International economic relations.
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The Global economy : 3rd World order / Noam Chomsky.
Talk by Noam Chomsky, noted linguist and political analyst from MIT, about the changing international scene. He begins by pointing to the common view that democracy and free market economies goes together, and goes on to examine the coercive relations between the United States and Central America. He goes on to explore the interrelation between…
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Commission for responsive democracy / Maria Himenez.
Maria Himenez, Director of the Immigration Law Enforcement Project of the American Friends Service Committee, speaks at the Houston hearings sponsored by the National Organization for Women. She discusses the viability of third parties, working toward a global economy that includes a theory of “people without borders.” Changing immigration patterns, she argues, are a part…
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The Transnational world / John MacHale.
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Free trade agreement with Mexico / Adalpho Aguilar Zinzer.
Speech by Adalpho Aguilar Zinzer about how the United States-Mexican free trade treaty will effect the people, economy, and government of Mexico. Zinzer discusses Los Angeles as Mexico’s third largest city, the lack of sovereignty for domestic Mexican labor, Mexican union movement, the lack of environmental laws in his country, and the lack of entreprenerial…
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Food for people, not for profit / Frances Moore Lappe.
Speech by the author of Diet for a Small Planet on how the profit-based economic/political system has caused a food shortage.|FOOD FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR PROFIT / Francis Moore Lappe. – Speech by Francis Moore Lappe, co-director of the Institute for Food Policies and author of “Diet for a Small Planet” and “Food First”. Speech…
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To Bilderberg and back / Charles Morgan.
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Soft voices and big sticks : big business and the Third World / moderated by Linda Strawn. (Episode 3 of 5)
This episode features discussion of corporate response to the shifting tide and expectations and divisions within the Third World. Panelists are Ian Wilson of General Electric; Graham Molitor, Director of Governmental Relations for General Mills; and Mahbub ul Haq, Director of Policy Planning and Program Review Department, World Bank. Produced by Linda Strawn.
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Is the United States obliged to feed the world’s hungry : II / Kenneth Schlossberg.