Is this a new age of barbarism? The scale and pervasiveness of violence today calls urgently for serious analysis of: the 'war on terror' and counter-insurgencies; terror and counter-terror; suicide bombings and torture; civil wars and anarchy; urban gang warfare; and the persistence of chronic... More Info

Leo Panitch Fernwood Publishing; Nov, 2009 9781552663288 Health care rights are fought over between commercial forces that seek to make health into a commodity (for those who can pay), and popular forces that seek to reduce gross inequalities and try to make (or keep) health as a public service.... More Info

"The political, economic, and cultural contradictions of globalization are examined in these critiques of capitalism and globalization from the left. Issues raised range from capital controls, world market opportunities, and left economic policy to shareholder capitalism and neoliberalism.... More Info