Hungry Planet: What the World Eats

Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio have produced what can only be called an extraordinary book

"...Hungry Planet is a graphic example of what fast-food globalization, mass tourism, and giant agribusiness have done to the..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Hightower Report

Take Cheney away; and IBM's plans for the middle class

Dec. 30, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

You don't have to be a gabillionaire to maximize your philanthropic impact; and White House's favorite government contractor mistreating foreign workers in Iraq.

"...To learn more, go to the globalization watchdog group CorpWatch: www.corpwatch.org...."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature

The Hightower Report

This basic human right gets short shrift in today's materialistic world; and Support Your Local Farmers

Nov. 25, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Austin Asian Film Festival 2

Nov. 3-6

"...*"Guria, Gossip, and Globalization" (India), 4:15pm..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cinematexas' Political Arm

Film festival's radical approach extends to politics, too.

"...his homeland, this time at the "neoliberal" hands of globalization...."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

Bushites squelch negative Central American labor conditions report; and sustainable food program teaches students more than they'll ever learn in a sterile classroom

Aug. 12, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Austin video rental company seeks political discussion, not just popcorn sales

"...80 titles in its library, which includes categories like Globalization, Politics, and 9/11. September 11, 2001, and related events..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

'Texas – Third World and Proud of It!' and a job-busting and environment-exploiting agreement

June 3, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Reining in the Mother of All Big Boxes

Local activists seek community-wide benefits analyses of big-box proposals

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Hightower Report

A Japanese, Chinese, and Canadian affair; and 'The Hammer' gets prayerful

May 27, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Jacqueline May: 'Watershed'

Topography, organic forms, and the role of water become metaphors in new works by Austin artist Jacqueline May

"...arts of every culture, highlights the fact that with globalization, the things that make us are no longer from..."

May 20, 2005 Arts Review

The Hightower Report

Uncle Sam says 'tough break' to regular taxpaying citizens, 'anything for you, Lockheed'; and working stiffs sponge up the stress of globalization

April 29, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Bicycle Nomads and the Winds of Change

Backers say winter migration to Mexico creates 'a whole new way of life'

"...Call it localization vs. globalization: "We are searching out human affinities, reconnecting with nature..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Talking Through 'That Day'

Two plays – Omnium Gatherum and The Guys – try to express what happened on September 11

"...well as a host of other contemporary issues from globalization and media conglomerates to poverty and race. They're discussed..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

UT filmmakers get Guggenheims, spots at Cannes, and more. Plus: SXSW is never over.

"...the demise of an American farming family struggling with globalization," according to UT. Spiro, who with her Mobilus Media..."

April 30, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Opening Mexico: The Making of a Democracy

Julia Preston and Samuel Dillon want to do two things in their book. Roger Gathman finds out if they pull it off.

"...it with deep drafts from Joseph Stiglitz's short tract, Globalization and Its Discontents...."

March 19, 2004 Books Review by Roger Gathman

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...can anticipate changes in corporate America resulting from the globalization of labor, shifting demographics, and the increasing numbers of..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Saving Darma

A UT linguist travels to northern India in a quest to preserve the local language of the Darma Valley

"...death of some languages is to be expected. As globalization continues to take effect, some linguists fear as many..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Dan Oko

The Working Poor: Invisible in America

Aux armes, citoyens!

"...the American soul. One of the unexpected results of globalization is that imports pretty much negate inflationary pressure. This..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Books Review by Roger Gathman

The Hightower Lowdown

Hey, rich people steal, too! And, in Bolivia, the U.S. takes the wrong side ... again.

"...millionaire mining executive and die-hard proponent of the free-market globalization that has devastated Bolivia's economy, but specifically against bullying..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...care, free education, two salamanders, no free trade, no globalization, no development, no guns, dead political opposition, and no..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

If You Replace the Word 'Wal-Mart' With 'Libertarian' Would Anything Change?

"...care, free education, two salamanders, no free trade, no globalization, no development, no guns, dead political opposition, and no..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Postmarks

Ourshelves

"...published Agapé Agape and Arundhati Roy's controversial essays regarding globalization and terrorism, Power Politics. Along with these are a..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Books Feature by Kate Cantrill

Letters at 3AM

Ralph Nader's stubborn refusal to acknowledge any difference between the Republican and Democratic political platforms cost the Democrats the election.

"...understandable that people who saw the destructive effects of globalization would believe Nader -- not because they're any less..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Love Is a Battlefield

In 'The Holy Land,' indie auteur Eitan Gorlin Feels at home as an interloper in a world of religion, romance, and war.

"...not usually Jewish. It's very much a result of globalization and the fall of the Soviet Union, but also..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Another Austin boom is pointless unless it improves the quality of life.

"...New Economy, even more in Austin than elsewhere -- globalization, the assault on free quality public education (especially for..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...civil disobedience, and rallies promoting citizen alternatives to corporate globalization. If Cancún is a can't do, the Texas Fair..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Happenings

"...Suite (room 3.128). The documentary explores the impact of globalization, taking Indonesia as its prime example. For more info,..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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