We ought not to be completely helpless, however. What is so shocking about the current state of affairs is that our...
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Challenges and Dilemmas of the Public Intellectual
Thinking over Barry’s assignment last night, I would say that there are three key lessons I have learned:...
Selected Economic, Political, and Social Trends in Asia in a Global Context
- Rise of China and, to a less extent, India as central event in Asia over the last 20 years. - China’s relation...
Beirut 2004: A Milestone in the Global Struggle against Injustice and War
We are assembled here in Beirut at a critical moment. It is a moment marked by crosscurrents: In Iraq, the US gets...
The Crisis of the Globalist Project & the New Economics of George W. Bush
Capitalism constantly erodes man and woman's being-in-nature (creature) and being-in-society (citizen) and, even...
The Global Crisis of Legitimacy of Liberal Democracy
The first is the crisis of overextension, or the growing gap between imperial reach and imperial grasp, the most...
Iraq, the U.S., and the Challenges to the Global Peace Movement
These year's massive protests are in the tradition of the global protests against the war of Feb. 15, 2003 and...
Academics, Power, and the Crisis of the University
More recently, the influence of academia on politicians and policymakers has been most evident in the massive impact...
Desperate Martians Now Wooing Venusians
The reality is that the old game of domination and occupation continues, and the US is not winning. The triumphalism...
The Future in the Balance
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the supreme institution of corporate-driven globalization, and the collapse of...