Don't we have to fight to define the word? On one hand, we cannot
make it mean something totally outside the cloud of public meanings.
On the other hand, we can examine the facts and sharpen the named
notion in a way that gets to key issues of struggle.
Here are a few sentences early in an essay on globalization
available at http://www.LaborRepublic.org/Essay44.htm.
Regards,
Charles Andrews
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Globalization is about what is happening to economies on a world
scale. It is often not a clear idea, but everyone who talks about
it recognizes that the countries of the world tend to divide into
two groups: ...
Furthermore, the economic relations of globalization are
fundamentally about big capitals of the developed countries that
operate around the world. Sometimes called multinational
corporations, ...
Globalization exists within the framework of big capital in
developed countries and its activity in the developing countries.
However, this economic division existed for over a century, while
globalization arose in the last one or several decades.
