Globalisation and Anti-Globalisation - Essay Example

Global Research.org offers many articles against the WTO and globalization. One of these articles comes from Michel Chossudovsky who argues that global capitalists are manufacturing dissent, or creating a false anti-globalization movement, by funding the anti-globalization movement.     I also believe that with the right vision, mission, goals, leaders, advocacy, and activities, disempowered sectors can use globalization to develop a more humane, environmentally friendly, and socially balanced form of global capitalism.    The rich and powerful have been using the WTO and other international and national institutes to promote their economic goals, which include political and cultural dimensions too, but the poor can use the same platform to improve the quality of their lives. I understand what Chossudovsky means when he criticizes the hijacking of the people’s movements through international organizations that fund anti-globalization movements. Nevertheless, the same system can be used to benefit the disempowered through using current technologies and marketing strategies to let the world know about social injustice and to help society change itself. Instead of stopping globalization, the disenfranchised should also use it to advocate and support fair and benevolent capitalism. Hence, Chossudovsky is wrong to think that globalization itself is wrong because people can use it to do great noble things that will empower the poor and minority groups.   Read More