Protests against austerity and corruption have toppled Tunisia's government, but what about the pivotal country of North Africa, Egypt, the second biggest recipient of US military and economic aid? Political scientist Mona El-Ghabashy discusses Egypt's recent rigged parliamentary elections and considers the forces that may ultimately imperil Egypt's longstanding authoritarian regime, including the strongest labor movement in that country since the 1940s.
Rick Rowden, The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism: How the IMF has Undermined Public Health and the Fight Against AIDS Zed Books, 2009
Poor nations don't, or can't, devote adequate resources to improving their populations' health and well-being. Are the policies of the International Monetary Fund partly to blame for this? Rick Rowden explains how IMF dictates, and the neoliberal economic logic that ungirds them, block poor countries from developing.
Kari Lydersen, Revolt on Goose Island: The Chicago Factory Takeover, and What it Says about the Economic Crisis Melville House, 2009
As the economic crisis grinds on for working people around the world, two impressive examples of militancy stand out. Kari Lydersen reported on the 2008 occupation of Chicago's Republic Windows and Doors factory as it was unfolding and talks about the history on the shop floor which provided fertile ground for action. And Chris Spannos discusses the ongoing resistance in Greece, where generations of Greeks have mobilized wave upon wave of general strikes and actions in opposition to austerity measures there.
Rick Rowden, The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism: How the IMF has Undermined Public Health and the Fight Against AIDS Zed Books, 2009
Poor nations don't, or can't, devote adequate resources to improving their populations' health and well-being. Are the policies of the International Monetary Fund partly to blame for this? Rick Rowden explains how IMF dictates, and the neoliberal economic logic that ungirds them, block poor countries from developing.
H.K. Yuen Social Movement Archive
Yellowjackets by Itamar Moses at Berkeley Rep
If much of the Left is correct, then corporate elites in this country all think the same way. But do they? Mark Engler points out divisions within corporate elites and differences between the Clinton and Bush versions of globalization. He also reflects on what he senses will be a new era of globalization and free-trade battles. Also, Peter Camejo spoke at Sproul Plaza in 1967, and Itamar Moses discusses his new play about Berkeley High School.
