Wal-Mart Workers of the World Unite!

[Joel Wendland <joelrw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/133/1/31/

Wal-Mart Workers of the World Unites!
By Wadi'h Halabi

If a company can single-handedly spur on international labor unity,
Wal-Mart?s it. This and similar corporations ? Target, Nike, France?s
Carrefour, etc. ? feed off misery, inequality and competition among workers
worldwide. But their anti-social behavior is also breeding global
resistance. Effective resistance requires highly coordinated initiatives and
leadership by workers? parties and trade unions worldwide.

Wal-Martization is one face of capitalist ?globalization.? Wal-Mart cannot
be understood except in the context of capitalism?s global problems with
?overproduction? and the corresponding mass unemployment. Of particular
interest is the attempted Wal-Martization of China, the work of Chinese
unions to resist and the potential of developments there in ending
Wal-Mart?s practices.

Nature of Crisis
The rise of Wal-Mart is closely related to the cycle of crisis inherent in
capitalism. For an economy to avoid crisis, a broad balance must be
maintained between production and the demand of both producers and
consumers. Capitalism cannot prevent the inevitable small imbalances in any
economy from ballooning into big ones. Crises ensue. Marx and Engels termed
these ?crises of overproduction.?


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Joel Wendland
http://www.politicalaffairs.net
http://claswarnotes.blogspot.com

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