Global Revolt : A Guide to the Movements against Globalization.
Amory. Starr
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | London : : Zed Books Ltd, , 2005.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (273 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; 1 - Introduction: another world is possible - how do we know?; one - History; 2 - It didn't start in Seattle and it didn't stop on 9/11; two - Manifestos; 3 - Participatory democracy: the World Social Forum; 4 - Don't owe! won't pay! Drop the debt; 5 - Food sovereignty: farmers need access to local, not global, markets; 6 - Reclaim the commons: no patents on life!; 7 - No borders! No nations! Stop deportations!; 8 - Get rid of them all! The importance of Argentina and anti-elitism; 9 - Solidarité and specifismo: we are going to work together. - 10 - Anti-imperialism: anti-globalization since 9/11three - Controversies; 11 - Ya basta! We are not only for, we are also against; 12 - Back in black: anarchism and autonomy; 13 - Violence: spikey vs. fluffy; 14 - Consumption politics; 15 - Reformism; 16 - Village life: the subsistence perspective; four - Tactics; 17 - Criminal reconnections: decommodification; 18 - The streets belong to the people; 19 - Culture jamming; 20 - Be the media: Independent. - Millions of people have already become active in rejecting corporate globalization and developing alternatives to it. Millions more know that something is terribly wrong and are ready to begin taking action. This book is for them. Amory Starr is author of Naming the Enemy, a book that foresaw the emergent anti-globalization network nearly a decade ago. Here she provides, in concise and engaging style and with activist insight: (i) a history of the movements' emergence, (ii) an outline of their analyses and aims, (iii) a digest of the ongoing controversies and dilemmas, and (iv) an inspiring co
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| Emner | Anti-globalization movement
Anti-globalization movement - History Globalization - Moral and ethical aspects Globalization - Social aspects Vis mer... Social Science.
Social Conditions Social Sciences Sociology & Social History protestbevegelser globalisering antiglobalisering politiske bevegel ser historie |
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| ISBN | 1842774824. - 1842774832
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