The New Era of Extractivism — And How to Defeat It
August 6, 2021 | El Salvador had to fight a multinational mining firm to protect its own water. It's a sign of struggles to come -- but also an inspiring example of how to win them.
Articles by Sylvester Brown, Jr.
Women Up in Arms
March 19, 2015 | From Mexico to Kurdistan, women resistance fighters have blazed a trail for new gender relations in some of the world's most patriarchal societies.
Mexico’s Undead Rise Up
November 20, 2014 | With 43 disappeared student teachers presumed dead, Mexican popular resistance is creating new alternatives to the militarized narco-state.
Organizing Garment Workers in Bangladesh
May 19, 2014 | How a former child laborer became a union organizer for Bangladesh's garment workers.
April 17: Global Day of Reckoning
April 6, 2012 | The Global Day of Action on Military Spending, of course
Militarism and U.S. Trade Policy
December 15, 2006 | In recent decades, U.S. global economic policies have increasingly driven U.S. military policy.
Investment Liberalization Agenda
July 1, 1998 | The Clinton administration has put investment liberalization at the center of much of its foreign policy regarding investment flows.