I will be adding more links as I find them, so check back here occasionally.
| 1. The Global System (general links) |
1. The Global System
Globalization & Corporate Rule | Index
a) TNCs
"Along Came the Transnationals"- by Daniel Brandt
Transnational Corporations- a collection of relevant articles archived at the Global Policy Forum
ELEVEN INHERENT RULES OF CORPORATE BEHAVIOR by Jerry Mander - read this article to understand, in essence, what a corporation is
Focus on the CorporationThe Mokhiber-Weissman column on corporate power
FIVE CORPORATE CRIMES OF THE CENTURY by Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman
Ending Corporate Governance - Puts the concept of "corporation" in historical context, and emphasizes that corporations are (or at least should be) subordinate to the people. Many interesting links....
Transnationale - the "citizen portal on corporations". Fantastic site - probably the best TNC site of them all
b) The United Nations
A Brief Biography of Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations
UN Security - Past, Present, and Future - by Eric Squire
ICC: Global Compact Violator - article about the increasing corporate influence at the UN
c) The World Trade Organization (WTO)
Common Front on the World Trade Organization -Sierra has some useful info on the WTO
Global Trade Watch - If you have Adobe Acrobat, download "A Citizen's Guide to the WTO" for free - a concise but thorough explanation of what the WTO is all about
WTO articles archived at the Global Policy Forum
indymedia seattle- multimedia WTO protest site
Who Owns the WTO?- many WTO articles, archived by Corporate Watch
The Battle of Seattle - a streaming RealVideo presentation produced by Direct Action Media Network (DAMN)
50 Years Is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice
The Guardian - WTO articles - a great collection of articles about the WTO. The four most recent (as of today - Feb. 20, 2001) focus on the TRIPS negotiations, and more particularly on the impacts it will have on AIDS treatment programs in the developing world.
The Sustainable Development Effects of the WTO TRIPS Agreement: A Focus on Developing Countries
d) The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Debt
Resisting the IMF/WB - mobilization page from NoNonsense English
The World Bank and Corporations - from Corporate Planet
Harvard Guru Questions Role Of Structural Adjustment - news item about the criticism of SAPs by a prominent Harvard economics professor
World Bank / International Monetary Fund - Global Exchange's archive of articles concerning the World Bank and the IMF (regularly updated)
Bretton Woods Institutions - archived articles at the Global Policy Forum
MONEY & DEBT. The New Internationalist in Easier English.
The Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative - working to eliminate third world debt by the end of the year 2000
On the IMF - Testimony of Ralph Nader on the International Monetary Fund before the General Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
World Bank helps poor by taking away food- by Linda McQuaig
Corporate Watch: World Bank / IMF - large number of archived articles
e) Money