Category Archives: GLOBALIZATION

10 Countries With The Worst Income Inequality: OECD

HUFFINGTON POST Of all the effects of the economic crisis, perhaps one of the least visible, but most consequential has been the rising rate of income inequality around the world. A recent report, released by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic … Continue reading

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Amazon Deforestation In Brazil Increases Six-Fold, Crisis Center Created To Combat Huge Rise

By MARCO SIBAJA HUFFINGTON POST BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil has set up a crisis center to combat increased deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, the nation’s environmental minister said Wednesday. Minister Izabella Teixeira said officials had to take action after satellite … Continue reading

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The True Cost of Chevron: Teach-In & Protest

Teach-In 5/23, Protest at Chevron AGM 5/25! Teach-In on the True Cost of Chevron Monday, May 23 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm David Brower Center, Tamalpais Room 2150 Allston Way Berkeley, CA Join  JINN, Emem Okon from the Niger Delta and … Continue reading

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Thousands have joined the “I Won’t Pay” movement in Greece

By Anthony Faiola Washington Post Athens — Already struggling to avoid a debt default that could seal Greece’s fate as a financial pariah, this Mediterranean nation is also scrambling to contain another threat — a breakdown in the rule of … Continue reading

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The Corporate State Wins Again

The Corporate State Wins Again, by Chris Hedges, Published on Monday, April 25, 2011 by TruthDig.com When did our democracy die? When did it irrevocably transform itself into a lifeless farce and absurd political theater? When did the press, labor, … Continue reading

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Is the World Too Big to Fail? The Contours of Global Order

Noam Chomsky in Amsterdam (13-03-2011) from Chomsky in Nederland on Vimeo.

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Capitalism’s Dismal Future

Capitalism’s Dismal Future, by Paul Mattick, The Chronicle Review, March 13, 2011           A homeless man named Roger panhandles in New York City, Spencer Platt, Getty Images Apart from the patently nonreality-based dissent of its Republican … Continue reading

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See How Chevron & Shell Destroy The People and Environment of Nigeria

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NASA Study Says Ice Caps Melting at a Much Faster Rate

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6 Billion Ways – Accumulation by African Dispossession

6 Billion Ways – Accumulation by African Dispossession, By @Nishmadoshi, March 6, 2011, Political Dynamite This is the second in a series of reports by Political Dynamite writers from the 6 Billion Ways Conference on 5-6 March. The speakers in … Continue reading

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