In this section, leading thinkers and activists in global politics and society explore new ways of challenging global inequality and injustice.

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• Change from Within?
  An extraordinary debate between Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi – the next Director General of the WTO, Martin Khor – Director of Malaysia-based and highly influential campaign group Third World Network, and Mohau Pheko of the the Gender and Trade Network based in South Africa.
  
  
• United in Hope
  Malcolm Harper, Director of the United Nations Association, asserts that a strenuous promotion of a global 'Culture of Peace and Non-violence' is vital if the United Nations is to fufil its early promise.
  
  
• Between Europe and America
  The respected commentator – Will Hutton – has now turned his attention to the global stage in The World We're In calling for European liberalism to act as a counterweight to American conservatism. Adam Lent, Fabian Global Forum's Editor, quizzed him about the book's arguments.
  
  
• Globalisation Roundtable
  No question confronts progressives today with greater urgency than how we should respond to global inequality and injustice. In this, our first roundtable, five leading global campaigners and thinkers discuss answers to the question.
  
  
• Mixing Religion and Global Politics
  Christine Allen, Director of the Catholic Institute of International Relations, asks what room Christian teachings and the Church provide for a progressive response to globalisation.
  
  
• Challenging GATS
  The World Development Movement is at the forefront of the international campaign against the General Agreement on Trade in Services. The group's Director, Barry Coates, explains why.
  
  
• Combining the Argument of Our Force with the Force of Our Argument
  John Evans, General Secretary of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, explores the implications of globalisation for the trade union movement – and the unions' growing response.
  
  
• The Deep Challenge Of Global Social Democracy
  Leading international relations theorist Professor Martin Shaw explores how we can develop a truly global vision of social democracy.