[lbo-talk] who?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Oct 25 17:52:00 PDT 2009


On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:19 PM, SA quoted the classic "Where Was the Color In Seattle":


> Limited knowledge meant a failure to see how the WTO affected the
> daily lives of U.S. communities of color. "Activists of color felt
> they had more immediate issues," said Rashidi. "Also, when we
> returned people told me of being worried that family and peers would
> say they were neglecting their own communities, if they went to
> Seattle. They would be asked, 'Why are you going? You should stay
> here and help your people.'

Because trade and capital flows have nothing to do with "your people"?



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