What has occurred in Seattle? (A part 1).
What has occurred in Seattle? (A part 1).
In the beginning of this month of fifty thousand messengers various
Public organisations of the USA and other countries of the world have broken
Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which
Was going to in the prospering American city of Seattle, that from here
To give powerful signal to start of model of "global capitalism" the XXI-st centuries.
Anarchical revolt of the declassed elements unsettled
Rough industrial progress of last decades,
arergardnaja work and capital fight - approximately in such expressions
This event was estimated by the press. If partly similar judgement and
Fairly, all truth is told far not. Give more sharp-sightedly
Let's peer into underlying reason and conflict scale: and can, was
More soon "developing attack" of the future world order, the first test
Forces between "new elite" and "the new public"?
Epilogue.
To the XX-th century:
What is the globalisation?
Likely, without special razyskany historians already not
To establish, who the first has told "globalisation" and as this concept
Has found value of the term. But well-known a context. Has occurred
It on traces of events of 1989 on which had 200-year-old
Anniversary of Great French revolution and falling of the Berlin wall.
Then the main external victory has celebrated and
"rejganomika", or, in an American way, conservative revolution:
Helmut Kohl and Francois Mitterand have signed the agreement on the free
Movement of capitals, having given signal to start to the ultraliberal project in
To Europe. After that its economy was shaken long by crises, as
Has induced the Old World to found own currency, euro. And here is how
Time during last conference of the WTO the sensation - is announced between
And the euro was established by dollar parity - 1:1. Though for dollar it and
Victory, it is not glad to it, just as euro in every way tried not
To roll down to parity, but here it was necessary.
Ten years ago there was one more event, in own way, can,
Most important the others: Berner-whether programmer Tim has invented World
Wide Web, or WWW - the well-known World wide web. Enthusiasts
Globalisations have immediately dropped to the Internet. And in 1993
It was found out unexpected for advocates of "social Europe"
The tendency: instead of, as in old time to battle to the
The striking enterprises before drawing up of the collective agreement,
Arranging both parties, the capital simply closed them and
Retired at the other end of the world. "Delokalizatsija" became most
The terrible weapon against workers, their trade unions and workers
Parties. And though "the global enterprise" to a certain extent all
Still a myth, as three quarters of additional cost of all firms with
By the international status it is still made on the birthplace
These firms, clearly, that process has gone. It has come already rather far.
"A globalisation observatory" (there is in France a such
The non-governmental organisation which the eye does not lower with
The centres of new global economy), having analysed results 1997
"Business year", has informed: volume of world production,
Supervised by transnational firms, has made 51 percent,
Hence, under the control of the national states remains
Only 49. Crisis has come even before change of millenia.
Globalisation has a elite cogitative club and the
The powerful executive centres. Since 1993 "global subjects in
Global terms "have strongly occupied the agenda of the world
Economic forums in Davos: in this high-mountainous settlement in
Switzerland at the height of a winter ski season for a week gathers
World economic elite. Recommendations of Davos forums in
The core also serve development of a strategic course, which
Put into practice the International currency fund (IMF), the Organization
Economic cooperation and development (OESR) and World
Trading organisation (WTO). If the first at all on hearing, for not
Only in Russia, but also in Korea, Indonesia, Brazil never
Excitement stops - will give IMF the next credit or next
The tranche of the credit or will not give, - that two other organisations always
Remained on a roadside of public interest, for credits,
They do not give tranches. And nevertheless it is equal nine years ago, in
November, 1990, to the Geneva headquarters of the WTO - then still it
Carried other abbreviation - any angered has reached
The Korean peasant, trying to have a talk with the international
Officials without the translator. It have tried to expose, and here
It take yes stick to itself a knife into a stomach. Similar, it was the first
The public protest against the globalisation which have mentioned already and such
Far suburb of the world, though most this word anybody from witnesses
Did not hear yes, probably, Korean peasant and did not know it. But
It he felt an essence precisely.
