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Protesters Aim for Quiet Persuasion

Peronet Despeignes September 27, 2002
A year after the Sept. 11 attacks on the US, anti-globalization activists in the US appear to be following two main tactical approaches. While some groups continue the loud, vociferous protests akin to those seen at Seattle’s WTO meeting, others are pursuing a less confrontational approach aimed at creating dialog with the World Bank and IMF. – YaleGlobal

Is Globalization Sustainable?

David Dapice September 26, 2002
Globalization is not an inevitable, irreversible trend. With the destruction of World War I, increasingly integrated global economic structures began to unravel, collapsing during the Great Depression of the early 20th century. Our more recent era of globalization faces two major threats - political un-sustainability and terrorism. - YaleGlobal

New Allies May Hit Support for Anti-Globalisers

Alan Beattie April 16, 2002
While some in the anti-globalization movement, like Gail Taylor of the Colombia mobilisation, see a direct link between trade liberalization and support for leftist guerillas, others like Thea Lee of the AFL-CIO worry about the risk of merging anti-globalization and anti-war protests. Lee remarks about the AFL-CIO’s absence from protests at the IMF-World Bank meetings: “A lot of the protests seem...

Why Are Globalizers So Provincial?

Alice H. Amsden January 31, 2002
A quick review of the national origins of leaders at the upcoming 2002 World Economic Forum reveals the provincial nature of purportedly global economic organizations. In order for institutions like the World Trade Organization to live up to their name, says MIT scholar Alice H. Amsden, leaders from semi-industrialized countries like Brazil, Mexico and China must be allowed among international...

Globalization Lessons from History

Harold James January 29, 2002
History professor Harold James argues that the political challenges globalization presents today are similar to the challenges at the turn of the twentieth century. These problems drive a wedge between the normal left/right division. As James notes, “a triple division, between anti-globalisation conservatives, pro-globalisation liberals and redistributionist leftists” occurs. With the...

India among 'More Globalised Developing Nations'

Anon. December 6, 2001
“India is among twenty-four ‘more globalised developing countries’ listed by the World Bank which says globalisation has enabled the country to obtain tangible benefits in economic growth and trade.” Nevertheless, not all areas in India have attracted foreign investment. Although India liberalized trade and investment in the early 1990s, many policies are controlled by individual states, which...

Globalisation’s Children Strike Back

James Harding September 11, 2001
Anti-globalization activism may seem like a single opponent to organizations like the WTO and World Bank that bear the brunt of its attacks; but in reality, the movement lacks a general consensus beyond the slogan: “Another world is possible.” This other world is at least partially defined in the list of concerns, grievances, or failures members of the movement find in globalization. Anti-...