Pared-down summit will force heads of rich states to listen to those of third world in hope of kickstarting radical action by Suzanne Goldenberg September 20, 2009 The United Nations is planning a form of diplomatic shock therapy for world leaders this week in the hope of injecting badly needed urgency into negotiations for a climate change treaty [...]

by Chris Hedges September 20, 2009 The rage of the disposed is fracturing the country, dividing it into camps that are unmoored from the political mainstream. Movements are building on the ends of the political spectrum that have lost faith in the mechanisms of democratic change. You can’t blame them. But unless we on the left move [...]

by John Nichols September 24, 2009 PITTSBURGH – The G-20 Summit that opens today is unlikely to achieve much when it comes to restructuring the global economic order. That’s good news for workers, farmers, consumers and citizens. What’s good about inaction on the part of the leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations? While there is no question that [...]

by Tom Gjelten September 15, 2009 When the Lehman Brothers banking firm collapsed a year ago this week, it prompted a financial panic that spread around the world. In February, with unemployment soaring and international trade in free fall, Adm. Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, advised Congress that the global economic crisis had replaced terrorism [...]