This event happens in the middle of the Uruguayan round of the WTO, which
At that moment named still GATT (the General agreement under tariffs
And trade). With these two names of the organisation world
Trade it was necessary to live eight years.
I will explain: the meeting opening a round, plans for prospect
A certain circle of problems and time necessary for their decision. On a round
Kennedy in the sixties, aimed to found the antidumping
Measures in international trade, it was required only two years.
The seventh, Tokyo round has demanded six years - as a result by the end
70th years almost hundred states of the world have mutually lowered the
The customs duties to 4 percent. It meant, that all of them on
To comparison with post-war time, when the first 23 states
Have united for struggle with national protektsionizmami, have cut off
The customs thresholds exactly ten times! However on that
Actually it was necessary to put an end. The old has come to an end
The industrial epoch, from it has settled itself and the former organisation,
Knowing exclusively industrial barter. A problem
The eighth, Uruguayan round (1986-1994) for the first time have defined as
Introduction of new rules of international trade, having expanded them also
On agriculture and sphere of audiovisual services. Thus
Old GATT has turned only to one of twelve divisions
The WTO which was born on January, 1st, 1995, straight off having felt
Itself the major link of the future economic globalisation of the world. And
Really: in a present, ninth round in Seattle of the WTO has resulted
135 member states and more kind three ten
The states-observers, among which Russia and China. But if with
China carries already on negotiations for a full membership and the USA
Guaranteed to it the support Russia still should sit
On a bench of the spare. Whether this choice is dictated by more successful
Course of the Chinese reforms or frankly strategic
Reasons of the USA? Anyway it is not necessary to doubt,
As the second argument too. "It is very important, that China was
It is switched on in the international context as the factor of stability,
Instead of as not which part of the strategic generality which is switching on China,
Russia and India in a counterbalance of the American hegemony ", - has written
Zbignev Bzhezinsky in new article "the United States
Above all ".
More shortly, in all respects in Seattle "congress of winners" was expected.
Actually therefore have chosen for final in this century
Round of the WTO a city-show-window of the USA, the native land of "Microsoft" and "Boeing",
Whence the World wide web has all over the world crept away
Information networks the supersonic passenger also have scattered
Birds. Though to execute a round of Seattle it was planned for three coming
Year, from an easy hand of the former commissioner of EU on foreign trade of the sir
Leon Brittena the grandiloquent metaphor for a long time has stuck to it "a cycle
Millenia "- say, from Seattle the mankind will irrevocably step
In "this global, global, global world".
And suddenly Yes only it is not true, that "suddenly"!
"A typhoon eye".
Already it is much told about disorders, with a beating of show-windows and arsons
Cars which in the State of Washington were made by the typhoon which has flown
On its capital, apparently, at once from all terrestrial ends. It was necessary
To throw in street fights police, to call army reinforcements,
To declare a curfew. President Clinton urgently
Has gone to Seattle where has met with "serious representatives
Civil resistance ". A management of delegation of the USA in the end
The first day of job of conference has called a briefing for
Journalists on which recognised many requirements of demonstrators
"Conformable" an own position on peregovorahj Here to you and
On! Time ideologists of the global world and rebels against globalisation
Stand, it appears, for introduction of the same standards, then
Because of what all this cheese-pine forest?
But after all not casually US president has guessed at once to separate
"A typhoon eye" from the anarchical horde co-ordinated behind it.
American magazine "п?п?я я я п?", having named five hundred first
The transnational companies of the world, has made the curious reservation:
The list of their opponents to publish it is simply impossible, so it
It is great, - 26 thousand non-governmental organisations! And all, from
Defenders of turtles, butterflies and dolphins, with which so folklorno
Demonstrators in streets of Seattle, to country walkers have dressed up
With all world, brought the public protest against the genetic
Experiments of the American multinational corporations with wildlife, aim
At all "globalisation to curtail", and only to found over it
The open civil control.
