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Earth Democracy
Vandana Shiva
Advocates of corporate driven globalization are like the missionaries of old. Convinced of their righteousness, they are full of good intentions to save the world. Instead of bibles they are waving so-called free trade agreements. The gospel they preach is, Open your markets. Let us in. A recent UN study unequivocally states that globalization is […]
Democracy & the Global Economy
Vandana Shiva
The media’s attention is on terrorism. Yet, in the background are other critical issues. Perhaps none so important as to what is happening to the global economy. The mantra of free trade and open markets has widened the gap between rich and poor nations. Level playing fields don’t seem very level to the have-nots. Democracy […]
Monocultures of the Mind
Vandana Shiva
Over centuries, communities all over the world have developed knowledge and skills to derive livelihoods from the bounties of nature’s diversity. Today, traditional agriculture is being undermined by external inputs and new rules of international trade. Globalization advocates render local knowledge invisible by declaring it non-existent or illegitimate. Monocultures of the mind generate models of […]
Globalization, Women and Agriculture
Vandana Shiva
Much of the Third World is being recolonized under the rubric of free trade. You can’t miss the KFCs, Pizza Huts and McDonald’s. But there is more to it than that. Multinationals like Monsanto and Cargill have penetrated the agricultural sector. They promise green revolutions and greater yields. As chemical inputs increase, monocultures replace biodiverse […]
Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
Vandana Shiva
Multinational corporations are transforming global agriculture. Using the WTO as a wedge, they seek to patent seeds and life forms. Citizens from all over the world are questioning the impact of industrial agriculture and biotechnology on small farmers, the environment, and the quality and safety of food. Perhaps nowhere is resistance to the practices of […]
Democracy & Biodiversity
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva discusses the corporatization of the rural economy in India and the efforts to resist it. “I have recognized that civil disobedience is a way to create permanent democracy, perennial democracy, a direct democracy. Gandhi’s idea of swadeshi, that society should put its own resources and its local capacities to use to meet its […]
Women’s Power
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva talks about the central role of women in resistance struggles in India and throughout the Third World. She says, “On the other side of India in Orissa there was a movement. The women’s slogan is, soil is our goddess, it’s our religion.” She adds, “A new steel plant is coming up. This really […]
Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature & Knowledge
Vandana Shiva
Shiva describes the impact that giant agribusiness is having on global food production and the effects intellectual property rights and patents are having on traditional communities.
Reel Bad Arabs
Jack Shaheen
Hollywood is good at stereotypes. Simple struggles of good versus evil, heroes against villains, can be a safe bet for box office success. Those stereotypes can have a strong impact in the real world. Film is a powerful force for shaping our imagination and our perception of reality. For decades, one of Hollywood’s favorite villains […]
Shattering Stereotypes: Media Images of Arabs
Jack Shaheen
Popular depictions of Arabs range from a menacing Saddam Hussein to camel caravans and oil-rich sheikhs to the movie Aladdin. The World Trade Center bombing fills the news. Arab terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, we are informed, threaten Western civilization. There is a decisive connection between media representations and public attitudes. Repetitive distortions defame an entire […]
Backlash: Community or Chaos in the Twenty-First Century
Mab Segrest
Racism, sexism and homophobia are deeply entrenched. While some legal provisions provide a patina of protection, the problems persist. During periods of economic decline, there is a tendency not to examine root causes but to scapegoat individuals and groups who are most vulnerable and powerless. Politicians and editorial writers sanitize and mask their attitudes. The […]
Guatemala: 1954
Stephen Schlesinger
The destruction of democracy by the U.S. In Guatemala in 1954 was a seminal event in 20th-century Latin American history. The CIA overthrow of the democratically-elected Jacobo Arbenz government ushered in a decades-long reign of terror for the Guatemalan people and in particular for the indigenous Mayan population. Among the most infamous and brutal of […]

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