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WTO in Cancun

I can just hear those anti-globalisation protesters now:

“Yo, dude, it’s awesome! Not only do we get to break stuff and make asses of ourselves . . . but we get to go to Cancun! Party time! (Oh, and capitalism is evil and it’s all a Zionist conspiracy and let’s smash some windows).”

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  • Me 09.12.03, 6:38 PM

    Actually, what they seem to be saying, at least according to the Reuters article you link to, is:

    “’I would hope that we can demonstrate again that the WTO is an organization that should not exist. It is creating more harm economically, socially and environmentally than good,’ said Antonia Juhasz, a veteran protester based in San Francisco.”

    “Mexican farmers say they have suffered from subsidized cheap imports since the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, between Mexico, Canada and the United States came into effect in 1994.”

    “’Although Mexico has had more exports through NAFTA, poverty has increased in the countryside. We do not want this experience to be repeated in Central America and the rest of the world,’ said peasant leader Rafael Alegria.”

    And they’re not the only ones saying it, according to the same article:

    “But the meeting is shaping up as a battle between the rich countries and mostly poor nations over agricultural subsidies.”

    “African nations, and members of the Cairns Group like Brazil and Argentina complain their farmers suffer unfair competition because the developed world, particularly the United States and the European Union, supports its farmers to the tune of some $300 billion a year.”

    Capitalism is evil and it’s all a zionist conspiracy? Keep stuffing that straw man, segacs.

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