What's at Stake?

The effects of global trade, domestic politics, and corporate power are what plague many antiglobalization activists today. Along with these concerns, a great mix of causes and mobilizations has emerged. In a recent Washington Post article, David Montgomery explains how one unified concern "has allowed disparate causes to unite against common enemies." So what connects such ardent discussions of sweat shops, rain forests, racism, prisons, campaign finance reform, global trade and domestic politics? David Levy of the Justice Action Movement, explains it well:

"We are all unified behind a fear and loathing of corporate control in our country. We’re environmentalists, human rights campaigners, poverty advocates, feminists, but we all agree that the electoral system is fundamentally undemocratic because of the influence of big money."

Concerns such as these have brought about many civil societies in search of reform and solution. To learn more about some of these organizations’ concerns, some informative sites to explore would be the web sites dedicated to the World Trade Organization protests: www.a16.org, www.a20.org, or also by visiting any of the web sites of the organizations mentioned on these pages.