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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for these comments.See my reactions in upper
case on a slightly edited version of your email.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cordially,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Claudio</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> <B>From:</B> <A
title=theo@macdonaldbn17.fsnet.co.uk
href="mailto:theo@macdonaldbn17.fsnet.co.uk">Theodore MacDonald</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am very interested in the comment re HR as
a form of "capital". </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My own view is that this can be misleading.
"Capital", I agree, does not just refer to "money", but also to
"commodities" </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>in general, things which are
physically tradeable. ALSO REMEMBER THAT LABOUR IS A FORM OF
CAPITAL!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But HR have to be achieved before
"commodity" acquisition. OR AT THE SAME TIME?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Where it is not, it is true that you get plenty
of poor people, but also plenty of rich people. THIS IS NOT REALLY A
COROLARY OF YOUR PREVIOUS STATEMENT. THERE ARE ALSO OTHER REASONS FOR THE
RICH-POOR SPLIT. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For example, I worked in a country in
which</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> each citizen had access to
healthcare, education and other services of high quality.
Definitely, lower down the social scale was a vast army of migrant workers,
but even these</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>had enormous reserves of capital (money and
access to commodities) by comparison with any of their fellow
citizens in their native countries. They had very few HRs and could be
deported summarily, arrested, or whatever simply on the say so of an
employer or a disgruntled policeman. Generally, I found that, despite this,
they were grateful to be there so that they could send money home, but you can
be sure that </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>hatred was a growing
sentiment.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My view, therefore, is roughly yours
back-to-front. NOT REALLY. I REPEAT, THE STRUGGLE FOR HR CAN (AND MOST OF THE
TIME HAS TO BE) SIMULTANEOUS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Before we can solve any of the huge problems
of inequity - poverty being a fundamental one - we must have HR firmly
established internationally in law and statute. It is more basic than anything
else. a) NOT NECESSARILY BEFORE, b) CERTAINLY NOT WAIT UNTIL ESTABLISHED IN
INTL LAW!....THAT WOULD TAKE TO LONG AND PARALYZE OUR HR ACTIVISM AND
MOBILIZATION FROM BELOW.</FONT></DIV>
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