online archive
6:00PM
DEC 13 2007
Abnormals of all nations, unite!
From Open Democracy, an article on disarmament as the forgotten issue: "Peace on Earth" by 2020? It's possible — here's how. Abnormals of all nations, unite! What is worrying is not so much the number of failed democracies as the extensive misuse of democratic institutions, symbols, and practices. Poof: An article on the post-revolutionary disappearing act — and its dreadful consequences. A review of Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming by Paul Hawken. The introduction to Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium by Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O'Rourke. A review of The Politics of Free Markets: The Rise of Neoliberal Economic Policies in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States by Monica Prasad. From Global Law Books, a review of Trade, Aid, and Arbitrate: The Globalization of Western Law by Ronald Charles Wolf; and a review of The Human Rights Impact of the World Trade Organisation by James Harrison. A review of Cultural Products and the World Trade Organization by Tania Voon.
