The author, cofounder of Global Exchange, the San Francisco?based international human rights organization, argues that ?free trade? is further widening the gap between rich and poor in all countries rather than improving the quality of life, labor, and the environment....

The world was shocked to see more than 50,000 people converge on Seattle in November 1999 to protest the policies of a then little-known institution called the World Trade Organization. Pundits and ordinary citizens wondered, \"Who are these people?\" What are they so angry about, and what do they want?...

While Hollywood has replaced politics with silly diversions about alien invasions, many Americans face a tangible fear: the seemingly inexorable grip of corporate power over their lives. Wages have been dropping for twenty years. Income inequality that grew under Reagan and Bush has accelerated under Clinton....

In Democratizing the Global Economy dozens of top-notch activists and educators examine the mounting protests against the World Bank and IMF, why these lenders have finally generated such heated opposition, and what the global justice movement proposes replacing them with in order to build a democratic global economy....