Hawaii & Philippines: Plantation Plunder

Abstract

AbstractAbstractSince colonial times, the economies of the Third World have been structured to serve the world capitalist market. While the dominant capitalist countries have become independent industrial powers, the economies of many Third World countries have remained dependent on the export of agricultural commodities and raw materials. During colonial times, vast plantation systems controlled by foreign enterprises dominated the production and export of these agricultural commodities. Today, modern agribusiness corporations like Del Monte are the successors to these colonial forms of exploitation.