Rod Hay wrote: > Globalisation is a fact that lefties have to deal with. It is futile to > oppose it. Chris is pointing in the right direction but he is point at the > wrong path. Capitalism may have some room for progressive action. There are > still feudal institutional remnants around the world. But it is not the > place of leftist to cheer the progress of capitalism. Or to worry about the > institutional arrangements of international financial regulators. It is the > place of leftist to champion the rights of workers. To insist that workers > have their rights inforced, that everyone has enough to eat, that health > care be available to those who need it, that good free education be > available, etc., etc., etc. It is this opposition that will build socialism > not an uncritical promotion of elite institutional reform. World government > is of interest only because it helps break down national barriers to the > self-organisation of the working classes of the world. ______________ Rod, Will this world government allow workers from all over the world to move freely and work where ever they please? Free mobility of the workers of the world would be first and foremost opposed by the workers of the 1st world. Cheers, ajit sinha > > > Rod Hay > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The History of Economic Thought Archives > http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/index.html > Batoche Books > http://members.tripod.com/rodhay/batochebooks.html > http://www.abebooks.com/home/BATOCHEBOOKS/ > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
