October 2, 2005 – 8:30 am
Australia’s laboriously built food standards are rapidly decaying under FTA pressure, writes Nonie Sharp
October 2, 2001 – 8:02 pm
Tom Nairn: The beginnings of a new and undisguised american unilateralism has led many to suggest global forms of justice. But peace may only be achieved by overcoming the impasse of nationalisms in the region
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Also tagged 9/11, anti-Americanism, authoritarianism, Brendan O’Leary, capitalism, Christian conservatism, Christianity, Colin Powell, democracy, ethnic cleansing, fundamentalism, globalisation, hierarchy, imperialism, information technology, Islam, justice, nationalism, OpenDemocracy, oppression, Osama bin Laden, Palestine, propaganda, rationality, recession, religious toleration, secularism, sharia law, technology, terrorism, theocracy, Tom Nairn, unilateralism, United States, war
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Jeannie Rea: No Logo, Naomi Klein, Flamingo/Harper Collins, London, 2001.
Posted in against the current
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Also tagged activism, advertising, anarchist theory, anti-corporate movement, appropriation, branding, capitalism, consumer protest, culture jammers, democracy, environmental destruction, exploitation, human rights, Jeannie Rea, media, Naomi Klein, product placement, public relations, solidarity, sponsorship, sweat shops, working conditions
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Guy Rundle on Big Pharma’s response to the AIDS epidemic in Africa
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Also tagged Africa, AIDS, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, biotechnology, chemical compounds, commodification, generic drugs, genes, George W Bush, Guy Rundle, intellectual property, molecular biology, patent applications, pharmaceutical companies, political lobbying, postmodern economy, private property, public funding, public relations, trade legislation
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Andrea Maksimovic: When Going Global Means Freedom of Movement for Everything but People
Posted in against the current
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Also tagged Andrea Maksimovic, asylum seekers, border policies, borders, capital, citizenship rights, coastal guards, defence budget, detention centres, exploitation, free-trade zones, freedom of movement, global justice, globalisation, humanitarianism, Naomi Klein, nation-state, Paul Keating, political oppression, refugees, slave wages, transit camps, United Nations (UN), wages
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February 2, 2001 – 9:05 am
Guy Rundle Nation-Building In A Post-National Culture
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Also tagged British Empire, Don Watson, Federation, globalisation, Guy Rundle, Indigenous Australians, multiculturalism, neoliberalism, One Nation, Paul Keating, post-modern nationalism, protection, republic, Sydney Olympics, symbolic nationalism, tourism industry
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Guy Rundle Pollyanna politics and global social movements
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Also tagged affinity groups, anarchism, anarchists, Bakunin, churches, civil disobedience, class, consumers, Earth First, G8, genetically modified foods, global economy, global protest movement, Guy Rundle, J18, Pat Buchanan, Reclaim the Streets, Rousseau, situationists, students, subcultures, technology, unions, United States, World Bank, World Trade Organisation (WTO)
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