FTAA

[Teufeldröckh]

"Negotiated behind closed doors, with no citizen input but plenty of
suggestions from business interests, the FTAA is yet another example of
the kind of free-market fundamentalism that has created a global race to
the bottom that erodes environmental protection, workers' livelihoods,
and human rights."

<http://www.globalexchange.org/ftaa/topten.html>

Your Mr. Pynchon may be realistic about the place of business in modern
life, but secret cabals of the rich and powerful, particularly secret
operations of governments in the interests of the rich and powerful,
these he most certainly puts in the bad guy column. They may fall back
to earth in his fiction, or some character may escape their control, but
not before they have done some real damage. We can accept this
resignedly. We can hope that if we behave well, they will reward us. But
how long, how far, will you go along before the counterforce inside you
makes you feel like vomiting? I don't think maintaining a healthy
resistance to directives from on high is inconsistence with the events
and characters of Pynchon's writing (as if I need his blessing).
Therefore I say to hell with the FTAA. Freedom and justice for people
first! Hasta la victoria siempre!

--
Teufelsdröckh