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Once the ultimate globalization success story, the island of Saipan, a U.S. commonwealth, now faces one of the fastest economic collapses in history. (25:12 min)

Portland, Oregon, has taken a controversial step to incorporate undocumented workers into the economy, by building a day labor center, where workers can go to find jobs. However, not everyone likes the idea. (4:26 min)

China needs Africa’s Copper and Cobalt to feed its fast growing economy. The Chinese bring work and money, but it all comes at a tragic human cost. (25 min, 3 segments)

Inside USA travels to Mexico to look at the the drug war going on there, and to examine how the U.S. is involved. (22 min, 2 segments)

On Democracy Now!, Ralph Nader and Labor Professor Harley Shaiken discuss future of auto giant General Motors in one of the largest bankruptcy cases in US history. (21 min, 2 segments)

Mongolia is sitting on a gold mine, literally. Aidan Hartley investigates the human and environmental cost of the biggest gold rush of modern times. (24 min, 3 segments)

In 1995, John Pilger returned to Vietnam seeking to rescue something of Vietnamese past and present from Hollywood images which pitied the invader while overshadowing one of the most epic struggles of the 20th century. (51 min)

A BBC documentary by John Pilger which looks at the history of Indonesia since the 60’s as a case study about some of the far reaching consequences of globalization (53:11 min).