Should the IMF be reformed, or destroyed? What's at stake? And can a decentralized movement really do battle with such powerful institutions? Ben Day of the Direct Action Network is glad you asked.
Following the momentum of Seattle & Washington, the next stand against elite driven globalization will take place June 4-6, in Windsor, Ontario. As the extension of NAFTA, the Free Trade Areas of the Americas (FTAA) will extend corporate rule over the entire Western Hemisphere.
Central Asia is a hornet's nest of ethnic hatred, poverty, and great power rivalry. And the USA is about to stick a big pink hand in the middle of it to safeguard its puddles of black gold.
You don't have to be a reactionary to doubt the effectiveness of one dimensional sloganeering. Mike Manville on why tactics matter in the fight for a just world economy.
The Red Ken Barbie Doll is the toy gift of the season. The mayoral action figure comes with a faux gold chain of office, a multi-million pound budget, and real left wing politics. Freezerbox wants to know if London will take two Gulianis and a Jerry Brown in trade.
The missile defense debate is back with a vengeance, and it almost feels like the Cold War again. Don't get too nostalgic, but do reacquaint yourself with the issues. All those bombs aren't park benches yet. Jonah Weiss explains what the fuss is about.
Ever observant, the mainstream media picked up on the presence of anarchists in the recent Washington protests. Predictably, the "new anarchism" story offers a convenient cover for avoiding the larger issues — as well as the millions of non-anarchists who are pressing them.
As fence sitters worry that Ralph Nader's Green campaign will hand the Presidency to the hard right, American democracy continues to rot. Jonas argues that the time has come to show Americans what real progressive politics look like. If recent polls are any indication, they are going to like what they see.
As the world attempts to make sense of a historic week of protest in Washington, who can help but wonder: Are we entering another decade of social unrest and mass activism? And do we get to win this time?
The neo-conservative camp of the Republican Party is calling for a massive arms build up and a more aggressive US role in world affairs, including "rogue regime rollback." If the neo-cons regain power, GOP foreign policy under their influence could look a lot like it did in the early 1980's. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Arguably the closest thing America has to a national hero, Ralph Nader has spent a lifetime designing and firing artillery at the heart of corporate/state corruption. He hasn't landed the silver bullet yet, but he's back in the Presidential fold with the Greens in 2000 — and this time he's pissed. John Walston is excited, but wonders if Nader's vocabulary of "reform" can survive the rhetorical efforts of Gore/Bush to fill the McCain vacuum.
Months after the bombing, the Balkans remain an environmental nightmare and political tinderbox. By setting a precedent for non-defensive and arbitrary high-intensity military interventions, political scientist Chris Lord re-affirms the charge that NATO just plain overstepped. Bigtime.
George W. Bush has turned the state of Texas into a toxic dump. He knows virtually nothing about the world or the important issues of the day. He is not considered mentally equipped by the brains of his own Party. He is fully in the pocket of the most polluting industries on Earth. He defines 'arms control' as the ability to hit your target. And he just might be in the drivers seat at the dawn of the next American Century. Valium, anyone?
Jorg Haider is the tip of a potential extremist iceberg. To keep the rest underwater, Europe will have to strike a new balance between capitalism and democracy.
GOP hawks are making the case for missile-defense and yelling treason at anyone who opposes the program. But when the technological problems, vast cost, and strategic consequences are considered, it is clear that missile-defense is one big very bad idea.
According to New York Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman, opponents of the WTO are ignorant, thrill-seeking, retro-oriented wannabe Weatherman wackos. Maxwell Ford opens up the Sixties analogy and asks how someone so smart can be so dumb.
