Now we hear that globalization is frail, hanging in the balance. Let it drop and we shatter the hopes of the world's poor and long-suffering. This calls for a shift in tactics. I like to think that if we're talking democracy, then we the people are something like experts in the field. They win their elections with corporate money, and count CEOs as friends and colleagues.
Corporate interests are political interests.
We have to fight to peek at global trade documents every corporate leader has in his suit pocket. If, suddenly, globalization is all about democracy, it's time to hold our elected reps' feet to the fire. As in the days of the Vietnam War, our governments are over their heads in something big that smells bad. But it is time, too, to bring the war home. Here's a jam to get that idea rolling.