2009.10.04
Martin: G20 protests
In the name of humanity and justice
Glen Martin
Martin is a professor of philosophy and religious studies, chairman for the Program in Peace Studies and president of the RU Chapter American Association of University Professors at Radford University.
Sept. 27 was the final day of important meetings, with global implications, that The Roanoke Times failed to report to the people of Southwest Virginia. During the previous days Pittsburgh hosted meetings of representatives of the world's 20 largest economies. Leaders of the G-20 nations (formerly G-8) meet every year or two in consultation with banking and corporate elites to determine the economic fate of the world, including the fate of other the 173 nations that have no voice in these deliberations.
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