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 A visionary anthology of writings on the global movement(s) for peace and social justice!
Covering a wide range of interlocking social struggles -- from the Zapatista movement in Chiapas to the Indian Narmada Valley dam protests to the Soweto anti-privatization campaign -- "A Movement of Movements" is a thought-provoking introduction to the radical idealism, critical anaylsis, and political imagination shaping the global justice movement(s). While unabashedly internationalist, this movement of movements nevertheless prioritizes localism over empire, direct democracy over hegemony, diversity over monoculture, and communities over leaders. Read this book to better understand the diverse concerns that are uniting an international coalition of students, workers, and environmentalists in a passionate desire for a better world.
A Must Read for Activists Everywhere!
With this work, Tom Mertes has provided the progressive community with a concise and insightful overview of both the challenges facing the myriad rivers of struggle against globalization as they seek to join in any kind of unity against G8 hegemony, and in turn the various approaches to overcoming these obstacles. The title of the book poses the question of the possibility of another, implicitly better, world; the various papers and interviews within, provided by the brightest lights of today's left, offer that hope. The publication and distribution of this book in and of itself stands as a victory over the ideological tyranny of U.S. neoliberalism, especially now, and as such will certainly inspire anyone who cares at all about the fate of our world.
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