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The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle
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Rebecca Solnit,David Solnit |
Summary:"From dawn to dusk on November 30, 1999, tens of thousands of people shut down the World Trade Organization meeting, facing cops firing tear gas and rubber bullets, the National Guard, and th… |
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Revolutions in Reverse
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David Graeber |
Capitalism as we know it appears to be coming apart. But as financial institutions stagger and crumble, there is no obvious alternative. There is good reason to believe that, in a generation or so, c… |
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People first economics
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Vanessa Baird,David Ransom |
Presents a collection of essays by such authors as Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, and Evo Morales discussing the economic policies and conditions of the world today. |
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Us vs. them
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Ian Bremmer |
"Those who championed globalization once promised a world of winners, one in which free trade would lift all the world's boats, and extremes of left and right would give way to universally embraced l… |
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Confronting injustice
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Umair Muhammad |
According to recent estimates 400,000 people die every year as a result of human-made global warming. The UN projects that 3 billion additional people may be pushed into extreme poverty by 2050 becau… |
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In, against, and beyond capitalism
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John Holloway |
Summary:An accessible venture into the thinking of John Holloway and his unique take on left radical theory In, Against, and Beyond Capitalism is based on three recent lectures delivered by John Holl… |
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Umwelt
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Marc Engelhardt,Markus Steigenberger |
Was neoliberale Weltpolitik konkret für Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit bedeutet, stellen die Autoren in diesem Buch grundlegend und anhand vieler Beispiele dar.
**Der Streit um die Zulassung** gentechn… |
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Fair trade
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Jillian Powell |
"From chocolate and tea to flowers and cotton, discover the history of fair trade and its products. Learn what difference fair trade makes to the people producing the goods, what the ten princlples o… |
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In Defense of Globalization
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Jagdish Bhagwati |
The riot-torn meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999 was only the most dramatic sign of the intensely passionate debate now raging over globalization, which critics blame for ever… |
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