Mar 8, 2008 | Debates
Many people, however, increasingly have questions about one key group: the pharmaceutical companies or, as it is called in business circles, "Big Pharma." More and more people have asked the question: Is Big Pharma part of the problem of part of the...
Mar 8, 2008 | Speeches
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the supreme institution of corporate-driven globalization, and the collapse of its fifth ministerial in Cancún on Sept. 14 this year has dramatically underlined the deepening crisis of legitimacy of the globalist agenda....
Mar 8, 2008 | Interviews
IPS: You have suggested that the WSF turns into a "new form". How do you see the future and shape of the WSF? WB: Taking stands on key issues like US aggression in the Middle East, Zionist oppression of the Palestinian people, and the poverty-creating...
Mar 8, 2008 | Articles
Faizel Ismail is the head of the delegation to the World Trade Organization of South Africa's Permanent Mission in Geneva. He has served as chairman of the Committee on Trade and Development of the WTO's Trade Negotiations Committee. A key player in the Group...
Mar 8, 2008 | Articles
Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism is very impressive indeed. This is, however, not immediately evident, a sense that is confirmed by Joseph Stiglitz’ review of the book. Even before I read it, I was certain that the Nobel...