World Social Forum: Arundhati Roy
“On a quiet day I can hear another world breathing” Prize-winning Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy spoke at the closing session of the World Social Forum on 27 January, held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. I’ve been asked to speak about “How to confront Empire?” It’s a huge question, and I have no easy answers. When we speak of confronting “Empire,” we need to identify what “Empire” means. Does it mean the US Government (and its European satellites), the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organisation, and multinational corporations? Or is it something more than that...