"In the next decade, I hope to become more radical."

Nice article in the Guardian claiming: "The left is the main hope against xenophobic, securitised, apocalyptic barbarism. We should expect radical change"

Costas Douzinas starts by attempting to define the neo liberal project of the last twenty years; the notions of "Globalisation, neoliberal economics and humanitarian cosmopolitanism" These were he says, the "contours of the new age. As Economic interdependence, global communications, free trade, population and capital flows were bringing the world together, undermining the omnipotence of sovereignty and nation-state. A global civil society of multinational corporations, as well as international and non-governmental organisations, were to create the transnational solidarities necessary to protect against global risks."

But it doesnt take long before Douzinas disarms us of this naivety. "This was the great utopia at the end of the 20th century, a liberal fantasy as comprehensive as anything Christianity or Marxism had ever imagined"

A Thought provoking and inspiring article. It's time to get radical. Link to the article below. C

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/jan/01/goodby-noughties-radical-change