Change
Though the G-8 leaders should subsidize zero-carbon energy sources, they should resist Bush's advocacy of nuclear energy.
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The Dreams of George Bush
Robert L. Borosage : Social Security
The boldness of Bush's ambition is matched only by the wrongheadedness of his priorities.
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Another World Turns
Alisa Solomon : Social & Economic Rights
Imagining the possibilities at the World Social Forum.
2003
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Beyond Globophobia
Doug Henwood : Economic Policy
Instead of blaming globalization for our economic ills, why not take it over?
2002
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Rebel With a Cause
Through his new organization, former World Bank economist Joesph Stiglitz hopes to do nothing less than end the World Bank and IMF's monopoly on development policy.
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Monterrey and the World
Did Monterrey represent an authentic break with the Washington consensus?
2001
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'After Dirty Air, Dirty Money'
The Bush Administration has blocked efforts to rein in offshore banking of the sort that allows people like Osama bin Laden to hide their assets.
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Hank and Citibank--A Case in Point
The Bush Administration is blocking efforts to rein in offshore banking.
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Global Apartheid
Salih Booker & William Minter : HIV & AIDS
The glacial pace of the global response to AIDS reflects an entrenched double standard characteristic of the apartheid system.
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)
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