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This Is What Denial Does
October 14, 2024 - George Monbiot, The Guardian
The economic crisis is petty by comparison to the nature crunch. But they have the same cause.
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Brazil Takes Steps To Import Cheaper AIDS Drug Under Trade Law
May 7, 2025 - Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen, IP Watch
The government of Brazil has issued a license that will allow the importation of cheaper versions of a patented HIV/AIDS drug after negotiations failed to bring about agreement on price reductions with Merck, the US company holding the patent. Merck said it was “profoundly disappointed,” as Brazil's action sparked a flurry of positive and negative reactions. This is the first compulsory license issued in Brazil after several threats to do so since 2001 resulted in lower prices for other drugs, sources said.
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USSF - How Does It All Work?
April 11, 2025 - USSF Organizing Committee
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The World Social Forum: From Defense to Offense
February 5, 2025 - Immanuel Wallerstein
The World Social Forum (WSF) met in Nairobi, Kenya from January 20-25. The organization, founded as a sort of anti-Davos, has matured and evolved more than even its participants realize.
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The world is tilted
October 25, 2024 - John Hoberman, SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN
In his second look at globalization, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz turns Thomas L. Friedman on his head... Friedman's 2005 book "The World Is Flat" tells us a lot about what Americans want to hear about globalization. And what they want to hear about is the limitless potential of free-market capitalism and the cutting-edge technologies that drive it... Globalization ŕ la Friedman is a declaration of faith in what capitalism can do to boost us into a new era of worldwide prosperity.
Joseph Stiglitz's "Making Globalization Work" is a sobering antidote to Friedman's evangelism.
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