The effect of increased trade on developing nations is today the subject of a vital public debate. Conrad Herold examines its economic context and looks at free trade, from NAFTA to the FTAA, as a form of class war

The Netherlands based magazine greenpepper is the antithesis of a standard industrial media product . A collectively run publication with a ten year history, it proudly declares that it carries no advertising, is copyleft and even uses a fair trade currency (the eco). It also makes clear that it has no ‘professional’ writers, despite the evident professionalism with which the texts are edited.