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Shows from the Globalization Desk


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.


Spill-Over: Plan Colombia and U.S. Interests in the Andean Region

Wednesday, December 17th, 2003

On this edition, we hear from leaders in Colombian civil society about what they view as Plan Colombia’s broader strategy: regional dominance by U.S. military and economic interests.


El Processo: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s Emerging Democracy, and the Bolivarian Revolution

Wednesday, October 29th, 2003

Making Contact’s Rosalyn Fay was in Caracas, Venezuela in summer 2003. There she met with community groups, government officials and those most affected by Chavez’ leadership- the poor- who tell a decidedly different story about their “Bolivarian Revolution.”


Before the Rains: The Struggle for Montes Azules (encore edition)

Wednesday, September 24th, 2003

On this edition of Making Contact, we go to Montes Azules and hear about threats by the Mexican government to forcibly remove dozens of communities from land that indigenous people and campesinos claim is rightly theirs.


Trading Democracy: The WTO and Public Interests

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2003

On this edition of Making Contact, we take a look at the WTO, public interests, and civil society opposition to an international trade regime.


Shifting the Debate: Alternatives to Corporate Globalization

Wednesday, April 30th, 2003

On this edition, we’ll hear from two key advocates of alternatives to economic globalization: physicist Vandana Shiva and economist John Cavanagh.


Bottled Rights: Coca-Cola Workers

Wednesday, February 19th, 2003

On this edition of Making Contact, we take a look at Coca-Cola and a couple examples of the corporation’s foreign operations.



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