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Shows from the Globalization Desk


Big Box Nation

post thumbnail Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

On this edition, we take you inside the walls of the infamous big box retailer to hear how the company is responding to withering criticism from activists, what Wal-Mart’s financial success means for workers and small business owners, and a flap over a pro-Wal-Mart advertisement that compared a city zoning ordinance to book burning in Nazi Germany.


Blocking the Highways of Globalization: Tales from Bolivia and Peru

Wednesday, May 18th, 2005

Throughout the 1980s and 90s, Latin America implemented the globalization policies demanded by the US. But now those policies are coming under fire.


Global Trade: Neither Free Nor Fair

Wednesday, February 16th, 2005

On this edition we’ll hear how workers in Ghana are struggling to cope with the pressures of globalization. We’ll also take a look at the ballooning United States trade deficit, and examine the fair trade label.


Who Owns Our Water? Profits vs. Public Interest

post thumbnail Wednesday, January 5th, 2005

On this edition, we’ll take a look at water as a basic human right. We’ll hear about a plan to privatize water services in Lagos, Nigeria, and we’ll hear about how activists in Maui, Hawaii are working to recover the island’s water sources for public use.


Patagonian Winds of Resistance (encore edition)

Wednesday, August 18th, 2004

On this edition of Making Contact Pauline Bartolone traveled to the small town of Esquel in Southern Argentina, where the residents successfully halted the gold mining venture as part of a larger movement of social transformation in Argentina.


CAFTA: The Cost of Free Trade

Wednesday, June 9th, 2004

On this edition, we’ll take a look at the potential impacts of the new Central American Free Trade Agreement, also known as CAFTA.


Refugees of Development: India and Multinationals

Wednesday, April 28th, 2004

On this edition, we take a close-up look at a small town in Southern India and their struggle against Coca Cola, as well as hear from an Indian journalist and activist Nityanand Jayaraman, who has been following the impact of multi-national corporations in India.


Deadly Extractions: Oil and Mining Interests in Africa (encore edition)

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

On this edition of Making Contact, we take a look at some examples of multinational corporate interests and their effects on people in African nations: In Tanzania a Canadian-based corporation is accused of burying alive artisan miners in order to acquire control of a gold mine; and, the drive for oil has sparked political and social upheavals in Sudan and Angola.


Patagonian Winds of Resistance

Wednesday, March 17th, 2004

On this edition of Making Contact Pauline Bartolone traveled to the small town of Esquel in Southern Argentina, where the residents successfully halted the gold mining venture as part of a larger movement of social transformation in Argentina.


Empty Promises? NAFTA at 10

post thumbnail Wednesday, January 28th, 2004

On this edition of Making Contact, we hear from people who are working on the front lines of so-called free trade-farmers and a fisherman-and get their perspectives on corporate-led economic globalization.



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