In response to Margaret Thatcher's imperious and infamous comment on the neoliberal world order that "There is no alternative," the opponents to neoliberal globalization and resurgent U.S. militarism cried back, "Another world is possible!" This phrase encapsulates the broad agreement among what Mertes (Center for Social Theory and Comparative History, U. of California at Los Angeles) dubs "radical oppositionists" for a project envisioning a liberatory and diverse form of globalization based on truly democratic visions. Through a series of interviews with activists and academics who have helped shape the agenda of the anti-corporate-globalization movement in the global north and south, he provides a snapshot of the global movement as it stands in the early 2000s. Among the 15 figures interviewed are Subcomandante Marcos, the spokesman for the Zapatista movement of Mexico; Immanuel Wallerstein, the originator of world-systems theory; and Chittaroopa Palit, an activist in the anti-dam movement in India. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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 Joao 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; Jose Bove, Confederation Paysanne; Bernard Cassen, ATTAC; David Graeber; Michael Hardt; Naomi Klein; Subcomandante Marcos, interviewed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; 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; Joao Pedro Stedile, Sem Terra Movement; Immanuel Wallerstein.
Charts the strategic thinking behind the mosaic of movements currently challenging neoliberal globalization.
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