I will answer these questions personally beacuse i have to write a lot of them.All the human activities are being commodified.as part of that new kind of labour initiatives occuring in diffrent parts of the world. Some of the finest observations have been made by peter waterman,peter custers on this issue.
--- Anil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear CK > > > Can you help me to understand two things > > > 1. In todays "neo - liberala context" whom will you > call labourer or > what > will you define labour > > > 2. Which are the "new trade union initiatives" which > are trying to > make a > difference in India. > > > Some of the most effective activism currently taking > place as far as > I > know by "Southern communities" directly fighting for > their lives and > livelihoods in the face of corporate abuse is the > networks such as: > the > international peasant movement, Via Campesina, the > Brazilian Landless > Workers' Movement (MST), Oilwatch (the South to > South network opposing > oil > companies), activists internationally opposing > privatisation of > services > from Bolivia to South Africa and taking control of > their own basic > needs, > Argentinian workers taking over abandoned factories. > In India please > give me > some instances of the "Trade Union Initiatives" > which is supporting > this > sort of a campaign as you have mentioned especially > post 95. > > > here are more ideas on earth than intellectuals > imagine. And these > ideas are > more active, stronger, more resistant, more > passionate than > ''politicians'' > think. We have to be there at the birth of ideas, > the bursting outward > of > their force: not in books expressing them, but in > events manifesting > this > force, in struggles carried on around ideas, for or > against them. > Ideas do > not rule the world. But it is because the world has > ideas... that it > is not > passively ruled by those who are its leaders or > those who would like > to > teach it, once and for all, what it must think" - > Foucault > > > ANIL > > > Anil Tharayath Varghese > National Centre for Advocacy Studies > Serenity Complex, Ramnagar Colony > Pashan, Pune 21 > Phone - 02022952003/4 > Mobile - 09890387877 > email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Aug 3, 2:06 pm, "C.K. Vishwanath" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Sorry- > > Kavaljith sing of Delhi(public interest reserch > > group)has hus just raised this issue in india > > seriously.Many labour social movements of india > are > > questioning the approach of CSR.Many political > > theorists points out that this is is a governance > of > > advanced liberalism(thanks to foucault).Really,CSR > is > > being used by corporate world for publicity and > brand > > promation.And they (corporate world )are > manipulating > > the CSR using the new limited liability concept > of > > it. > > New trade union initatives are trying to create an > > effective campaign in different parts of the world > > including in india > > > > --- Anivar Aravind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > kerala > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > > > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________-_________ > > Need a vacation? Get great deals > > to amazing places on Yahoo! > Travel.http://travel.yahoo.com/ > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
