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WHOSE TRADE ORGANIZATION?
The Comprehensive Guide to the WTO
Lori Wallach and Patrick Woodall, Public Citizen
Published by The New Press, Distributed by Norton
"A crucial guide - devastating and highly readable. Wallach and
Woodall are warriors for democracy against its most powerful opponents."
- Naomi Klein
Globalization affects our lives every day in myriad ways - often for
the worse. Yet, as this eye-opening exposé documents, the current terms
of corporate-led globalization are not inevitable, merely one option
being imposed by the powerful, secretive and profoundly undemocratic
World Trade Organization.
Here is the definitive guide to the WTO. It reveals which WTO terms
have led to U.S. job losses, the race to the bottom in wages, unsafe
food, attacks on environmental and health laws, and burgeoning
international inequality. Want to know why the WTO attracts passionate
protests all over the world? Public Citizen advocates Wallach and
Woodall carefully document the WTO's nine-year track record with
riveting case-by-case accounts.
And, trade is the least of it: this book shows how the WTO chills
government actions to fight sweatshops, make life-saving drugs
available, and protect endangered species- and even limits our elected
governments' ability to maintain policies on everything from meat
inspection to media concentration.
Whose Trade Organization? offers first steps toward a democratic,
accountable alternative. It reminds us that change is not only necessary
- it's possible.
Whose Trade Organization:
*"You must read this book to get past the fraudulent clichés promoted
by liberals and conservatives alike." - John R. MacArthur,
publisher, Harper's Magazine and author of The Selling of "Free Trade"
*"Lori Wallach is the brave, brilliant advocate who has helped
millions around the world to see through the lies and myths of
corporate-led globalization. This book is her ultimate power tool for
global justice. Read it, citizens, and find yourselves empowered to
act." - William Greider, author of The Soul of Capitalism
*"If you think trade, globalization, and the WTO aren't your business
or are boring, read this clear, compelling, and downright scary
account." -Congressman Jesse L. Jackson
*"Not just a powerful denunciation of the organization's system of
corporate-managed trade. It is an essential handbook for activists who
want to challenge that system in the name of liberty, equality, and
democracy." - John Nichols
To Order: Whose Trade Organization? 416 Pages, #E9011
Call 1-800-289-3787 * Visit www.citizen.org/trade/
Fiona M. Wright
Research Director
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
215 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
Washington DC 20003
Ph: 202-454-5105
Fax: 202-547-7392
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Economics Department
California State University
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Chico, CA 95929
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