By Richard J. Barnet and John Cavanagh
A few hundred TNCs [transnational corporations] dominate the four intersecting webs of global commercial activity on which the fate of the world economy rests. Such TNCs exert a more profound influence on
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By Tim E. Stewart
First it was the spray-painted stencils "Certified Post-Arrivalist" on the footpaths of Sydney. Then there was a splattering of fluorescent stickers — poles, bus shelters, traffic lights all Certified Post-Arrivalist.
Eat your words, Jenny Craig
The multibillion-dollar diet industry has a lot to gain from creating and reinforcing deeply held insecurities and fears, particularly in women. It also has a lot to answer for. Naomi Wolf's first book, The Beauty
Israeli peace movement revives
In the euphoria created in Israel by the September 13 handshake on the White House lawn, most of the peace groups in Israel "demobilised". Peace Now, Yesh Gvul ("There is a limit" — soldiers refusing operations
Free trade
The policy of free trade and the free movement of capital, pursued around the world during the last decade, has been part of a Class War by the rich against the poor, with the middle class sitting on the fence enjoying the benefits.
By Rachel Evans
MELBOURNE — Environmentalists have been sharply critical of the federal government's decision to renew 11 woodchipping company licences on December 22. The renewals came despite organisations such as the Wilderness Society and
By Norm Dixon
Opinion polls in South Africa indicate that support for the African National Congress may be close to the all-important 66% mark. Should the ANC win the April 27 elections with more than a two-thirds majority, it will be able to
Toxic Psychiatry — Drugs and Electroconvulsive Therapy: The Truth and Better Alternatives
By Peter Breggin
Fontana Paperback, 1993. 578 pp., $19.95
Reviewed by Scott Robinson
Peter Breggin has practised psychiatry since the 1950s, but
In letters sent to the press, to ministers and Knesset members, soldiers from different units complained that they had been ordered to stand aside as rampaging settlers dragged Palestinian motorists out of their cars, beat them up and set the cars on
By Pip Hinman
Widespread popular support for the demands of the Zapatista rebel movement in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas has created a serious political crisis for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) government. President
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