The lie in the mainstream press is that the U.S. tried to introduce human rights and environmental principles at the Dec. '99 meeting. The reality is that the U.S. government under Clinton, acutely embarrassed by the demonstrations that disrupted the meeting, sought to cover up its true agenda, hoping also to win votes for Vice President Gore in the next presidential race.  The U.S. and the elites from most of the world's trading countries do not care about human rights and the environment if they get in the way of profit. The demonstrations at this meeting helped make many aware of this.

Seattle Protest Activities:  Shutting Down the WTO (noviolent direct-action)
American government tries to block anti-WTO activists
IMF and WTO: Killing Kids  in the Name of "Free Trade" and Economic Reform
Cancel 3rd World Debt or Condemn Them to Die!!

Z-NET List of Globalization and WTO articles
This is off site, so you may want to make note of the the URL:
http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Globalism/GlobalEcon.htm
 

US Media Fails to Inform Public on Economics Issues:  MAI
World Street Journal Misinformation
If the WTO is the Problem, What is the Solution?

Ridiculous Business Week Article Accusing  WTO Protestors of Being Alarmist Extremists
 
 

Corporate Watch Pages

This is a site, originally from the U.S. looking at the negative activities of multi-national corporations. Now there is a Japan-based sub-site with more information onJapanese corporations.
 

US Site general information	http://www.corpwatch.org/
US Site Japan information	http://www.corpwatch.org/feature/planet/japan.html
Japanese site English	http://www.corpwatch.org/japan/
Japanese site Japanese	http://www.corpwatch-jp.org/

 
 
 
 
 

Globalisation Online Resources
This section has some resources that are Japan-related.  There is also general information on biotech and climatic change.

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