Re: So we do need a revolution

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:48 PM 11/15/00 -0800, you wrote:

> "Globalisation is a revolutionary reality. It will keep coming and keep
> changing: even the speed of change will increase. So a second revolution is
> needed: towards a strong, innovative system of global governance. Towards a
> situation where we can start to harness and steer the process of
> globalisation in the right path. As part of that, trade policy must reflect
> change; and trade policy must be an instrument for change." [Pascal Lamy,
> November 8, 2000]

What kind of "global governance"? To me, the question is whether the world
goes for corporate globalization (i.e., neoliberalism, rule by the IMF and
its ilk) or whether we go for democratic globalization (a democratic world
government). Despite the efforts to paint the Seattle and similar protests
as "protectionist," I think that the push for world democracy is an
important part of that struggle, one to be nurtured and encouraged.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine