DLC on protest

[Chuck Munson]

Nathan Newman wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Munson" <chuck at tao.ca>
> 
> -Who are these clueless folks? Mainstream Democrats?
> -Are they aware that the demonstrations in NYC this weekend are part of a
> -global movement? Or is this just wishful thinking?
> 
> An old prof of mine who is currently heavily involved in research on unions
> working transnationally against corporations (and who has a longtime
> association with Brazil) has the hopeful view that the fallback in the global
> justice movement is very US-based; the rest of the world is moving strongly
> forward with the Social Forum in Brazil.
> 
> So we may lose some time in the US, but our own "globalization" connections
> will keep the movement from disappearing and will pull it forward soon.  I
> hope he's right.

He's right. There are few signs that the movement is disappearing.
Perhaps it is a bit hesitant about the WEF protests, but the IMF and
World Bank are meeting in April. Plus, more and more activists are savvy
about making local connections to neoliberalism. The Enron scandal will
help, in that it will make the free market fundamentalists look bad.

Think they are consuming lots of antacid tablets at Cato these days?

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