Also what, US authorities about it knew nothing? The same as fathers
Cities of Seattle which instead of a holiday with fanfares has fallen down
The international typhoon?
It is very strange. For the typhoon since March of this year ripened in
Information networks WWW - the World wide web, and where-where, but on
Bill Gates's to native land in its labyrinths are able to read! During
Year of 1200 non-governmental organisations of 87 countries of the world on
To the Internet have perfected each phrase and have signed "the Declaration of members
The international civil community, opposing
The commercial program of "a cycle of a millenium". I will quote only
"Deciding part":
"Reform of the WTO which would allow to neutralise is necessary
Negative consequences of its activity on development, democracy,
Environment, human rights, labour employment, the rights of women and
Children. Such reform is possible only at high-grade participation
Representatives of a civil society ".
If not to Seattle Geneva has reached. The general director
Mike Moore has invited the WTO in the headquarters of the French sheep breeder
ZHoze Bove, which in July, having learnt about the American sanctions against
Europe for the sum of 116 million dollars, were got by the tractor and
Has broken not completed restaurant "McDonald's" in small town Lovely.
Was enough attentive to get a grasp of sites NPO on the Internet,
That without special work to define leaders narozhdajushchego
Civil resistance globalizmu - ZHoze Bove, soosnovatel
Country confederation of France, undoubtedly, one of them.
The head of the American mission in the WTO has begun to worry SHarlen Barshevski:
"Absence of communication with public opinion represents
Basic threat to system of multilateral trade ". Alarm
It it was passed for ocean: there have urgently invited in the White house of the leader
John Suini's trade union AFT-KPP also have expressed readiness at last
To create the working commission on development of the new rights of trade unions at
Condition, that there, in SietleJ But Suini has rejected the transaction, and 20 thousand
Workers from all America have gone to Seattle.
With what have gone? Here isolated opinions of the American visitors
Seattle: "the WTO and North American association of free trade
For six years have destroyed six hundred thousand workplaces in the USA. We
We want fair trade, instead of free! "" The WTO nobody
It is selected, the meetings spends in a full secret from
The public, its judges serve not to true, and the gold god, it
Appropriates the right to decide, that there should be Frenchmen and in what
To environment there should live Americans ". Enter into the Internet,
Open a site www.citizen.org. - and you will see, how
Non-governmental American association Public Citizen took
On itself the device in Seattle numerous visitors, which not
Could count there on places in expensive hotels. Therefore
Will meet to you and such messages addressed to England, France,
Malaysia, India, Canada: "If you not against to spend the night on a breadboard model on
To floor, the house of our friends to you is opened ". Means, it already inhabitants of Seattle
Have shown reciprocal solidarity with a WTO antiforum.
Having scented, what grandiose failure can turn
WTO conference if will not listen to these voices, general
Director Mike Moore has approved provedeniej parallel,
"Far-outer" of a forum. 800 non-governmental organisations
Have received the official invitation to Seattle. On the official
Conference waited for 5 thousand visitors, on alternative - 50 thousand,
How it was not to be counted with such force? Have agreed, that
Civil associations will choose the official observers on
The main ministerial forum also that daily two audiences will be
To search for possibilities for open public debate. Absolutely
The Metodistsky uniform church of Seattle has amazingly led itself: it
Has decided to arrange daily prayers at an input in a hall of the official
Forum "for Ministers of Economics and good results of their job".
"We see, that the global economy mismatches precepts
The Scriptus, - the head of this church ZH.D has explained. Henson, - and
The policy of the WTO risks excessively to aggravate position of women,
Workers, bednjakovj And us that fact, that especially excites the WTO
Allows to register as technical inventions already
Not only new biocultures, but also embryos of the person! ".
//* an information Source: the Russian newspaper, 16.12.99
//* Reg. Nom. - 1091200213.61-------------------------------------------
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