Organizations,
Publications and Websites
CorpWatch
www.corpwatch.org <http://www.corpwatch.org>
Online journal based in San Francisco that aims to "foster democratic
control over corporations by building a diverse movement for human
rights, labor rights, and environmental justice."
Corporate Watch, UK
www.corporatewatch.org.uk <http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk>
Radical research and publishing group, based in Oxford, UK. Web site
contains book reviews, links to other online publications and organizations,
as well as information about upcoming events. Publishes the bi-monthly
newsletter Corporate Watch, downloadable in PDF format.
Council of Canadians
www.canadians.org <http://www.canadians.org>
Led by well-known fair trade advocate Maude Barlowe, this Canadian
citizens’ watchdog group "challenges the corporate agenda
and promotes development that addresses social as well as economic
and environmental goals."
Equal Exchange
www.equalexchange.com <http://www.equalexchange.com>
This Massachusetts-based company is putting fair trade principles
into practice, offering "consumers fairly traded gourmet coffee
direct from small-scale farmer co-ops in Latin America, Africa and
Asia."
Fair Trade Watch
www.fairtradewatch.org <http://www.fairtradewatch.org
>
Developed by the United Steelworkers of America; information about
trade agreements and institutions like nafta and the World Trade Organization
that affect labor policies.
Fifty Years Is Enough
www.50years.org <http://www.50years.org>
Coalition of more than 200 U.S. grassroots organizations dedicated
to transforming the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Global Exchange
www.globalexchange.org <http://www.globalexchange.org>
San Francisco–based human rights organization dedicated to promoting
environmental, political, and social justice around the world through
activism and "reality tours" to developing countries.
Independent Media Center
www.indymedia.org <http://www.indymedia.org>
Global collective of independent media organizations offering grassroots,
alternative coverage of political events throughout the world.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
www.iatp.org <http://www.iatp.org>
Founded by Mark Ritchie, Minneapolis-based IATP promotes healthy family
farms, rural communities, and ecosystems around the world through
research and education, and advocacy. Check out IATP’s WTO Watch,
www.wtowatch.org <http://www.wtowatch.org>, a comprehensive
online resource for information on the World Trade Organization.
International Forum on Globalization
www.ifg.org <http://www.ifg.org>
Alliance of 60 leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers,
and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, activism, and public
education in response to economic globalization.
International Society for Ecology and Culture
www.isec.org.uk <http://www.isec.org.uk>
An international organization founded by Helena Norberg-Hodge concerned
with protecting both biological and cultural diversity.
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
www.ilsr.org <http://www.ilsr.org>
Minneapolis- and Washington, D.C.–based research and educational
organization that provides technical assistance and information on
environmentally sound economic development strategies. Publishes New
Rules, www.newrules.org <http://www.newrules.org>, a quarterly
journal edited by David Morris exploring innovative public policies
that support humanly scaled politics and economics around the world.
Mobilization for Global Justice
www.globalizethis.org <http://www.globalizethis.org>
Grassroots group organizing around World Bank and International Monetary
Fund policies.
No Logo
www.nologo.org <http://www.nologo.org>
This companion Web site to Naomi Klein’s seminal 1999 book by
the same name has become an online resource center and gathering place
for anti-commercialism activists.
Protest.net
www.protest.net <http://www.protest.net>
A calendar of upcoming protests, meetings, and conferences.
Ruckus Society
www.ruckus.org <http://www.ruckus.org>
Provides training in nonviolent civil disobedience for environmental
and human rights groups. Ruckus played a key role in organizing the
1999 Seattle protests.
Slow Food
www.slowfood.com <http://www.slowfood.com>
Founded by Italian activists in 1989 in response to the global spread
of homogeneous fast food, this worldwide coalition of food lovers
promotes local rootedness, decentralization, and biodiversity through
preservation of biodiversity and culinary traditions.
Sweatshop Watch
www.sweatshopwatch.org <http://www.sweatshopwatch.org>
Coalition of labor, community, civil rights, immigrant rights, women’s,
religious, and student organizations—and individuals—committed
to eliminating sweatshop conditions in the global garment industry.
Third World Network
www.twnside.org.sg <http://www.twnside.org.sg>
Penang, Malaysia–based network of organizations and individuals
involved in development and North-South issues; led by activist Martin
Khor. TWN publishes the monthly magazine Third World Resurgence, www.twnside.org.sg/twr.htm
<http://www.twnside.org.sg/twr.htm>.
Transnational Institute
www.tni.org <http://www.tni.org>
Promotes international cooperation in analyzing and finding solutions
to such global problems as militarism, poverty, social injustice,
and environmental degradation.
BOOKS
Beyond Globalization: Shaping a sustainable
global economy.
<http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=1002&cgi=search/search/&searchtype=kw&searchfor=Beyond
Globalization Shaping a sustainable>
Henderson, Hazel. (Kumarian Press, 1999)
Slim guide to globalization issues with directory of resources.
