Toynbee SPINS some old yarns
bobby60 | 31.08.2001 14:53
At first glance this article seems good. when you read more carefully the old prejudices are still there.
Article from the Guardian's comments section by Polly Toynbee.
may fave bits are where she talks of '...the wilder nonsense of anti-capitalism' and then goes on to say 'It is time to spell out the European way against the American way, to champion more social control over the damage globalisation does, while praising the good it can do too.' (OK Polly now show us some evidence of the good it can do)
What really does it for me is when she says 'a handful of hell-raisers with pick handles can hijack any agenda, even if the slogans of the violent veer from incoherent to non-existent'. come on-change the record. On the next line she states that labour has done more than any government on third world aid. with this rubbish who needs alistair cambell?
email polly and tell her what you think:
p.toynbee@guardian.co.uk
letters@guardian.co.uk
check out the article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,544605,00.html
may fave bits are where she talks of '...the wilder nonsense of anti-capitalism' and then goes on to say 'It is time to spell out the European way against the American way, to champion more social control over the damage globalisation does, while praising the good it can do too.' (OK Polly now show us some evidence of the good it can do)
What really does it for me is when she says 'a handful of hell-raisers with pick handles can hijack any agenda, even if the slogans of the violent veer from incoherent to non-existent'. come on-change the record. On the next line she states that labour has done more than any government on third world aid. with this rubbish who needs alistair cambell?
email polly and tell her what you think:
p.toynbee@guardian.co.uk letters@guardian.co.uk check out the article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,544605,00.html
bobby60
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Proof Please?
01.09.2001 11:53
If Capitalism is effective in assisting African development, how come Africa is on the brink after centuries of this strategy? Don't you think they would have solar power, or an abundance of food, wealth, peace and progress, in the richest, in terms of resources, continent on Earth?
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