DLC on protest

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jan 29 12:14:31 PST 2002


Chuck Munson wrote:


>Doug Henwood wrote:
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>> "Another World" Could Be A Lot Worse
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>> Anti-globalization demonstrators are attempting to reconstitute
>> their crumbling movement this week in New York during the
>> World Economic Forum meeting. Recognizing, perhaps, that
>> the harsh anti-capitalist and sometimes anti-American rhetoric
>> of past demonstrations would not meet with much success,
>> these activists are employing the slogan: "Another World is
>> Possible." They're right, of course. But they should think hard,
>> because if their ideas went into effect -- restricting international
>> trade and investment, and weakening institutions like the WTO,
>> IMF and World Bank -- that other world might look a lot like the
>> Middle East.
>
>Who are these clueless folks? Mainstream Democrats?

DLC = Democratic Leadership Council. Center-right Dems. Hellspawn.

Doug



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