Awakening to the hidden violence -- Neo-colonialism - the search for the most desperate workers -- International financial institutions - instruments of development or violence? -- How the poor suffer as a result of structural adjustment policies -- Is poverty being reduced? -- Maintaining political and economic structures -- The uses of slaves in the global economy -- The politics of food -- The special needs of women and children -- Violence suffered by Latino workers in El Salvador and the United States -- A theology that liberates -- Awakening to the reality of suffering in our world -- How to respond.