"Many believe that there are no alternatives to globalization as we know it--with its world of giant corporations and G8 countries in the driver's seat, dominating a "free" market in reality shaped in accordance with their dictates, while elevating economics over all other human considerations. But there are alternatives. And the global justice movements are giving voice to them. In this remarkable collection, the editors have brought together some of the most important themes and voices which these rapidly growing, diverse citizens' movements have expressed at the World Social Forum which began in Porto Alegre, Brazil." (from Amazon.com editorial review)

For more information on this first book of alternatives from the World Social Forum see www.anotherworldispossible.clarku.edu .

Unholy Trinity: the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO

This book was produced out of a course supervised by Professor Richard Peet. The book was co-written by 16 students and the supervisor.

"Our lives are all affected by three hugely powerful and well financed, but undemocratic, organizations: the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization. These institutions share a common ideology. They aggressively promote "corporate" capitalism, neoliberalism, giving free rein to the interests of a small number of transnational corporations. This book presents the history and fundamental ideas of this economic ideology. Describing each member of the "unholy trinity," it shows how neoliberalism hijacked the IMF, World Bank and WTO in relation to their global financial, development and trade management roles." (from Amazon.com editorial review)