A movement of movements : is another world really possible? / edited by Tom Mertes ; with contributions by Walden Bello ... [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Movement of Movements charts the strategic thinking behind the mosaic of movements currently challenging neoliberal globalization. Leading theorists and activists{u2026}the Zapatistas{u2019} Subcomandante Marcos, Chittaroopa Palit from the Indian Narmada Valley dam protests, Soweto anti-privatization campaigner Trevor Ngwane, Brazilian Sem Terra leader João Pedro Stedile, and many more{u2026}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 Washington{u2019}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. Show More Show Less