Chapter 70, 76, 77

 Chapter 70 starts off by explaining that neoliberal globalization is not the only form of globalization and that there are many ways in which globalization can be used for the benefit of all and not just to make the already powerful more powerful. I loved the idea that as corporations globalize it is also important that people’s rights organizations like worker’s unions also globalize as to not let greedy corporations take advantage of international workers. When the unions in different countries are able to team up and work together they are able to get more rights without the corporation finding any easy way out. Women’s rights movements and environment movements also have the added effect of both helping create counterhegemonic globalization and being helped by it too.

Chapter 76 talks more about the divide between those who prioritize globalization and those who prioritize their national identity. Specifically in western countries in recent years (even more now than when the textbook was talking about) the divide between these two parties has never been larger. Over the years their split on opinions has been growing farther and farther apart. Western countries benefit heavily from globalization but this excludes the working class. This group of people have actually been hurt immensely from globalization, mostly because the jobs that were easy to get without a high degree of education or specialization have been outsourced to either other countries or immigrants who will do the same work for much cheaper. I wonder the same questions as the author, how far can and will this continue to go before something snaps and how will we find the middle ground where both groups coexist with each other?

Chapter 77 talks about how connected every country is now because of globalization, war and hate is also so much more easily accessible. Every problem that a nation or only a couple nations has is now a worldwide problem because of how interconnected we all are. I think the quote that the author of this chapter adds makes this issue abundantly clear, “every country has become the almost immediate neighbour of every other country, and every man feels the shock of events which take place at the other end of the globe.”