of course, non-English speaking countries are not alone in trying to establish efforts to protect their local languages. Within the United States over the past several decades a significant political movement has sprung up, very similar to those seen in France or Quebec, aimed at preserving the use of English. The group U.S.-English, for example, was founded "to ensure that English continues to serve as an integrating force among our nation's many ethnic groups." Many Culture and Globalization http://www.globalization101.org 24 Americans havegrown concerned over the proliferation of other languages, due largely to the rapidly influx of immigrants into the United States. This movement demonstrates the extreme sensitivity of cultural issues, and the visceral reaction that many people have to what they perceive to be threats to their traditional ways of life. Such efforts to protect the English language within the United States are a form of cultural protection. Any who doubt the depth of concern by people around the world about the effects that globalization is having on their local cultures, might keep in mind these kinds of reactions even within the United States. In the midst of the country that is often accused of "culturally colonizing" the rest of the world, the introduction of foreign cultural elements can generate significant politicalpressure to protect local traditions and values.