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Hahnel: Let's Review
Commentary, April, 08 2000
Robin Hahnel
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For almost 20 years an accelerating process many of us now call corporate sponsored globalization has been changing the way the international economy operates. Under the title “neoliberalism†multinational corporations have succeed...
Wagner: Nike
Graphic, April, 06 2000
Pete Wagner
Wagner's ZSpace page
Nike, shoes, athletic shoes, divestment, cartoon, exploitation, workers, slave labor
Dowd: SOCIAL SECURITY: FROM SCAM TO SCANDAL IN 65 YEARS
Commentary, April, 05 2000
Douglas Dowd
Dowd's ZSpace page
Of course it's been better than nothing, considering only the great number of old and survivors it has kept at or above the poverty line; or so we are told. But at least two points: about 40 percent of families over 65 have an annual income of und...
Bond: Run on the Bank
Commentary, April, 05 2000
Patrick Bond
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"We can't REALLY aim to shut down the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, you know, Patrick. What would we do without them? What would take their place?"
Mokhiber: Who Owns America?
Commentary, April, 03 2000
Russell Mokhiber
Mokhiber's ZSpace page
The other day, at our local bookstore, we passed a book. And then doubled back. ÊThe book is titled Who Owns America?: A Declaration of Independence. Sounded like it was written by people we should know. But on further investigation, we recognized...
Albert: Economics and the Rest Of Society
Commentary, April, 02 2000
Michael Albert
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A Participatory Economy produces, consumes, and allocates to meet peopleÕs needs and develop their capacities. It also promotes equity, solidarity, diversity, and self-management. Its central features are workersÕ and consumersÕ councils, remunera...
Sargent: 37.7 Seconds, Part V
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Lydia Sargent
Sargent's ZSpace page
I began this series by saying that there was a time when “reading feminism” was a joyful, liberating journey. That was pre-1980. Then it became a depressing experience, a subject for satire or/and outrage as inanities, ...
Herman: Key Words In The New World Order
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Edward Herman
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As the 21st century begins, with the U.S. hegemon and transnational capitalism roaming the earth like the dinosaurs of the distant past, we should take stock of the key words that help rationalize their rampages. Many are heart-w...
Bronski: The Subversive Ms. Highsmith and The Talented Mr. Ripley
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Michael Bronski
Bronski's ZSpace page
Isn’t that the cute Matt Damon playing a beguiling, decidedly dangerous, homosexual in Anthony Minghella’s film The Talented Mr. Ripley? Damon acts to perfection the role of Tom Ripley, the accomplished young American h...
Bacon: The Poor Fight For UNAM
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
David Bacon
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In early February, when Mexico’s Federal government moved to end the strike at the National Autonomous University (UNAM), its action was motivated less by concern over the fate of the institution and its students, and much m...
Staff: The Reason To Demonstrate
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Z Staff
Staff's ZSpace page
The mid-April Washington demonstratons against the IMF, World Bank, and WTO are imminent. Are you going? If not, will you be discussing the issues with co-workers, relatives, and schoolmates, even though far from Washington? ...
Petras: Rebellion in Ecuador
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
James Petras
Petras's ZSpace page
On January 21 a popular rebellion, led by a coalition of Indians, peasants, and urban workers, supported by junior military officials occupied the Parliament, Judiciary, and surrounded the presidential palace. A three-person junt...
Wood: none
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Ellen meiksins Wood
Wood's ZSpace page
Monthly Review Press, 138 pp. Review by Jim Cabral Distinguished scholar and Monthly Review co-editor Ellen Meiksins Wood has written an important book, The Origin of Capitalism, that does much to improve ...
Berkowitz: Powerful Right-Wing Alliance Challenges Climate Justice
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Bill Berkowitz
Berkowitz's ZSpace page
What happens when a little-known, but important right-wing think tank combines forces with a long-time anti-environmental organization? You get a powerful and far-reaching anti-environmental publication that at launch-time already has ...
Anderson: Labor shortage
Graphic, March, 30 2000
Kirk Anderson
Anderson's ZSpace page
employment, hiring, economy, supply and demand
Administrator: ANTI-CORPORATE PROTECTION MARKET
Commentary, March, 30 2000
Site Administrator
Administrator's ZSpace page
One of the more entertaining pieces of email to cross my screen in the last few weeks, was a cover letter with a "Guide to the Seattle Meltdown: A Compendium of Activists at the WTO Ministerial." The letter noted that the "perceived success" of th...
Herman: EXPORTING DEMOCRACY, OR A FAVORABLE CLIMATE OF INVESTMENT?
Commentary, March, 28 2000
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
The great nineteenth century U.S. agnostic and lecturer, Robert Green Ingersoll, used to delight in telling the story of the test of true faith imposed on those seeking entry into heaven by the heavenly gatekeeper (e.g., in his lecture on the "Mis...
Simpson: WTO
Graphic, March, 27 2000
Carol Simpson
Simpson's ZSpace page
WTO, global econony, free trade, workers, child labor, labor
Simpson: Productivity
Graphic, March, 27 2000
Carol Simpson
Simpson's ZSpace page
productivity, speedup, mananagement, workers, work
Simpson: The IMF
Graphic, March, 27 2000
Carol Simpson
Simpson's ZSpace page
IMF, global economy, CIA, Pentagon, free markets, global markets
