Abhisek Das Karan Ujla Rahul Kumar

Started in August 1999, with 10 men under the guidance of Jose Bove vandalized a McDonalds restaurant under construction in the town of Millau Bove and its compatriots became face of anti-globalization movement in France

The protest against globalization led by Bove, received a shot in the arm when Bove turned up at the WTO meet in Seattle

A proposed vineyard in France was stalled by Bove with the help of local politician in the name of preserving ecological heritage

Falling prices for consumer

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Rise in domestic unemployment

Abundant labour/material

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Labour exploitation & pollution

Higher growth

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Threat to sovereignty

Access to wider array of products

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Dilution of local culture

Widening gap between rich and poor who is to blame?? Globalization or poor economic policies

Clout of developed countries in WTO unfair trade practices

Uniformity in adherence to regulations across developed and emerging markets

Globalization in a form that attends to the rights of people, not private power systems Noam Chomsky