Globalizing resistance : the state of struggle / edited by Fraņcois Polet ; with translations by Victoria Bawtree.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Polet, François.

Bawtree, Victoria, 1934-

Language:

English

French

Italian

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Social movements.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xi, 321 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor : Pluto ; Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium : In association with The Tricontinental Centre (CETRI), 2004.

Language Note:

"Chapters 4, 7, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 22 and 23 have been translated from French; chapters 10 and 19 from Spanish; and chapter 16 from Italian"--T.p. verso.

Summary:

This is an indispensible handbook for global activists that takes the reader on a round-the-world tour of resistance to neoliberal globalization.

Although the anti-globalization movement is truly global, each region has its own specific groups and agendas. Most books concentrate on the European and American movements. This book is different - writers and activists from every continent summarise what's going on in their area to provide a truly international view of alternative social and political struggles.

From Bolivia to New Zealand, from South Africa to Russia and China, these struggles against capitalism, privatisation, social exclusion and exploitation are mobilising many thousands. Increasingly, these groups are exchanging ideas, particularly at the new Social Forums of Porto Alegre and Mumbai.

This book examines what has been achieved so far. The authors assess the World Social Forums as a dynamic for moving things forward. They explore the global anti-war movement and the successful mobilisation for the protests of 15th February 2003; they analyse new media strategies; and they offer a disturbing account on new police arrangements to control demonstrators.

Contents:

Part 1 The State of Struggle Around the World

1 Political Diversity, Common Purpose: Social Movements in India / Vinod Raina 3

2 Resistance to Globalization in Rural China / Lau Kin Chi 15

3 NGOs and Social Movements in Southeast Asia / Francis Loh 27

4 Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus: US rearguard Bases? / Bernard Dreano 42

5 Resistance to Neoliberalism in Australia and Oceania / Verity Burgmann, Andrew Ure 52

6 Social Movements in the Arab World / Azza Abd el-Mohsen Khalil 68

7 Struggling and Surviving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Francois L'Ecuyer 85

8 Social Movements: Experiences from East Africa / Opiyo Makoude 91

9 South Africa's New Social Movements / David Coetzee 103

10 Neoliberalism and Social Conflict: The Popular Movements in Latin America / Clara Algranati, Jose Seoane, Emilio Taddei 112

11 Proletarian Resistance and Capitalist restructuring in the United States / Pierre Beaudet 136

12 Europe: The Challenge for Social Movements / Bernard Dreano 145

Part 2 The Dynamic of Convergence for Another World

13 The World Social Forum: Towards a Counter-Hegemonic Globalization / Boaventura de Sousa Santos 165

14 The World Social Forum: A Democratic Alternative / Francine Mestrum 188

15 The African Social Forum: Between Radicals and Reformers / Mondli Hlatshwayo 206

16 Convergences and the Anti-war Movement: Experiences and Lessons / Paola Manduca 212

17 The Trade Union Movement and the Social Movement: Towards a New Dialogue? / Pierre Beaudet 222

18 The New Agrarian Issue: Three Billion Peasants Under Threat / Samir Amin 226

Part 3 The Strategic Challenge

19 The Alternative Movement and its Media Strategies / Victor Sampedro 243

20 The European Union and the 'Internal Threat' of the Alternative World Movement / Ben Hayes, Tony Bunyan 258

21 Police Measures Against the New Global Protest / Donatella della Porta, Herbert Reiter 272

22 New Powers, New Counter-powers / Raoul-Marc Jennar 289

23 International Law, a Decisive Issue for the Alternative World Movement / Monique Chemillier-Gendreau 294.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745323553

OCLC:

56963387