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01prelims.qxd 27/01/2005 14:49 Page i ARGUMENTS AGAINSTG8 01prelims.qxd 27/01/2005 14:49 Page ii 01prelims.qxd 27/01/2005 14:49 Page iii Arguments against G8 Edited by Gill Hubbard and David Miller Pluto Press London • Ann Arbor, MI 01prelims.qxd 27/01/2005 14:49 Page iv First published 2005 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 839 Greene Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Gill Hubbard and David Miller 2005 The right of the individual contributors to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Acatalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7453 2421 5 hardback ISBN 0 7453 2420 7 paperback Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data applied for 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Designed and produced for Pluto Press by Curran Publishing Services, Norwich Printed and bound in the European Union by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne, England 01prelims.qxd 27/01/2005 14:49 Page v Contents Acknowledgements vii Abbreviations ix About this book xi Introduction: Barbarism Inc. 1 Gill Hubbard and David Miller Section One Concentrated Power 17 Chapter 1 Globalization and war 19 Noam Chomsky Chapter 2 Britain and the G8: a champion of the world’s poor? 44 Mark Curtis Chapter 3 Democracy 57 Colin Leys Chapter 4 War 68 Lindsey German Chapter 5 Corporate power 78 Olivier Hoedeman Chapter 6 The Gang of 8: the good governance roadshow 90 Emma Miller [ v ] 01prelims.qxd 27/01/2005 14:49 Page vi CONTENTS Section Two Issues 103 Chapter 7 Climate change 105 George Monbiot Chapter 8 Trade 112 Susan George Chapter 9 Food security 124 Caroline Lucas and Michael Woodin Chapter 10 ‘War on terror’on racism, asylum and immigration 138 Salma Yaqoob Chapter 11 Privatization and workers’rights: but neo-liberals are such nice people … 151 Bob Crow Chapter 12 Poverty 163 Tommy Sheridan Chapter 13 Debt: the debt crisis and the campaign to end it 167 Vicki Clayton Chapter 14 Health and HIV/AIDS: fine words and fatal indifference 182 Ronald Labonte, Ted Schrecker and David McCoy Chapter 15 Genoa 2001: which side to be on? 198 Haidi Giuliani Chapter 16 Where do we go from here? 208 Sam Ashman Conclusion Naming the problem 220 David Miller and Gill Hubbard Contributors 233 Index 237 [ vi ] 01prelims.qxd 27/01/2005 14:49 Page vii Acknowledgements Firstly, I would like to thank the Italians for organizing a massive mobilization against the summit of the G8 in Genoa in July 2001. All of you inspired me. If I had not been in Genoa I doubt that I would have got stuck in to mobilizing against the G8 in Gleneagles in 2005 as much as I have. Secondly, thanks to everyone around the world who stood together on 15 Febru- ary 2003 to protest against Bush and Blair’s war on Iraq. This war keeps me angry but your actions give me hope. Finally, thanks to Ian Mitchell – ex-miner – who never lets the bastards grind him down! I dedicate this book to you. Gill Hubbard I would like to acknowledge the millions of people all over the world who have seen through the lies of the great powers and have shown great imagination, perseverance, and above all courage in challenging the neo-liberal order. The great move- ments against neo-liberalism and against war reawaken the sense of a genuine international movement for justice and democracy. For so long, for all my adult life, democrats have been on the defensive in Scotland and Britain. The movement against war and against neo-liberalism has changed all that. There is a long road ahead, but at least it might lead forward instead of back. Thanks are also due to Gill for taking on the bulk of the editorial work for this book. Thanks also to my colleagues on Spinwatch.org for their dedication in the face of what might over-optimistically be called a shoestring budget. [ vii ] 01prelims.qxd 27/01/2005 14:49 Page viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book is for my children, Caitlin and Lewis, who have been neglected far too much by me in the process of its production (and the rest). David Miller February 2005 [ viii ] 01prelims.qxd 27/01/2005 14:49 Page ix Abbreviations AOA (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture CAP Common Agricultural Policy CMH WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health CSR corporate social responsibility DFID Department for International Development DTI Department of Trade and Industry ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean EPI Economic Policy Institute ERT European Round Table of Industrialists ESF European Services Forum FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GDP gross domestic product HIPC heavily indebted poor country HRW Human Rights Watch ICC International Chamber of Commerce IFF International Finance Facility ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fund IP intellectual property MAI Multilateral Agreement on Investment MSF Médecins sans Frontières NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development [ ix ]
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