-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 11:25 AM Subject: CONSUMERS OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE ! The peoples have no say. All economic and political power is concentrated in the trans- national corporations, their mass media monopoly and their politicians. And from their point of view people are only of interest 1. - as slave labour, only to be kept barely alive at minimum existence level, - this giving rise to the general class struggle - but at the same time also 2. - as consumers to keep the profit machinery running at maximum speed. The great potential of this other more pleasant role of ours so far has only been exploited to a very limited extent and only for defensive purposes. So let us expand the class struggle with exploiting this potential in an OFFENSIVE strategy: Let us utilize the contradictions existing within the robbers' castle to our advantage and disarm their imperialist struggle over markets and resources before it now once again will lead to world war. Let us utilize the fact that it is our money the robbers are fighting over, and play the predators out against eachother, before they succeed in completing the monopolization process. Why should we always remain on the defensive although the salesmen are completely dependent on our willingness to buy their products ! GLOBALLY the consumers' power may be utilized for internationalization of the corporations. This strategy of the formative World Parliament of THE UNITED PEOPLES for saving our planet has web site address http://www.unitedpeoples.net (under construction). REGIONALLY and NATIONALLY the consumers' power may be utilized for the people's takeover of the ownership or part of the profits of national companies or local corporate production or distribution enterprises. In each country a United Peoples Party or, to start with, a Consumers' Power Committee, "CPC", comprising all progressive organisations, movements and individuals is formed. The CPC may comprise a group of neighbouring countries. The analysis of the market and identification of the products and enterprises to be targeted is carried out by progressive professional economists/NGOs/students under the guidance of the CPC. The enduring motivation and consent of the members of the CPC organisations and rest of the population first of all is achieved by setting up a precise and prioritized list of the welfare benefits their contributions will bring about, and by means of an independent control with openly published accounting of the outcome. The list should include easily perceptible and visible items. The tasks of the members will be, as consumers, to buy, respectively boycott continuously or for a specified period of time the products pointed out by the CPC, and to motivate rest of the population to do the same. EXAMPLE : Three enterprises, A, B and C, are selling almost identical products and share the market as follows: Shares of market: A B C xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Profits: A B C xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Depending on the market, the strength of the CPC, etc., each one of the enterprises is asked either A) - if it is willing to turn over the ownership to the people, if it is chosen as the only one to survive, the stockholders' invested money to be paid back over a specified period of time, or B) - how great share of its extra profits it will allot to the people, if it is chosen as the only one or one of the few enterprises whose products will not be boycotted. If, for example, A and B bid highest, the CPC may choose to let A and B share C's market and share C's profit with the people, rather than let either A or B get complete monopoly: Shares of market: A B xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Profits: A B CPC xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx Everything of course will be based on a written agreement beforehand. CONCRETE EXAMPLES Bangladesh Population: 120 millions The CPC will include at least Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation with 100.000 members spread all over the countryside, the Bangladesh Garment Workers & Employees Federation in the cities and the Revolutionary Unity Front with 6 member organisations. At least in this context it is a great advantage that only very few people have TV-sets. People therefore are not so brain- washed as in other countries. Two thirds of the population being illiterate, people are used to the personal communication that the members of the CPC organisations will use in meetings all over the country. And the corporations cannot counteract the campaign by means of their TV monopoly. Only the two radio stations (governmental) may become a problem. Thailand Population: 60 millions The progressive trade unions with 200.000 members, the Assembly of The Poor in the rural areas, the Slum People in the urban areas and the Fisherfolk's Federation represent at least 80 % of the population. The present situation in Thailand invites playing the patriotic card in a general campaign as outlined in a "Press Release" like this: " The CPC comprising the following organisations representing more than 80 % of the population 1. - are very concerned and upset about that Thai enterprises are being given away to foreign robbers. For the first time in her long history, Thailand is being colonized. 2. - propose that at least the enterprises most essential to the people, including the media, be kept on Thai hands 3. - offer one or a few of the enterprises within each branch the following arrangement: 3.1. In the future we will prefer the products of the chosen enterprise(s) and boycott all others 3.2. In return, the ownership of the chosen enterprise(s) will be turned over to a collective comprising all of our members. Each enterprise will be managed by a professional team referring to the CPC. This is the only way the ownership with certainty can remain on Thai hands. 3.3. The present stockholders will get their invested money back over a period of 5 - 15 years, the period depending on the profitability of the individual enterprise. 4. We call for other organisations to join us in this effort." 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