Hidden Face of Globalization

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PART II is now available on Youtube and at: (www.nlcnet.org/article.php?id=243)

In the global economy, corporations demand enforceable laws - intellectual property and copyright laws - backed up by sanctions to protect their products. However, when we ask these same companies, "Can't we also protect the rights of the 16-year-old who made the product?," the companies respond: "No. That would be an impediment to free trade!" Young garment workers in Bangladesh share their experiences working for companies like Disney and Wal-Mart.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: April 4, 2007 at 12:57 am
Author: nlcnet

Length: 00:09:48
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Tags: wal-mart walt disney labor human rights children corporations bangladesh free trade globalization women walmart

Video Comments:
CastelanMexico (October 10, 2008 at 6:56 pm)
Another Stupidity of "Human" race ....
plutocratarianism (September 30, 2008 at 9:15 pm)
You all need to outsource more jobs for cheap labor, or serfdom slavery, YES THATS RIGHT SLAVERY, soon the world shall be enslaved to the global elites who will run this world.
alihaq92 (September 23, 2008 at 9:38 pm)
Ethical & moral values are demanding something from those who are not
illegitimate.
kayteegirl (September 15, 2008 at 7:36 am)
These women have no other choice. Living in a country as over populated as Bangladesh and as over used as Bangladesh the women are not giving many options for their future. They do not have the luxuries like we do, they don't get to choose either college or work, this is all they have. Be thankful for where you live and be aware of the consequences of your actions. in their life it is a fight to survive.
porkypine8974 (September 15, 2008 at 1:35 am)
who's forcing them? they choose to work there.
aboodz (September 27, 2008 at 8:25 am)
on more thing, besides what kaytee said: there are many others willing to take your place if you choose to leave the job, since its quite a poor country. They have no efficacy to affect their employers
DMCpro6944 (September 5, 2008 at 1:25 am)
I know this is happening!! We need to change or our destiny will change for us!!!We are spiritual beings!! We are not here to commercialize our future we are on the wrong path even our calender does not fit!!! See mayan calender, we need to wake up before disaster strikes against us!! Thank U for the video, spread conciousness around the planet!!
alihaq92 (September 23, 2008 at 9:38 pm)
Your are absolutely right, all economic inequalities are the result of materialistic Approach towards Life.
Hoarding,monopoly,oligopoly,cartels are exploiting ordinary Human Beings.
I think our job is to unveil these outcomes of globalization by our actions.
What is the best economic system in the World?
I think the best system in the world is one which is based on moral & ethical Values rather than on mathematical Values or statistics.
Spirtual economic system is the best.
evelenker (September 1, 2008 at 10:38 pm)
this makes me sick.
averunks (August 29, 2008 at 9:26 pm)
If that were possible, China would not have been poor in the first place. All of the Asian 'tiger' economies have grown wealthy through an export driven development strategy. But actually, with the U.S. dollar appreciating in relation to the Yuan, the Chinese are beginning to sell more of their products at home, thanks in part to the large inflow of American capital from export sales. That's the beauty of free trade.