The United Nations was founded in 1945 with a mandate to secure a long standing human dream of peace, justice, and prosperity for all people. The UN’s founders chose to open the UN charter […]
It’s always a thrill to speak to a group with such energy and commitment that is making […]
On November 30, 1999, world television broadcast dramatic scenes of Seattle police clothed in Darth Vader riot gear brutally wielding clubs, tear gas, pepper spray, and plastic bullets against thousands of people who had come […]
Q: What is it that defines a project that would be described as addressing “corporate globalization”? Does activist organizing count on issues in which the rich northern countries exploit the poor South in the absence of addressing the higher […]
I want to express my deep admiration to Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan for the courage and foresight he has demonstrated in organizing this meeting. Economic globalization is one of the most […]
I feel deeply privileged to be meeting with a number of groups in Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces on alternatives to corporate rule and economic globalization, because I believe that what you are doing here in your inquiry process is of potential planetary significance.
We live in a […]
by David C. Korten
The capitalist economy has a […]
Reprinted from Tikkun, Vol. 14, No. 4, July/August 1999, pp. 71-76
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Overall, the paper did an excellent job encapsulating, on an abstract level, the anger felt by the “progressive” political establishment. If it was targeted to any other audience, the paper might be discredited as being too extremist.
One general concern I had with the paper (perhaps intentional on your part?) was that it […]
Raffi, troubadour, entrepreneur, and founder of the Child Honoring initiative.
As you note, the dilemma you’re describing is not a partisan issue; Clinton’s embrace of NAFTA, near criminalization of poverty, WTO attest to that; the Democrats contributed to the circumvention of democracy via int’l trade agreements. I wonder if the non partisan (systemic) aspect of this […]
