>I agree with all of this. But I'm a little confused: I thought you regarded
>regional groupings of poor countries as a mask for local hegemony.
That would be to define local to include large chunks of the globe.
>And what would Hardt & Negri say about this, given their belief that "the
>autonomy of the political" is a mere illusion?
I have no idea what they'd say.
Doug