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4.18.2004
Movie : Kilometer 0, April 23, 7:00 P.M. Film Documentary Kilometer 0--The WTO Shipwrecks in Cancun More info from the Living Arts website about the film. In terms of exposure, globalization has been overwhelmed by the war in Iraq, but for people in the third world it is still the number one issue that will be affecting their lives. During the WTO talks in Cancum an inevitable event (in my eyes) occurred; the rhetoric of free trade met the institutional biases of the current trade system. When it came time for the western powers to start sharing the pain they balked and many Asian and African countries walked. What, you say? "We've felt pain, look at the job losses!" The workers of this country have more in common with the third world than they do with the owning class in our own country. When I refer to class conflict I make no national distinctions. Its naive to think that the wealthy and powerful of this country will pause for one instance in their drive to boost profits to consider their "fellow countrymen". In the view of international business, a labor market is a labor market. We, just like any other workforce are on the wrong side of the ledger, opposite the profits. The pain felt here at home has been shouldered by workers and small businesses that do not have the agility to take advantage of global labor markets. The winners have been large corporate enterprises and their owners, especially those in agri-business. The benefit of taking a classed based, as opposed to a partisan view on this is being able to point out that on this issue at least Democrats and republicans are united to serve the interests of the owning class. There exists within each party small factions that see the current course of trade negotions as being antithetical to good business. | |
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