Re: Re: WTO

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

>  >Doug said the protests were anti-capitalist and he and Jim reminded us that
>  >the Third World WTO delegates represent capitalist classes in those
>  >countries. Of course, but on trade issues they still represent the victims
>  >of imperialism versus the victimizers who run the WTO. Isn't there
>  >something very wrong when most 'anti-capitalist' protesters think that the
>  >way to build an anti-capitalist alliance is to urge the victimizers to
>  >dictate to the victims?
>
> Yes, but that's because most protesters there weren't really
> 'anti-capitalist.'  We got a long way to go.

I really don't understand this reasoning. Who's dictating to whom?
U.S. union people are saying to listen to unions in the "developing"
world. The AFL-CIO had at 7-10 unionists from Africa, Asia, and Latin
America at their rally, all arguing for the right to organize and the
principle of solidarity. We're talking basic labor rights, not a
$12.50/hr global minimum wage. Is the spontaneous consciousness of
intellectuals an anti-trade union consciousness?

Doug