The Age of Consent by George Monbiot (Perennial, 2004)
This manifesto for a new world order sets out measures to ensure that the world is run by and for its people. Monbiot proposes a global trade regime that permits poor nations, but not rich ones, to protect their infant industries, and subjects multinational companies to mandatory fair trade laws.
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Another World Is Possible If by Susan George (Verso Books, 2004)
Shifting the balance of power in favour of citizens takes a hard-headed understanding of globalisation, which the author certainly has. We are not condemned to glaring North-South inequalities, obscene wealth gaps, environmental destruction or inordinate power remaining in the hands of a small minority. George highlights the pitfalls to avoid. She is also the author of the excellent A Fate Worse than Debt.
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Captive State: The corporate takeover of Britain by George Monbiot (Pan, 2001)
Monbiot uncovers what many have suspected but few have been able to prove: that corporations have become so powerful they now threaten the foundations of democratic government.
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Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the frontlines of the globalization debate by Naomi Klein
Collection of articles and speeches written by Klein in the wake of mass protests against the World Trade Organisation in Seattle. She explains how neo-liberal economics have come to dominate the West, the devastating effects of globalised corporate activities and what we need to do to stop it.
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Hidden Agendas by John Pilger (Vintage, 1998)
An indictment of media complicity with international money and power. Through his passionate reports from Vietnam, South Africa, and Burma, Pilger gives the unfiltered truth about worldwide struggles for justice and the international role of the United States and Britain.
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IOU: The debt threat and why we must defuse it by Noreena Hertz (Fourth Estate, 2004)
Ground-breaking work that reveals how crippling Third World debt accounts for millions of people dying of AIDS, for the rainforests being cut down, for poverty, illiteracy, terrorism and war. Shocking and compelling.
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The New Rulers of the World by John Pilger (Verso Books, 2003)
Pilger exposes injustice wherever it occurs and is not shy in his condemnation of those responsible – the faceless powers behind globalisation who are the new rulers of the world. Reviewers on Amazon cannot praise this book enough.
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No Logo by Naomi Klein (Flamingo, 2001)
Details the insidious practices and far-reaching effects of corporate marketing – and the powerful potential of a growing activist sect that will surely alter the course of the 21st century. This is an infuriating, inspiring and altogether pioneering work of cultural criticism that investigates money, marketing and the anti-corporate movement.
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Not on the Label: What really goes into the food on your plate by Felicity Lawrence (Penguin, 2004)
A devastating exposé of the state of the food production industry in Britain that will change the way we eat and the way we think about what we eat. Looking at some of our most popular foods, the author systematically exposes their production and marketing, showing how the food industry causes ill health, environmental damage and urban blight – and it starves smallholders in Africa and Asia, and exploits illegal labourers in Britain.
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One No, Many Yeses: A journey to the heart of the Global Resistance Movement by Paul Kingsnorth (Free Press, 2004)
It could turn out to be the biggest political movement of the 21st century: a global coalition of millions, united in resisting an out-of-control global economy, and already building alternatives to it. Kingsnorth travelled across four continents to visit some of the epicentres of the movement. Fascinating stuff.
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Rough Guide to A Better World (Free, pick one up at your local post office)
New guide on global development explains in simple terms what development is and how individuals can make a difference in combating poverty in developing countries. Including campaigning, fundraising and giving to charities, buying fair trade, ethical trading and ethical investment.
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Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky, edited by Peter Mitchell and John Schoeffel (Vintage, 2003)
This maverick intellectual has written tirelessly about social injustice over the years, and in this offering he radically reinterprets the events of the past three decades. He covers topics from foreign policy during the Vietnam War to the decline of welfare under the Clinton administration. He elucidates the connection between America's imperialistic foreign policy and social inequalities at home. And he then proposes the necessary steps to take toward social change.
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The Web of Deceit: Britain's real role in the world by Mark Curtis (Vintage, 2003)
Describes the staggering gulf that has arisen between New Labour's professed commitment to upholding ethical values and the reality of current policies. Drawing on formerly secret UK government documents, Curtis reveals the complicity of successive British governments in supporting the United States in its role as number one rogue state, as well as pursuing its own repressive policies around the world.
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