Re: Monbiot on the WTO

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Bond wrote:

> But sure, it's very hard to do autarchy. That's why advocates of delinking
> like Amin and Bello specify that they are not for 100% autarchy. They
> promote delinking from the most destructive circuitry of capital, namely
> pure export-led growth based upon primary commodities, and debt repayment.
> Join 'em, Doug?

On that, yes, completely. But I'm still not clear on what you're
advocating as an alternative. 100% autarchy is impossible. But 50%?
25%? You could never have any delinking if there weren't substantial
solidarity among poorer countries - some kind of trading, financial,
and technological links. As soon as I say that though, I wonder -
what common interests are there between Brazil and Zimbabwe?

Doug