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World

Neoliberal Globalization: Is There an Alternative to Plundering the Earth?

NOVANEWS Excerpt from "The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century" By Prof. Claudia von Werlhof Global Research The following is a preview of a chapter by Prof. Claudia von Werlhof in  “The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century.”  (2009). To read more, order the book online. Help us spread the word: “like” the book on Facebook and share with your friends! *** Is there an alternative to plundering the earth? Is there an alternative to making war? Is there an alternative to destroying the planet? No one asks these questions because they seem absurd. Yet, no one can escape them either. Until the onslaught of the global economic crisis, the motto of so-called “neoliberalism” was TINA: “There Is No Alternative!” No alternative to “n...
World

Neoliberal Globalization: Is There an Alternative to Plundering the Earth?

NOVANEWS Excerpt from "The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century" By Prof. Claudia von Werlhof Global Research The following is a preview of a chapter by Prof. Claudia von Werlhof in  “The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century.”  (2009) first published on Global Research in April 2011. To read more, order the book online. Help us spread the word: “like” the book on Facebook and share with your friends! … Is there an alternative to plundering the earth? Is there an alternative to making war? Is there an alternative to destroying the planet? No one asks these questions because they seem absurd. Yet, no one can escape them either. Until the onslaught of the global economic crisis, the motto of so-called “neoliberalism” was TINA...
Politics

Neoliberal Globalization: In the Shadow of Social Democracy, Right-Wing Challenges and Left Alternatives

NOVANEWS By Ingo Schmidt Socialist Project We live in a paradoxical world. Much debate on the radical left revolves around multitudes of discontented groups – sometimes lumped together as the 99%, sometimes rebranded as precariat – struggling against an abstract empire and its 1% rulers. Capitalism and class – once serving as a compass to navigate left politics through the apparently chaotic sees of everyday life – have turned into subjects of theoretical debate with little to no connection to political praxis. Vacated by the left, a new right adopted the language of class to appeal to those who were steamrolled and marginalized by economic globalization. Many of the policies advanced by the new right could have been taken out of social democratic programs of old but are now l...