WTO Announces Formalized Slavery Model for Africa

[newburgh]

Philadelphia - At a Wharton Business School conference on business in Africa, World Trade Organization representative Hanniford Schmidt announced the creation of a WTO initiative for "full private stewardry of labor" for the parts of Africa that have been hardest hit by the 500 years of Africa's free trade with the West.

The initiative will require Western companies doing business in some parts of Africa to own their workers outright. Schmidt recounted how private stewardship has been successfully applied to transport, power, water, traditional knowledge, and even the human genome. The WTO's "full private stewardry" program will extend these successes to (re)privatize humans themselves....

"This is what free trade's all about," said Schmidt. "It's about the freedom to buy and sell anything—even people."



As much as I think the WTO is evil, is this a hoax? :wtf:

http://www.gatt.org/wharton.html

[Kagemusha]

1. Sounds like a site hack or something

Just meant to get your attention, which it succeeded in doing.

[immerlinks]

4. You're probably right

Although there's a slim possibility that an attack of conscience caused the expression of complete honesty .... Naaah!

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. Joke or not, it's where we're headed

Take privatization and globalization to their logical extremes. Slavery is nothing new but this is the modern high tech version.

[everythingsxen]

3. WTF?

That better be a hoax...

[gorbal]

5. Looks like a "Yes Men" prank

They used to have a WTO website as well.

[aquart]

You are correct.

Got it in my email a couple of hours ago.

[On the Road]

6. It Him! It's One of "The Yes Men"!

I'd know that face anywhere -- he is outstanding! This guy signs up for conferences posing as a representative of the WTO and making the most outragreous proposals.

There is a documentary I saw a couple weeks ago on The Sundance Channel. Here's some more of their work -- click on some of the pictures in the right margin for a full article. You have to see this stuff.


Halliburton solves global warming

[gorbal]

7. I wonder if they ever post here

Or try to share their work at any rate:)