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Anarcho-Terrorists Cut Their Teeth on Video Games

Los Angeles Times | Commentary by NORAH VINCENT | January 31, 2002 "The best thing about it," he said, "is you can do anything. You can kill a cop, take his squad car, pick up a prostitute and make a drug deal with her." I had just bought a Sony Play- Station 2 and was asking a knowledgeable twentysomething acquaintance of mine about two PlayStation games.

President Bush to Participate in Monterrey Conference on Financing for Development

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary January 30, 2002 Statement by the White House Press Secretary The President will travel to Monterrey, Mexico to participate in the International Conference on Financing for Development on March 22 and to meet with President Fox.

The Giant Sucking Sound of the Other Chapter 11

Arianna Online | January 31, 2002 | Arianna Huffington

NGOs Call for Greater Corporate Accountability at Johannesburg

Johannesburg Summit release | January 31, 2002 Even as leaders of non-governmental organizations express their anger against the corporate leaders who are meeting at the World Economic Forum they say there are also reasons to be hopeful about the World Summit on Sustainable Development that will take place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September.

Social Forum Opens as Counterweight to Economic Summit in New York

AP Worldstream | January 31, 2002 | By Tony Smith Getting under way with a march of thousands against globalization, the World Social Forum opens Thursday for a second annual summit of protests and alternative policy talk that aims to tame the excesses of unfettered global capitalism.

Japan Brings WTO Action Against US Anti-Dumping Law

AFX - Asia | January 30, 2002 Japan filed an action with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against US anti-dumping measures on Japanese steel sheets, a government official said. "Today, we brought the case to the WTO as we concluded that the US anti-dumping laws are violating WTO regulations," said a ministry of economy, trade and industry official.

Australian Minister Urges Japanese To "Eat Australian" In BSE Scare

Agence France Presse | January 30, 2002 Australian agriculture minister Warren Truss urged Japanese consumers to "eat Australian, eat safely" Wednesday as the mad cow crisis here continued to dampen beef sales.

60,000 Expected at Alternative Anti-Globalization World Forum

Agence France Presse | January 30, 2002 | By Claire de Oliveira PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - Organizers expect 60,000 people to participate at the World Social Forum here, an anti-globalization gathering starting Thursday to coincide with the World Economic Forum in New York.

French Prime Minister Calls for Commission to Study Debt Relief for Strapped Countries

Associated Press | January 30, 2002 French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin on Wednesday called for the creation of an international commission on debt relief to help countries that have borrowed beyond their means.

The Real Opposition to Globalisation Will Not Be on Manhattan""s Streets

The Independent (London) | by Paul Vallely | January 30, 2002 To judge from the names of the groups who will be protesting on the streets of Manhattan over the next few days, the opposition to global capitalism is impressively wide-ranging.