As someone who has worked on this issue for a long time and who is also involved in preparing for the WTO actions in Nov/Dec, I am at risk of getting drawn into this thread. I'll try to put out a few thoughts, but maybe not until after the weekend, when my current time crunch abates a bit. Peter Stephen E Philion wrote: > Michael was asking for new threads as alternatives to the You're > Eurocentric, no I'm not, i'm Sardonic thread... > > Where should leftists stand on the push by activists in Seattle demanding > that the WTO have stronger labor rights enforcement provisions? Are these > demands the product of imperialist plots to make certain countries, i.e. > China, less able to compete with the US in global markets? This is the > argument that was frequently floated by officials I talked with in > China... > > Steve