Globalization
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“Manufacturing Dissent”: the Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites By Michel Chossudovsky
Under contemporary capitalism, the illusion of democracy must prevail. It is in the interest of the corporate elites to accept dissent and protest as a feature of the system inasmuch as they do not threaten the established social order. The purpose is not to repress dissent, but, on the contrary, to shape and mould the… Continue reading
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Neoliberalism and the Dynamics of Capitalist Development in Latin America By Prof. James Petras and Prof. Henry Veltmeyer
An analysis of the dynamics of capitalist development over the last two decades has been overshadowed by an all too prevalent “globalization” discourse. It appears that much of the Left has bought into this discourse, tacitly accepting globalization as an irresistible fact and that in many ways it is progressive, needing only for the corporate… Continue reading
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Global Research: Public Health and Global Militarization Selected Articles
Global Research: Public Health and Global Militarization Selected Articles 28 July, 2009 Continue reading
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Keynes with a neo-liberal twist? By William Bowles
10 November 2008 “Just imagine saying, “production for use leads to stagnation; production for death leads to exchange value and profits.” Now don’t jump on me! Wait, I have to go into capital expansion and its being “the breath of capitalism” and, as yet, no forseeable future opportunities for capital reproduction to the magnitude needed Continue reading
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Lies, nothing but damn lies and then there’s the mass media… By William Bowles
The US, along with the UK via their military and economic control, especially over the financial and oil markets are directly responsible for the current crisis, a crisis compounded by the massive financial fraud perpetrated by the major banks and investment corporations, a fraud that ordinary working people are being forced to pay for. Continue reading