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Download Issue (PDF) The World Trade Organization: Making the World Fnendfy far Transnational Co1porations BY JOSEPH S CHWARTZ transnational corporate elites. ln less purchase from comparues that invest than fjye years, the \VTO "Dispute in regimes which \'Joi.ate labor a"ld hu­ ainstream ljberals and conscr Settlement Processes" have stopped man rights and whom ofren employ vatives treat the "globaliza- the United States from requiring Ven­ child labor. M10n of the economy" as if it ezuelan gas exporters to conform to were an act of nature. J\TewYork Times air c.1uality regulations srricrer than 25 Years of R119•'lhaldllrfm correspondent Thomas Friedman in­ those of Venezuela. The \'(;'TO has The practices of the \XfT O do not forms us that with growing economic also banned European l.Jnion at­ derive from inherent economic laws interdependence comes the necessity tempts to prevent the import of US­ of efficiency, but from the Rcagan­ co "compete 10 the market or clic." produccd hormone-treated beef. And Thaccher policies of the advanced in­ But all economic arrangements are 10 1997, a \\'TO panel ruled that the dustnal democracies. In the early 1970s social institutions constructed within European Union could not grant a sgucezc in corporate profits fueled relations of power. Today's global trade preferences to union-grown by growing union power, higher real market is structured mostk for commodity prices, the inrert:Scs oftransnational cor­ and a slowing of pro­ porations, as opposed to those ductivity gains caused of ordinary citizens. TNCs to react by The mass protests at the abandoning the post­ Seattle ministerial meetings of \\1\\111 "social con­ the World Trade Organizations tract." this permitted led by environmentalists, trade corporate control of unionists, NGO activists from im·estment m return developing nations, and DSAers for relauvd}' high real prefigures an emergmg interna­ mdusrrial U'ages and tional movement to regulate a saferr net for many transnational capital in the inter­ workers ID developed ests of human needs. For the nauons.. Corporntions first time since the collapse of henceforth de- authoritartan communism and manded to be free the rightward drift of many govern­ Caribbean bananas over Chiquita ba­ from the consmums of uruon power ing social democratic parties, the tra­ nanas produced by exploited non­ and prot,rressi,-e ax.anon. arguing that clitional socialist demand that capital union labor in Central America. "deregulating" the economy would serve the interests of the very people ln Seactle, ministers from pro­ benefir all. who create it has been returned to the corporare governments around the 1\,·ency-nve )eaIS of such poli­ world's political center stage. globe tried to spread the WTO's cies, imposed b, consen-an,-e and cen­ The World Trade Organization powers over ttadc in manufactured ta-le~ gO'l; crnmentS m the First World (\VTO) places corporate interests goods, to agriculture, financial and an<l by the IMF throughout the rest ahead of human ones by preventing internet services, and intellectual prop­ of the planet, ha ~erely increased nation-states from democraticalJy erty. Such extensions would prevent global ineqwilil) Global deregulation regulating the environmental, health, de\'cloping nations from creating af­ has not ushered in a free market uto­ safety and labor practices of fordable generic '\'Crsions of expen­ pia, but, rather, the megalitarian gang­ transnational corporations. The \VTO sive, patented pharmaceuticals and srcr capitalism of the former Soviet is a five year old institution which en­ would expand TN( s ability to patent bloc and the rampant financial specu­ ables international tribunals -- domi­ and "own" indigenous medicines and lation and corrupnbn of the "East nated by corporate trade lawyers -­ the biospecics of the developing Asian nucacle." to enforce international trade and in­ world. The} would SC\ erely limit na­ Masked in the rhetorjc of com­ vestment agreements (the General tional regulation of food safety and parauvc ad\'ancage and economic ef­ Agreement on Trade and Tariffs or animal and plant health practices. And ficiency, these market policies impose GATT) . Global "deregulation" is no they would prevent city, state, and na­ longer a gleam in the eyes of tional governments from refusing to ronhn11ed 011 page fo"r p a g e 2 • D e m o c r a t i c L e ft • Millennium Part One And then, there are our members. About This Issue You haw all been extraordinarily pa­ In July, I was looking for ways to tient with us. This magazine is decli­ improve De111orratic Left. In less than cated to you. Your words of encour­ forty-eight hours, staff member agemenr and support mean more to extraordinairc Soln:ig Wilder came to us than you will ever know. Count me with a proposal: publish a millen­ on receiving De111ocratic Left on time nium issue tnat would