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ARGUMENTS AGAINSTG8
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Arguments against G8
Edited by Gill Hubbard and David Miller
Pluto Press
London • Ann Arbor, MI
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First published 2005 by Pluto Press
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Copyright © Gill Hubbard and David Miller 2005
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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