Globalize This!: The Battle Against the World Trade Organization
In June 2000, Common Courage Press will publish Globalize This!: The Battle Against The World Trade Organization, a collection of essays that analyze demonstrations and deliberations in Seattle and beyond. In stark contrast to the media’s partial and distorted portrayal of the WTO, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), editors Kevin Danaher and Roger Burbach have compiled articles that reveal how these institutions enforce policies that are destructive to human rights and the environment. In Globalize This!, some of the WTO opposition movement’s brightest activists show how these institutions, by pushing for increased globalization, threaten diversity, labor rights, the environment, and democracy itself.

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Globalize This!: The Battle Against the World Trade Organization
In June 2000, Common Courage Press will publish Globalize This!: The Battle Against The World Trade Organization, a collection of essays that analyze demonstrations and deliberations in Seattle and beyond. In stark contrast to the media’s partial and distorted portrayal of the WTO, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), editors Kevin Danaher and Roger Burbach have compiled articles that reveal how these institutions enforce policies that are destructive to human rights and the environment. In Globalize This!, some of the WTO opposition movement’s brightest activists show how these institutions, by pushing for increased globalization, threaten diversity, labor rights, the environment, and democracy itself.

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Globalize This!: The Battle Against the World Trade Organization

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Globalize This!: The Battle Against the World Trade Organization

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In June 2000, Common Courage Press will publish Globalize This!: The Battle Against The World Trade Organization, a collection of essays that analyze demonstrations and deliberations in Seattle and beyond. In stark contrast to the media’s partial and distorted portrayal of the WTO, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), editors Kevin Danaher and Roger Burbach have compiled articles that reveal how these institutions enforce policies that are destructive to human rights and the environment. In Globalize This!, some of the WTO opposition movement’s brightest activists show how these institutions, by pushing for increased globalization, threaten diversity, labor rights, the environment, and democracy itself.


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ISBN-13: 9781567511963
Publisher: Common Courage Press
Publication date: 07/01/2002
Pages: 218
Product dimensions: 4.90(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsvi
Introduction: Making History7
Section 1What Happened in Seattle and What Does It Mean?12
1.Skeleton Woman Visits Seattle14
2.How We Really Shut Down the WTO35
3.The Revolt of the Globalized41
4.We Traveled to Seattle: A Pilgrimage of Transformation44
5.Seattle Debacle: Revolt of the Developing Nations48
6.Fixing or Nixing the WTO53
7.Prattle in Seattle: Media Coverage Misrepresented the Protest59
8.The Debate Over Tactics67
Section 2Dealing with Diversity73
9.Where Was the Color in Seattle?74
10.Seattle and Beyond: Making the Connection in the 21st Century82
11.Indigenous Peoples' Seattle Declaration85
12.Unity Statement of Philippine Social Movements, Labor Groups, Peoples' Organizations and NGOs92
Section 3The Case Against the WTO97
13.Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the WTO98
14.Reforming the WTO Is the Wrong Agenda103
15.Spinning a New Mythology: the WTO as Protector of the Poor120
16.Will a Social Clause in Trade Agreements Advance International Solidarity?124
17.The WTO Turns Back the Environmental Clock129
18.A New Food Movement Comes of Age in Seattle135
Section 4Ways to Restructure the Global Economy141
19.It's Time to Go on the Offensive. Here's How143
20.Trade Now, Pay Later158
21.UNCTAD: Time to Lead, Time to Challenge the WTO163
22.Time for a Tobin Tax175
23.Rewriting the Rules for Global Investment182
24.Fair Trade, Not Free Trade188
25.Why and How to Pressure the World Bank195
26.Conclusion: Ten Ways to Democratize the Global Economy203
Contributing Authors209
Index212
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