Why Being a Librarian is a Radical Choice

by Naomi Klein (Dissident Voice - July 15, 2003)

- Knowledge (as opposed to mere information gathering)
- Public Space (as opposed to commercial or private space)
- and Sharing (as opposed to buying and selling).

That means that the current stage of globalization is not simply about “trade” in the traditional sense of selling more products across borders. It is about feeding the market’s insatiable need for growth by redefining entire sectors that were previously considered part of “the commons” – and not for sale – as “products.”
When we talk about free trade or globalization, what we are really talking about is the fencing in, the enclosing, of the commons.