PRAGUE DECLARATION - 28 Sep 2000

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Oct 2 15:10:09 PDT 2000


Jim heartfield wrote:


>You seem to be strangely indifferent to the open welcome that World Bank
>president James Wolfensohn has given to the demonstrators: calling on
>them to get involved. I see that he was debating Walden Bello. Can you
>imagine Ronald Reagan debating Chomsky, or Margaret Thatcher debating
>Arthur Scargill on a public platform?

Wolfie is a master propagandist. He want to appear open, tolerant, and like he's "listening." Some NGOs have already been co-opted, and no doubt others will be. But the WB will continue to do what it's doing, despite the rhetoric.

Doug



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