Bolivia’s Charge to the Left
January 5, 2006 | Demonizing Morales will not advance our true national interests of promoting freedom and human development. But cheering an independent and democratic Bolivia just might.
Articles by Mark Engler
The Last Porto Alegre
October 2, 2005 | Porto Alegre is best known around the globe, especially among those inclined to hold a critical opinion of capitalism, corporate power, and U.S. military aggression, as the original home of the World Social Forum.
Historic Victories, New Challenges
October 2, 2005 | How 100% debt cancellation for poor countries--now being debated by wealthy nations--was transformed from an implausible demand into a winning issue, and what barriers lie ahead for the debt relief movement.
The Trouble With CAFTA
October 2, 2005 | CAFTA is a bad deal, one that promises to extend the harmful impacts of NAFTA to Mexico's weaker southern neighbors.
John Paul II’s Economic Ethics
September 30, 2005 | John Paul's vision of globalization sharply countered the pro-corporate triumphalism spread by "free trade" boosters.
“Bush’s Free-Trade Pact is a Heavy Lift”
June 20, 2005 | While the Bush administration still aspires to ward off defeat, it is becoming increasingly clear that its failure to pass the Central American Free Trade Agreement represents the latest in a series of setbacks for its sputtering trade agenda.
“Debt Relief a Big Victory for Activists”
June 15, 2005 | Observers have often remarked in recent years that globalization demonstrators have won the moral argument about trade and development, yet have not been able to translate their positions into policy.
“El Salvador and Iraq: Pursuit of Freedom Demands Truth at Home”
March 18, 2005 | Today we would do well to remember Romero as an example of moral courage in a time of war. But his story is also significant because El Salvador has repeatedly been used by the current Bush administration as a parallel for the situation in Iraq.
“Waving Off Debt”
January 10, 2005 | Despite an increase in promised aid to tsunami-affected countries last week, the United States' aid offering still isn't topping the list. Australia, for one, has donated much more. But the United States could make up for its somewhat meager offering by f
Are the War and Globalization Really Connected?
October 18, 2004 | One strength of truly progressive analysis is that it places what appear to be isolated events in a larger context