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Is it so hard to imagine a world in which all people wear Tommy Hilfiger clothes, Nike shoes, walk around sipping Coca Cola and munching on their Big Macs? Obviously, it does not. The only thing that we can change in that rather depressing picture is the brand names we mentioned. Maybe instead of Tommy Hilfiger, we will all wear Gap, or whatever the brand of "super-cool", extra casual attire will win.

By the same standard, in such a world we will all rise to the sounds of the same synthetic music, will read the same books, and will glorify the neo-liberal philosophy of free-market economy.

You must have recognized the symptoms, and once you recognize the symptoms, it is much easier to give a diagnosis. The diagnosis in this case would be – globalization.

But what is globalization? Read more.

15.04.2008 The much-debated and disputed open document standard Office Open XML (OOXML) has been approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The result of the voting showed 24 supporting votes by participating national standards bodies allowed to vote, known as “p-members,” versus eight opposing votes.

04.04.2008 The Green List, Centre for Peace Studies, Zelena akcija and Documenta Centre will greet today U.S. President George Bush with noisy protests on Zagreb`s Cvjetni Trg (Floral Square), starting at 19:00 hours.

22.02.2008 Last Saturday, February 16, the BORNA – Blogging Committee for Referendum on NATO was created in Zagreb. The Committee gathers individual bloggers active on blog.hr and bloger.hr portals, and on the group portal pollitika.com.

24.02.2004 A summary of events and issues at the Fourth World Social Forum (WDF) in Mumbai, India held from January 16-21, 2004.