HIS 356K Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Tongues Untied, Marlon Riggs, World Trade Organization
Document Summary
Set of political and policy beliefs that centers free market. Neoliberalism: a review: more than just a new neo liberalism, not a strictly democratic or republican viewpoint. Privatization, deregulations, free trade, cuts in government spending. Attractive to both moderate liberals and many kinds of conservatives. Reagan implementation neoliberal policies and clinton helped solidify them. Riggs wanted film to shatter the nation"s brutalizing silence on matters of sexual and racial difference . Film a mixture of poetry, interviews, and portraits of scenes. Capitalism trumps climate: where we are today. Trade policy > climate policy: wto shuts down climate friendly programs, we should focus more on local incentives rather than the global big. Free trade always wins over programs that can help locals picture. Governments tend to protect the rights of corporations and the rich: de-privatizing the energy sector. Energy is too valuable in today"s world to be left in the hands of profit- motivated business men.
