When aid's no help

When aid's no help - Wayne Roberts - NOW Magazine

Western response to the tsunami catastrophe - the magnificent generosity of everyday folks, the widespread sense that we are all creatures of the same planet and need to care for one another - has left me both heart-warmed and mind-saddened....

...people in the colonized South don't need aid. They need rights and fair trade and freedom from the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.