Re: how could one recognize a global class struggle if one saw

for a 'programmatic' statement on this, several years ago Tom Anthanasiou 
wrote a book called:

"Divided Planet: The Ecology of Rich and Poor"

reviews at:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0820320072/qid=1017381601/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_3_1/103-5466173-2059034

And I agree on Chossudovsky. Well worth reading. He is another person who 
addresses this--though more exclusively (and importantly! I fail to malign 
him by this) from finance.


Regards,


Mark Whitaker
University of Wisconsin-Madison


At 01:08 PM 3/26/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>how could one recognize a global class struggle if one saw one?
>
>There are signs that we are in the midst of a global class struggle, but
>the pundits are reluctant to call it such. The question arises: How
>could one recognize such a "thing" - namely, a "global class struggle"?
>
>The closest to recognizing THAT is, perhaps, the expression by Professor
>Chossudovsky (Canada) of "financial warfare" (sc. of the rich of the
>world against the poor of the world). "warfare" is "struggle", plus it's
>"global" and it's the global "rich" against the global "poor". Thus, one
>can cite Professor Chossudovsky as a witness for the existence of a
>global class struggle. Wallerstein speaks of a global struggle between
>two "camps" (not "classes") - those who defend privileges and those who
>oppose the privileged ones (on a global scale). Close, but no cigar, a
>"camp" is not necessarily a "class". Or is it?
>
>Former US Labor Secretary Reich wrote some years ago that there is one
>truly global class (not two or three) with a truly global class
>consciousness - namely, the global corporate class. Thus one can cite
>Reich as a witness for the existence of one global class. What is the
>rest? A (global) "multitude" (Hardt-Negri)? a (global) "camp"
>(Wallerstein)? or a "global class"?
>
>Perhaps, the crucial variable is "class consciousness". Thus, one might
>investigate whether or not global class consciousness (outside and in
>addition to Reich's class consciousness of the global corporate class)
>(a) exists or (b) is emerging. Interesting problem for a PhD thesis.
>
>Gert Kohler
>
>
>
>
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