Globalize This [Archive] - Divine Cosmos Discussions

mary jo fahey

04-16-2002, 04:46 AM

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>hi,
>a friend of mine gave me a book called globalize this:the battle against the world trade organization and corporate rule -- edited by kevin danaher and roger burbach
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>i found the content is all online at: 
>http://www.tidsskriftcentret.dk/content.html
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>it's a good book to recommend to anyone who does not understand globalization.
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>william greider's chapter gave me chills:
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>it's time to go on the offensive. here's how
past.thenation.com/issue/000131/0131greider.shtml
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>from the chapter...

"in 1993 the worst industrial fire in the history of capitalism occurred at a mammoth toy factory outside bangkok--188 workers killed, 469 seriously injured. all but a handful were women, some as young as 13.
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>...desperate women jumped from upper-story windows by the score, just as young american women had done eighty-two years before in new york city."

>the whole book is great -- for talking points (however, this type of informationmay bea conversation stopper).
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>mary jo