present ideas from this moment forward. from luminaries of the Left on the J\ heart'. thanks also to Jeff Gold Prospects for Dcmocrauc Socialism. and Frank Llewellyn, who coo.tinue to I loved the idea. We had a tele­ lend their expertise as to how to put World Trade Organization phone meeting with Barbara out a quality publication. Joseph Schwartz Ehrenreich, and she helped give us And last but not least, a very spe­ cial thanks to Solveig Wilder. Sister, direction as to how to proceed. European Perspective We reached out to leading mem­ you arc truly a talented and extraor­ Daniel bers and friends ofDSA, and so many dinary woman. W/e gave you an as­ Singer responded we literally had to turn signment that no one else wanted and people away. 1n fact, this magazine is you hit a home run. I asked you to Prison Industrial Complex so big, we have to di\'ide it into two give us a magazine that would pass parts. It may be rhe best magazine we the good bathroom test. We got that at DSA have ever produced, and for and more. Thanks. that we ha\'e so many people to Now sit back, relax, pour your­ Frances Fox Piven thank. self a rich cup of hot chocolate, and RobSaute First, a heartfelt thanks to the ex­ get lost in the magic of this cclition traordinary contributors who gladly of De1JJotratic l .e(/.. responded to our call. Their thought­ Cheers! ful and thought-provoking articles will ~SN4't inspire and chalJenge you to th.ink National Director AUisse Waterston about a future where social and eco­ Solveig Wilder nomic justice is a reality. PS Your letters and comments are more than welcome. Social Democratic States John D. Stephens Editorial Co1111nillee: '99 Jeremy Borens1ein, Suzanne Crowell, Bill Dixon, Jeffrey Gold, Sieve Max, Bill Mosley, Maxine Phillips, Chris Riddiough, Annette Sasvari, Jason Schulman, Ruth Spitz, Christian Socialism Michael Thompson, Solveig Wilder, GaryDonien Rober• Woodruff Fou11di11g Lditor: DEMOCRATIC Michael Harrington Online Revolution (1928-1989) Andrew Hammer Democratic Socialists of America share a vision of a humane international social order based on equitable distribution of resources, meaningful work, Interview: Stephen Broner a healthy environment, sustainable growth, gender and racial equality, and J. non-oppressive relationsllips. Equality, solidarity, and democracy can only Michael Thompson be achieved through imernational political and social cooperation aimed at ensuring that economic institutions benefit all people. We arc dedicated to Tragedy and Hope in Labor building truly international social movements-of unionists, cnvironmcncal­ PaulBuhle ists, feminists, and people of color-which together can elevate global justice over brutalizing global competition. Rebirth of Progressivism • DSA NATIONAL OFFICE Alan Dawley 180 Vorick Street FL 12 New York, NY 10014 212.727.8610 http://www.dsausa.org/dsa Dt1Hfl<rdh"1 Jjl (ISSN 1643207) "published qwmcrlr n1 180 \ anck S11i:c1, Ne" y,,,k, NY 10014. Pcnndicals posta~e pa.id ;u Ne.·\\ )'ork, N)' (PubJicmion No. 701-960). Subscriprinn~: 510 fl'HUl:lr; S151n"t11uuun~ll. Po!'tnu~a:r: Send Jddrcss ch"n~cs t<> 180 V,1rick Srrcct,Ncw York, NY 10014. /l<11tl)<Tdl1r lLfi" publi>hcd hr 1hc Dcmocr.mc Socioltm or 1\nwrica, ISO Vanek Srrcct, New York, NY 10014. (212) 727-R6lil. S(~11"/nr11dr1rxprrrI1htop111io11sof t/,e a11/horJ tJIJtl //(}/ Jl({(Jitll'lh- thou n.f lht orxa.mz.(11i<lll. • Millennium Part One • D c m o c r a t i c L e ft • p a g e 3 continued from page two I a race-to-the-bottom in regard to Jiv­ ing standards and labor rights. By de­ manding that all nation-states remove regulatory constraints on corpora­ tions, gut social welfare programs, enact balanced-budget fiscal austerity, and declare war on trade unions, the WTO ensures that capital will be able to move labor-intensi\'e forms of • production to the "lowest cost pro­ ducers" in the developing worlc.1. \'Ouk more capital and knowledge­ mtensive production remains in ad­ / vanced industrial nations, like software design and computerized machine tool production, chc and-union prac­ TNCs and regulate global financial tices of race-to-the-bottom capital­ actors in the mterests of equitable and Short-Ttnn, Feasible ll'nda ism means that the disproportionate sustainable de\'clopment. A global The international movement for glo­ share of the benefits from such in­ democratic left must be rebuilt as an bal justice is somewhat di\'idcd: most c'r~scs in First \\'oriel productivity alternath:e both to a dead-and-bur­ international labor federatiom and goes to the top twenty percent of the ied authoritarian Communism and to mainstream environmental groups population, the "symbolic manipula­ a social democratic welfare state which favor reforming the \VTO so it could tors" who organize production asclf. can no longer be sustained strictly on enforce international labor and human a national level.
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