[Peace-discuss] Fwd: _Whose Trade Organization?: The Comprehensive Guide to the WTO_

[Alfred Kagan]

>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:04:52 -0800
>From: "Tom Childs" <childst at douglas.bc.ca>
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>Subject: Fwd: _Whose Trade Organization?: The Comprehensive Guide to
>	the WTO_
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>  >>>>From:< www.tradewatch.org><<<<
>
>WHOSE TRADE ORGANIZATION?
>  The Comprehensive Guide to the WTO
>  Lori Wallach and Patrick Woodall, Public Citizen
>  Published by The New Press, Distributed by Norton
>
>  "A crucial guide - devastating and highly readable. Wallach and
>Woodall are warriors for democracy against its most powerful
>opponents."
>
>- Naomi Klein
>
>Globalization affects our lives every day in myriad ways - often for
>the worse. Yet, as this eye-opening exposé documents, the current
>terms
>of corporate-led globalization are not inevitable, merely one option
>being imposed by the powerful, secretive and profoundly undemocratic
>World Trade Organization.
>Here is the definitive guide to the WTO. It reveals which WTO terms
>have led to U.S. job losses, the race to the bottom in wages, unsafe
>food, attacks on environmental and health laws, and burgeoning
>international inequality. Want to know why the WTO attracts passionate
>protests all over the world? Public Citizen advocates Wallach and
>Woodall carefully document the WTO's nine-year track record with
>riveting case-by-case accounts. And, trade is the least of it: this
>book
>shows how the WTO chills government actions to fight sweatshops, make
>life-saving drugs available, and protect endangered species- and even
>limits our elected governments' ability to maintain policies on
>everything from meat inspection to media concentration.
>
>Whose Trade Organization? Offers first steps toward a democratic,
>accountable alternative. It reminds us that change is not only
>necessary
>- it's possible.
>
>Whose Trade Organization:
>
>*       "You must read this book to get past the fraudulent clichés
>promoted by liberals and conservatives alike." - John R. MacArthur,
>publisher, Harper's Magazine and author of The Selling of "Free Trade"
>
>*       "Lori Wallach is the brave, brilliant advocate who has helped
>millions around the world to see through the lies and myths of
>corporate-led globalization. This book is her ultimate power tool for
>global justice. Read it, citizens, and find yourselves empowered to
>act." -  William Greider, author of The Soul of Capitalism
>
>*       "If you think trade, globalization, and the WTO aren't your
>business or are boring, read this clear, compelling, and downright
>scary
>account." -Congressman Jesse L. Jackson
>
>*       "Not just a powerful denunciation of the organization's system
>of corporate-managed trade. It is an essential handbook for activists
>who want to challenge that system in the name of liberty, equality,
>and
>democracy." - John Nichols
>
>  TO ORDER: Whose Trade Organization? Visit www.tradewatch.org or send
>in attached order form.
>
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