Building supplies. (Resources).* Two new books from EPICA untangle the web of global economics with straightforward language and amusing illustrations. Ten Plagues of Globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation and Free Trade: Free Reign for Transnational Corporations Any corporation that is registered and operates in more than one country at a time; also called a multinational corporation. A transnational, or multinational, corporation has its headquarters in one country and operates wholly or partially owned subsidiaries in one or more make excellent teaching and learning tools. (202) 332-0292; www.epica.org/Bookstore/ NewTitles.htm * New Day film Los Trabajadores examines the lives and struggles of immigrant day laborers day labor n. Labor hired and paid by the day. day laborer n. Noun 1. in Austin, Texas, on whom much of that city's economy depends. A discussion guide is available online. 1-800-343-5540; www.daylabormovie.com * Don't want your income to support war? War Tax Resistance: A Guide to Withholding Your Support from the Military details the nuts and bolts nuts and bolts pl.n. Slang The basic working components or practical aspects: "[proposing] of tax refusal, as well as the philosophy behind it, the history of U.S. military spending, and personal accounts from tax resisters. Available from the War Resisters League at (212) 228-0450 or www. warresisters.org/wtr_guide2003.htm. * Christianity, Poverty, and Wealth: The Findings of "Project 21" is the result of a study by the World Council of Churches on 10 challenges to the 21st-century church to fight poverty and greed with a new sense of urgency. Available from the UK's Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (earlier known as the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge and more commonly known as SPCK) is the oldest Anglican mission organisation. . www.spck.org.uk/ cat/show.php?0281055475 |
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