----- Original Message ----- From: "Max B. Sawicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] No Googling quiz
> For extra credit now (an open-ended question): what are activist > groups/scholars/journalists doing to comprehend and contest the "superpower" > influence of these private companies with government-conferred power? > > (Hint: 1. the answer is not "nothing" and 2. I don't know the answer. That's > why I'm asking.) > > > > Organizing to free Mumia? > > (Sorry. We kid because we love.) > > No, the answer is global regulation, notwithstanding the problem > that we can't get national regulation. > > mbs ===================== Well, via UNCITRAL & WTO [esp. the deepening of GATS] they're setting up the regulation of us and further constraining our ability of regulate them. Privatization is the consummate euphemism for asset stripping..... Ian
