FTAA, The Hydra's New Head
Against The Current vol. 90
Hart-Landsberg, Martin
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/1529
Date Written: 2001-01-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2001
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX12974
Capitalism in many ways is like the mythical hydra of Greek legend, a gigantic serpent with multiple heads, the center one being immortal; every time an attacker chopped off one of its outer heads, two others grew in its place. It was killed by Heracles, with the assistance of his charioteer Iolaus. As Heracles chopped off a head, Iolaus would burn its neck cavity to keep new heads from growing. Eventually they were able to reach the center head and sever it from the body.
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