Although the United Nations remains heavily criticised for its complexity and bias towards the ‘big 5’ nations, it’s noble origins and ideals – embodied in the UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights – emphasises the need for a more democratic, powerful and ultimately more representative UN system that can act as a conduit for international cooperation and the securing of basic human needs.
Why, you might wonder, does Germany feel the need to barricade the G8 meeting, protecting it from the thousands of expected protestors? The answer lies in the deep unpopularity of G8 summits, writes Mohammed Mesbahi, since they are considered undemocratic by the majority world and protestors from the richest countries.
Anti-globalization Movement is a disputed term referring to the international social movement network that gained widespread media attention after protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle, WA in late November and early December 1999. Activists and scholars debate whether it constitutes a single social movement or represents a collection of allied groups, a "movement of movements."
Senator Joseph Biden said Monday he expects the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which he chairs, to adopt a resolution this week calling for full funding of the United Nations and payment of U.S. arrears.
One of the world's foremost economists, was this years host at the Reith Lectures. Hosted by Sue Lawley and broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Sachs argued over five talks that the world is in a period of turbulent transition and that the biggest challenges need to be navigated by broader and deeper global co-operation. In this last lecture, Global Politics in a Complex Age, Sachs outlined how the key political novelty of our age is mass political awareness and mobilization. Mass mobilization has brought the Age of Empire to an end, and accounts for the failures in Iraq, he says. Social mobilization can be a dramatic force for positive change.
At the World Social Forum in Nairobi, in January, there was much anticipation of the US Social Forum, which will take place in Atlanta, June 27–July 1, 2007. Many international allies are eager to attend and to know what initiatives emerge.
We live in a time of imperial-driven destructive wars in the name of “democracy,” savage exploitation in the name of “emerging world powers,” massive forced population displacement in the name of “immigration” and large-scale pillage of natural resources in the name of “free markets.” We live in a time of barbarism and the barbarian elites employ an army of linguistic and cultural manipulators to justify their conquests.
