While never completely
successful, capital has significantly advanced its ability to exit rather
than compromise when left public policy advances.
That is one reason why global cooperation to rein in corporate power and
harmonize policy is needed in order to end the ability of corps to play
states off against each other in the race to the bottom. Otherwise, any
level of left mobilization will be constrained by rational fears of the
population than any promised gains will be offset by economic losses due to
capital flight.
-- Nathan Newman **************** Well, here's to hoping you'll come up with a decent solution so you can propose it the UN's Rio + 10 conference next year.
Here's the UN's website for all events: <http://www.un.org/rio+10/>
Here's the info on the groups that will be there running forums on our favorite oxymoron, corporate accountability :-)
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY & ACCOUNTABILITY Jagjit Kaur Plahe World Vision Australia, Policy & Campaigns Officer 1 Vision Drive, East Burwood 3151 VIC Australia Phone: +613 9287 2383 Fax: +613 9287 2315 E-mail: plahej at wva.org.au Url: www.worldvision.org.au Pieter van der Gaag
ANPED P. O. Box 12111 3501 AC Utrecht, The Netherlands Phone: + 31 30 231 0300 Fax: + 31 30 234 0878 E-mail: anped at antenna.nl Url: www.antenna.nl/anped
<http://www.wilpf.org/corp/cintro.htm> is also looking into this problem in an interesting way. I've talke to one of their reps. and she said they are looking into going.
The event looks like a great opportunity for deepening red/green/blue linkages.....
Ian