Melanie posted an article entitled "The Meaning of April 16"
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman. I particularly noted the folowing
paragraph:
"Tens of thousands of people took to the streets, or joined
a permitteddemonstration on the Ellipse to denounce structural adjustment
policies
Naomi has found the enemy. Is he us?Are
Starbucks and CNN now OK?
From today's Globe and Mail.
Ed Weick
Victory! The World Bank and
the IMF were shaken to their very core
NAOMI KLEIN Wednesday, April 19, 2000
I admit it: I slept in.
I went to Washington, D.C., for the protests against
Mike, I agree that the English/Western European industrial revolution was
unique among transformations (which, I would suggest is a better word than
revolution). I would also agree that what the medieval monks did was quite
different. They fitted the watermill and windmill into the existing
Mike, the difference between us may be that I see the glass as half empty.
The industrial revolution required a tremendous build up of capital but also
a tremendous build up of labour. Because it was so heavily involved in the
new processes of production, and because of the fluidity of society
The following is from today's Globe and Mail.
Ed Weick
Global justice? Don't make me laugh
ANDREW MILLS Tuesday, April 18, 2000
The movements of my parents' generation were straightforward: civil rights,
Ban the Bomb, anti-Vietnam war. I am a 19-year-old history student; my
generation's
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small but important (I think)point.
Arthur
It was very difficult for those who protested the Vietnam war.
Hi Mike,
Let me try to restate my argument. Economic growth requires certain basic
conditions. I would not pretend to know what all of these are, but stability
and the possibility of upward mobility would, I suspect, be among them. I
would also include the existence of capital; not only capital
Mike, you are obviously a far better historian than I. Nevertheless, I
would still argue that there were possibilities implicit in western Europe
that are now not possible in much of the developing world. From what little
I've read of it, the industrial revolution led to tremendous upheavals,
Warning: this message contains irony and sarcasm!! (though I'm not sure of
where and in what proportions).
They're all there, just as they were in Seattle, jumping up and down,
brandishing placards, getting dragged off by the cops, waving their arms in the
air, even taking off their
Arthur:
Maybe I missed it, but have we adequately explored the creation of strong
trade unions in these countries, trade unions that are part of a movement
aimed at upward harmonization of living standards??
No, I don't think we have. But I do wonder if they would fit. It's now a
decade
This had me wondering too. Mozambiquans need to worry about natural
disasters which they can't control. We have to worry about man-made ones
which we may not be able to control. Perhaps we still share a common
humanity?
Ed Weick
THE VANCOUVER SUN MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2000
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