An anthology of essays challenging the norms and definitions set by the dominant powers. It peels universal humanitarian problems to the core producing a clear vision of the reasons behind global suffering. These essays challenge the dominant discourses of science and technology, of development and democracy, of poverty and privilege, of the colonization of our economic and political structures, of the colonization of our minds and our imagination.
Essays and contributors:
1. The Upside-Down World, Eduardo Galeano
2. Eradicating Poverty or the Poor?, Majid Rahnema
3. Africa: cradle of a New Humanity?, Demba Moussa Dembele
4. Addicted to Virtue: The Globalization Policy-Maker, Marguerite Waller
5.The Global Crisis: A Crisis of Values, Fatima Meer
6.Dignity: Security of Movement, Security of Livelihood, Farida Akhter
7.An Illness Called Medical Science; Manu Kothari, Lopa Mehta, Vatsal Kothari
8. Public Spaces: The Architecture of Supervised Freedom, R L Kumar
9. Resisting Hegemony; Raising Dignity, Chandra Muzaffar
10. In Defence of Humanity: Radicalization of Popular Struggles, Samir Amin
11. Towards the Theory of Alter-Globalism, Alexander Buzgalin
12. Challenges to Capitalism and Socialism: Is there Another Way?, Humberto Luis Miranda Lorenzo
13. Ten Dispatches About Places, John Berger
14. Hiroshima, August 2006, Rosalie Bertell
15. Nuclear Weapons: The Narrowing North-South Divide, David Krieger
16. Closing Time, Gentlemen!, Claus Biegert
17. Right, Left and Centre in the Sciences of Nature, J P S Uberoi
18. From Science to Wisdom in the 21st Century, Fédérique Apffel-Marglin
19. The One Central Mountain: Universalism In Political Discourse, Corrine Kumar
20. Fighting Empire, An Interview with Ramsey Clark
21. UN Sanctions: Genocide and Invasions, Denis J Halliday
22. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Book, Lawrence Liang
23. Democracy and Indigenous Autonomy in Latin America, Gilberto Lopez y Rivas
24. Democracy In Our Times, Noam Chomsky