Category Archives: Globalization

U.S. Joins “Rules-Based World” on Afghanistan

Why the US appears to be retreating from the idea it can remake the world to its own liking, at least in Afghanistan.

Medea Benjamin: 10 Things Wrong With Biden’s Foreign Policy

Medea Benjamin explains why the Biden administration seems firmly entrenched behind Trump’s walls of hostility.

The End of Closed Democracy?

Corporate and financial capital still dominate, but politics no longer serves them alone, by putting the interests of the market first. Instead, power is having to listen to people everywhere.

‘Disturbing’: Rich Nations Vaccinating Person Per Second While Blocking Effort to Share Recipe With Poor Countries

Rich nations continue to block a propsed waiver of intellectual property rights to allow global sharing of vaccine tecnology and production.

Why the U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance Is Essential for U.S. Survival

Maintaining and reviving manufacturing capacity in key insutries is vital to preserving jobs and ensuring U.S. survival.

Resurrected Politically, Lula Goes After Bolsonaro’s ‘Moronic’ Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic

A Brazilian court this week rehabilitated former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, clearing the way for a 2022 presidential bid.

Global Transformation: The Precariat Overcoming Populism

A contribution to debate urging the mainstream left not to be distracted by populism. Aim instead for what we know about the near Future.

Consider This Pineapple: Some Thoughts on Food Waste

Food waste is a major contributor to global warming, not only the rotten stuff per se, but the carbon expended by moving it hither and yon.

Yes, Export Bans on Vaccines Are a Problem, But Why Is the Supply of Vaccines so Limited in the First Place?

Italy has blocked vaccine exports to Australia, which now must reconsider its opposition to proposed global solutions to unblock supply.

This Obscure Energy Treaty Is the Greatest Threat to the Planet You’ve Never Heard Of

The Energy Charter Treaty lets fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking action on climate change. It must be stopped.

Artificial Intelligence Could Mean Large Increases in Prosperity—But Only for a Privileged Few

Labor-saving advances in artificial intelligence may undo the gains from globalization and pose new challenges for economic development

Global Coup d’État: Mapping the Corporate Takeover of Global Governance

Why you should be very, very worried when our supposed betters start talking up the newest neoliberal Trojan horse, global governance.

Waste Watch: News from the U.S. and the Maldives

The Maldives and the U.S. are each grappling with managing their packaging waste; beware those who tout the EPR panacea.

The Chip Shortage: Brought to You By American Neoliberalism

While the chip shortage will sort itself out in the next six months, the US can’t remedy its dependence on foreigners for critical supplies.