Ken Saro-Wiwa, an activist protesting the activites of Shell in Nigeria, was killed by the Nigerian military government along with eight other Ogoni people who had protested the environmental actions of Shell. The rest of the trivialisations in that particular paragraph are too numerous to deal with in any depth here, but I would be happy to enlighten Imre at any time. Third world countries are routinely lured into free trade agreements with their more prosperous international neighbors, and there is mounting evidence to suggest that this does not directly translate into tangible benefits for the people. Even Imre would probably not have the gall to claim that sweatshops and labor abuses by companies like Nike don't actually happen, or aren't as bad as you think. The bottom line is that often the people of these countries don't know what they're getting in for, or don't have a choice.
Resistance often starts when it's too late - when the effects of free trade start to sink in.
In summary, rather than committing to an outright dismissal of the arguments presented on the M1 website, Imre should perhaps have kept an open mind. Not all people participating in these actions are lunatic student activists or crazy kids having a 'wild one in the CBD'. Some of us have done a bit of critical thinking about it - maybe Imre should as well. Regards, Luke Burton.