Category: Resisting Globalization
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On April 20-22, 2001, thousands of people will converge on Quebec City to oppose the Summit of the Americas, the so-called Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) and capitalism in general. Among them will be a strong contingent from … Continue reading
Anti-Racist Organizing: Reflecting on Lessons from Quebec City
“Parlez francais ici, hostie! Go back your country! Go back your country! C’est mon pays, pas ton pays.” [Translation: “Speak French here, &%$/*! Go back to your country! This is my country, not your country.”] These are the words a … Continue reading
NGOs at World Conference Against Racism Target Globalization
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Many of the delegates attending the NGO forum of the World Conference Against Racism here in South Africa have been met with a big surprise. Most had been informed of the big controversy over including the … Continue reading
No Enemies In ‘Civil Society’
Life should have been a lot easier after September 11. After all, from that day on, those on America’s side are friends and the rest are foes. At least, it should have ended all discussion on ‘civil society’. But ‘civil … Continue reading
Doing things differently this time: Kananaskis G8 meeting and movement building
The next meeting of the Group of Eight (G8) is taking place in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, ‘canada’*. The previous G8 meeting in Genoa, Italy was the target of massive protests and intense police/state repression, in which 23 year old Carlo … Continue reading
Neoliberal Globalization: Cancún and Beyond
Segment From The Report: Neoliberal Globalization: Cancun and Beyond Click here to download the full PDF article. “The corporate caterpillars come into our backyards and turn the world to pocket change… They preach from the pulpit of the bottom line. … Continue reading
Like Prisons? You’ll Love Globalization. Like Globalization? You’ll Love Prisons
The connections between the prison industrial complex and corporate globalization The past five years have seen a dramatic upswing in activism in the United States against the varied manifestations of both the prison industrial complex (PIC) and corporate globalization. This … Continue reading
The WSF Revisited: Back to Basics?
[This article was originally written as my regular commentary for ZNet. ZNet declined to publish it. It is published here without any changes. The article raises important questions about the direction of the “New Social Movements” from “Third World” perspectives.] … Continue reading
Stop the FTAA and White Paternalism
In the aftermath of the Seattle N30 protests four years ago, there was a lot of healthy discussion about the role that racism and white paternalism played in inhibiting effective organizing. While no one may have to write “Where was … Continue reading
Who Needs Ends When We’ve got Such Bitchin’ Means?
The years since the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks have been an incredibly difficult time and context for radicals of any stripe to organize in. The situation has been that much more difficult for the global justice movement, emerging … Continue reading
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