Tom Mertes,Walden Bello,JosÃ© BovÃ©
A Movement of Movements, charts the strategic thinking behind the mosaic of movements currently challenging neoliberal globalization. Leading theorists and activistsâ€”the Zapatistasâ€™ Subcomandante Marcos, Chittaroopa Palit from the Indian Narmada Valley dam protests, Soweto anti-privatization campaigner Trevor Ngwane, Brazilian Sem Terra leader JoÃ£o Pedro Stedile, and many moreâ€”discuss 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 Washingtonâ€™s war on terror. Their statements, at once personal and visionary, offer a dazzling new insight into the political imagination of the global resistance movements.
Nonfiction,Anarchism,Social Issues,Social Movements,Politics
A Movement of Movements: Is Another World Really Possible?