globalization

“Behind the Beautiful Forevers” is a powerful indictment of capitalism

February 4, 2013 By Sam Webb

It isn't the first book of this kind but, in revealing the tragedy of capitalist globalization in incredibly intimate and moving detail much like a good novel does, it ranks as one of the best.

Marikana mine massacre reflects South Africa’s persistent inequality and social turmoil

August 21, 2012 By Mark Waller

More astute analysis highlights the appalling situation of South Africa's mining communities as being fertile ground for the crisis that has developed at Marikana.

U.S. military takes on Honduras

May 29, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The drug "war" is used to justify U.S. military intervention in Honduras, now a way station for drugs moving from South America to U.S. consumers.

U.S. and Korea implement free trade agreement

March 16, 2012 By Pedro Conceicao

The United States and South Korea mark the beginning of their free trade pact; labor and farmers remain opposed to deal as too procorporate.

“Bread, freedom, human dignity”: Mass protest returns to Tahrir Square

January 26, 2012 By Susan Webb

Hundreds of thousands rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other Egyptian cities Wednesday on the first anniversary of the Jan. 25, 2011, uprising that led to the ouster of dictator Hosni Mubarak.