globalization Re: WB on its critics

[Peter K.]

>>Ian Murray:
>> It's a brain sticker; the signifier makes imperialism
>> communicationally cumbersome. And democratic cosmopolitanism does not
>> make for prose either. We need to sit with a dictionary for a while on
>> this one 'cause the spin is gonna be insidious for the next few weeks
>> and months.
>
>It's the International Capitalist Conspiracy, or ICC.  The
>acronym is conveniently pronounceable.

That might be confused with the International Criminal Court
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/17/international/17NATI.html

from Dictionary.com, once gets:
glob·al·ize (glb-lz)
tr.v. glob·al·ized, glob·al·iz·ing, glob·al·iz·es
To make global or worldwide in scope or application.
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global·i·zation (-l-zshn) n.
global·izer n.
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I would be curious to hear about the history of its usage.
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Peter