Straws in the Wind: Long day’s journey into night

The World Economic Forum has come, seen, and gone from Melbourne, moving on to trail its coat in other cities of the world. The economic rationalists are enjoying one psychological and public relations victory after another, and winning the public debate … by default. As Richard Pratt said during the Melbourne Forum, “The media aren’t interested in the arguments going on in here, only in the demonstrations” – and any examples of violence to be found. Despite the quite inadequate coverage in our Press and the puerile treatment by the networks, some worrying material – worrying for the globalisers –…