I agree with Mr. Swaminathan's point of view not only because i see it as a policy level miscalculation for india but also because over half the population survives on agro-based activities which are heavily subsidized by the government if we agree to any kind of coercive activities at the WTO then we will most definitely create a fiasco for the poverty ridden millions in the world's largest democracy.

I didn't want to say much as I just found your site through google. I just would like to know that since you all are activists for fair trade practices I wondered if you would look at support for reducing the harm caused by the war on drugs. You seem very interested in the International affairs of the world. What is your take on the police killings of people arrested in Thailand for drugs. Or the proposed hardline bills that a Phillipine legislator has called for, that is that all drug users and dealers must be put up against a wall and shot. Amnesty International is already on to it and we need more and more organizations in on it. The more there are the better the preassure on governments to change their covert and overt policies both domestic and international. I suggest you get on the DRC(Drug Reform Chronicals) email newslist as well as others like the ACLU. Become better and more fully informed as you look for the patterns in all the info to target to help make the Planet Earth's social climate better for all people on Earth. Even terrorists start out as political activists but become terrorists because they tend to lose patience with the slow pace of government action and reform and then they precipitate violent actions and that brings police and miltarys into the fray as the people naturally move to protect themselves. I myself get newsletters from NORML, ACLU, DRCnet, DPA(Drug Policy Alliance) to find out where in the world abuses by police and governments are occuring and look at writting letters such as this to people in that part of the world. This is my support for Writers for Amnesty International an informal group dedicated to helping AI in its efforts by writting articles for publication. I prefer the more direct route of targeted letter writting as was done in the American Revolution and the "Letters of Correspondence" groups that wrote in support of the revolution then. As for patterns to look for I suggest you remember history and what the NAZI party did to Marinus Van der Luube after the Reichstag fire which he was accused by them of starting when it was really them who did it to cover up their burglarizing of the place(ala watergate and nixon). Thank you