> >On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Doug Henwood wrote:
> >> Rakesh, do you think the Chinese working class should support or
> >> oppose China's WTO entry?
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>While it is important to point out the xenophobic nature of the anti-China
>campaign around the WTO and the dangers in this for worker independence in
>the US, surely the question of entry is not really their/our business? It's
>like workers in an enterprise getting themselves involved in developing
>their employer's business strategy - a diversion from defending their real
>interests.
That's a bizarre argument. Workers shouldn't get involved in politics? Workers shouldn't care about government budgets or state policy in general? What are their real interests?
Doug