Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 10:12:27 -0500
From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-tao.ca>
Subject: Re: Fallout from Seattle


Sandi and Scott Spaeth wrote:

> Yes, but the media are putting a protectionist spin on even
> international solidarity.  According to the media, lack of concern for
> the environment and working conditions are "poor" countries method for
> competing in the international marketplace.  Essentially, no company
> will move to a "poor" country if there's no serious financial gain to
> be had, therefore, arguing for good working conditions in the third
> world is American protectionism.  QED.

I think they are doing this to protect their class interests. They have
a vested interest in seeing that the general public get mixed messages
about why people are rioting over the WTO. This goes along with that
mantra we've been hearing alot of lately, about how we "live in an
unprecedented time of prosperity." I think the "end of history" ties in
somehow too. The stock market has this greatly inflated worth and the
only thing holding it up is this belief system that says that the market
will always go up, regardless of "corrections."

-- 
Chuck0

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