Re: South AFrica and the WTO summit (fwd)

here is a view from South Africa:

>The South African delegation (which included labour) did raise some
>interesting issues at the WTO. But what caught my attention the most were
>the comments of Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin. Erwin, a former
>trade unionist and still a member of the South African Communist Party,
>said that the protestors were acting in the interests of the US
>government,
>more or less hinting that they were provocateurs put their by Clinton to
>make sure the developing countries weren't able to achieve their aims at
>the Summit.

>I bet none of the protestors thought of that one as they were being
>carted
>off to jail!

>John Pape
>Cape Town 


Mine