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Shock Doctrine: Power, Passion, and Neoliberalism

Walden Bello November 28, 2007 Walden Bello

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Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is very impressive indeed. This is, however, not immediately evident, a sense that is confirmed by Joseph Stiglitz' review of the book. Even before I read it, I was certain that the Nobel laureate would highlight Klein's attempt to make a connection between the electric shock experiments performed by the notorious McGill University psychologist Ewen Cameron who was on contract with the CIA and the economic shock approach developed by Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago.

The Third World in the 20th Century: Vijay Prashad Interview

Political Affairs October 3, 2007 Political Affairs

The author talks about the origins of his book, The Darker Nations, the Third World Project, anti-imperialist movements, Hugo Chavez and lessons for the future.

Is the Antarctic Treaty a Model to Prevent an Arctic Oil Race?

Rene Wadlow September 18, 2007 Rene Wadlow

Could the Arctic Council serve as a focus for drafting a wider treaty among states to deal with sovereignty claims, shipping lanes, the development of oil and mineral resources?

It’s Time For Fundamental Reforms at the United Nations

Pratik P. Patil September 11, 2007 Pratik P. Patil

The United Nations proved unable to stop the illegal invasion of Iraq and is standing on the sidelines during genocide in Darfur. These days, it looks like the organization has lost its relevance. We clearly need a much stronger and more active UN. Here are examples of what is wrong with the UN today and how it can be made more effective.

UN Human Rights Council: A Focus on Human Trafficking

Rene Wadlow July 18, 2007 Rene Wadlow

While the Human Rights Council has focused only on a small number of States where human rights are abused - basically the Israel-Palestine conflict, the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, and Darfur, Sudan - the Council has played a key role in building awareness of the growing flow, world wide, of human trafficking.

UN Human Rights Council: One Year’s Record, Lights and Shadows

Rene Wadlow July 2, 2007 Rene Wadlow

The United Nations Human Rights Council has just finished at the end of June 2007 its first year as the new human rights framework. The Council replaced the UN Commission on Human Rights, which was a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). When the UN Charter was being drafted in the early months of 1945, no one expected that human rights would come to play such a large role in the UN's work.