Ah, but the protests by those in LDCs involve different issues than those that were brought forth in Seattle, right? I have yet to hear or see anybody either here or on pen-l answer why it is that all the issues raised in Seattle favor US interests rather than LDC interests. Nobody. Period.
I fail to see what is conventional about asking why nobody is demanding that US exports of environmentally damaging goods (like SUVs) be halted. Indeed, this points up the one-sided hypocrisy (or more accurately in most cases, ignorance) of most of those involved. Barkley Rosser -----Original Message----- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Date: Friday, December 17, 1999 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Sierra Club On It's WTO Activities
>J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. wrote:
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>> "Bad trade policies"? Do these include ending
>>any exports from the US, or only those from LDCs
>>identified by the "movement," that is the AFL-CIO
>>and US-based enviro NGOs? Just who is it who is
>>to "democratically" decide which are the "good" and
>>which are the "bad" trade policies?
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>Really, Barkley, where do you get your info from? Hundreds of
>thousands of people have demonstrated against the WTO in places like
>India and the Philippines. There were people from all over the world
>in Seattle. Cease this posturing and offer some evidence for your
>deeply conventional claims.
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>Doug
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