The New World Order (They Mean It)

The United States never held a large number of direct colonies, a fact that has prompted many political leaders to declare it the great exception to colonialism.

Stanley Aronowitz

Labor’s Love Lost

After the House passed President Clinton's China trade bill, Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, issued a threat: "The 163 Republicans and 73 Democrats that voted for China trade yeste

David Corn

Brands ‘R’ Us?

Jeremy Rifkin wants to rock the world of the jaded reader: He predicts that we're entering a completely new--the final--stage of capitalism.

Jane Slaughter

China and Globalism

The politics of trade will always contrive to decide the most fateful questions in private while leaving public debate to chew over narrow, derivative issues.

William Greider

Corporate Responsibility

So Ford now says the SUV
Is very bad for you and me.
It slurps gas to a fare-thee-well,
And makes the earth as hot as hell.
Its weight means any car it hits

Calvin Trillin

What Monsanto Knew

In a small brick house strung year-round with Christmas lights, behind curtains made of flowered sheets, Jeremiah Smith is listening to his favorite preacher on the radio.

Nancy Beiles

Antitrust & the Media–I

This spring the topic of antitrust returned to the headlines after a long absence as the government pursued and won (for the time being) its case against Microsoft and, in a more muted way, as Ti

Robert W. McChesney

Extra! Extra! Read Less About It

Robert Scheer

The ‘Shame’ Game

When we last visited New York Times foreign affairs pundit Thomas Friedman during last year's Seattle protests, he was attacking critics of the antidemocratic World Trade Organization as a

Eric Alterman

The American Ascendancy

The turn of the millennium provided yet another occasion to celebrate a triumphant American Century.

Bruce Cumings