Guest_Leninist
20th August 2004, 19:45
SPECIAL COURSE OFFERING FROM THE LABOUR EDUCATION CENTRE:
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS;
GLOBALIZATION AND WORLD INEQAULITY
This course will look at the unequal relationships between so-called “1st and 3rd world’ countries, historically and today, as well as the causes and outcomes of global inequality, and the possibilities of building solidarity between working people of different countries.
THEMES INCLUDE:
The origins of global inequality: From Columbus to the World Bank
How and why the ‘1st and 3rd worlds’ were created and are maintained
The ‘Cold War’, US military interventions, and ‘friendly’ dictators
Imperialism: How and why the wealthy of Western nations build empires
How the IMF, World Bank and foreign aid keeps ‘developing’ nations poor
Modern Globalisation: Mickey Mouse, Big Macs, and Nike; The rise of Sweatshops, child labour and extreme poverty
Rebels and Guerrillas: The movements for revolutionary change in the ‘3rd world’ and why they are demonised in the West
Monday’s, 7-10 PM. Sept. 27 – Dec. 6th at the Labour Ed. Centre (LEC), Toronto, Canada, Cost $120 For more info: contact [email protected] Or the LEC @ www.laboureducation.org
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS;
GLOBALIZATION AND WORLD INEQAULITY
This course will look at the unequal relationships between so-called “1st and 3rd world’ countries, historically and today, as well as the causes and outcomes of global inequality, and the possibilities of building solidarity between working people of different countries.
THEMES INCLUDE:
The origins of global inequality: From Columbus to the World Bank
How and why the ‘1st and 3rd worlds’ were created and are maintained
The ‘Cold War’, US military interventions, and ‘friendly’ dictators
Imperialism: How and why the wealthy of Western nations build empires
How the IMF, World Bank and foreign aid keeps ‘developing’ nations poor
Modern Globalisation: Mickey Mouse, Big Macs, and Nike; The rise of Sweatshops, child labour and extreme poverty
Rebels and Guerrillas: The movements for revolutionary change in the ‘3rd world’ and why they are demonised in the West
Monday’s, 7-10 PM. Sept. 27 – Dec. 6th at the Labour Ed. Centre (LEC), Toronto, Canada, Cost $120 For more info: contact [email protected] Or the LEC @ www.laboureducation.org