A Movement of Movements
A Movement of Movements: Is Another World Really Possible?
Walden F. Bello (contributor), Bernard Cassen, Jose Bove, Tom Mertes (Editor)
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 1859844685
Edition: Paperback; 2004-01
Summary:
The Movement of Movements charts the strategic thinking behind the
mosaic of movements currently challenging neoliberal globalization.
Leading theorists and activiststhe Zapatistas' Subcomandante Marcos,
Chittaroopa Palit from the Indian Narmada Valley dam protests, Soweto
anti-privatization campaigner Trevor Ngwane, Brazilian Sem Terra
leader João Pedro Stedile, and many morediscuss their personal
formation as radicals, the history of their movements, their analyses
of globalization, and the nuts and bolts of mobilizing against a
US-dominated world system. Explaining how the Global South and the
experience of indigenous peoples have provided such a dynamic and
practical inspiration, the contributors describe the roles anarchism
and direct democracy have played, the contributions and limitations
of the World Social Forum at Porto Alegre as a coordinating focus,
and the effects of and responses to the economic downturn, September
11, and Washington's war on terror as they affect a "movement of
movements". Contributors include: Cesar Benjamin, Consulta Popular;
Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South; José Bové, Confédération
Paysanne; Bernard Cassen, ATTAC; David Graeber; Michael Hardt; Naomi
Klein; Subcomandante Marcos, interviewed by Gabriel García Márquez;
Tom Mertes; Bhumika Muchhala, Students Against Sweatshops; Trevor
Ngwane, Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee; Njoki Njehu, Fifty Year
Is Enough; Chittaroopa Palit, Narmada Bachao Andolan; Emir Sader;
John Sellers, Ruckus Society; João Pedro Stedile, Sem Terra Movement;
Immanuel Wallerstein.
Redistribution or Recognition?
(Nancy Fraser, Axel Honneth, Joel Golb, James Ingram, Christiane Wilke, ; ISBN: 1859844928;
Paperback; 2003-12-11; 96% match)
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