THE TELEVISED IMAGES AND WORDS OF ANGRY WORKERS OCCUPYING THE
REPUBLIC WINDOW FACTORY IN CHICAGO A YEAR AGO STRUCK HOME FOR
FORMER WASHINGTON POST REPORTER JOHN JETER. AS A CORRESPONDENT
TO SOUTH AMERICA IN 2002 HE HAD PROVIDED NEWS COVERAGE OF THE
WORKERS’ TAKEOVER OF ARGENTINA’S INDUSTRY IN A COUNTRY BANKRUPTED
BY NEOLIBERAL POLICIES INITIATED BY WASHINGTON IN THE 1980’S.
JETER DECIDED TO WRITE ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE TRAVELING THROUGH
NATIONS DEVASTATED BY GLOBALIZATION. LAST WEDNESDAY, HE WAS AT
REVOLUTION BOOKS IN MANHATTAN TO SPEAK ABOUT HIS RECENT BOOK: “Flat
Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working
People”. WBAI FRED NGUYEN ATTENDED AND HE FILES THIS REPORT:
