Leading Intellectuals Call for 'Global Democracy' to Challenge Corporate Globalization
<div class='node-body'><p>Well-known intellectuals from over ten countries, citing the failure of nation-states and international institutions to halt the destructive trends of environmental destruction and corporate-driven globalization, have initiated a '<a href="http://globaldemocracymanifesto.wordpress.com/english-2/">Manifesto for Global Democracy</a>' which calls for the development of a supranational institution of governance capable of adequately and rapidly addressing the challenges of the 21st century.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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