Hello curious300-ga,
I compiled a list of anti-globalization resources which includes
articles, groups, chat rooms, discussion boards, forums, news sites
and studies related to the anti-globalization movement.
Who are the Anti-capitalist/Anti-globalization protestors?
“They are not a single group of people at all. They come from all
walks of life; all ages, genders, races and social classes and come
from many counties.
(..)
The only unifying factor that could reasonably be applied to the
protestors is that they are people who are unhappy with the present
global, political and financial system.
(..)
Their Anti-capitalist/Anti-globalization ‘label’ comes from the fact
that the disparate groups of people involved will often pick important
global political/financial meetings (e.g. G8, IMF, World Bank etc..)
to make their presence known.”
What groups compose the Anti-capitalist/Anti-globalization protestors?
“In general it’s possible to say that the groups represented tend to
be one of the following: NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), Left
Wing Groups, Anarchists, Environmentalists and Human Rights Activists.
Each of these groups has their own aims, ideology and tactics. Some
groups encompass several of these grouping whereas other barely touch
on one area. “
http://www.fugazi.net/plf/anticapitalfaq.htm
THE ANTI GLOBALIZATION MOVEMENT (AGM) PROFILE AND OUTLOOK
“The anti globalization movement is an umbrella organization for
several hundred non-dangerous groups (varying from preservation groups
to anti exploitation groups). In 1996 the AGM had only a few members
and sympathizers. However, it has grown in the last 6 years into an
organization of an extremely large number. It is estimated that the
AGM has currently several hundreds of thousands of sympathizers across
the globe.”
There is a diagram illustrating this movement from 1996-2010 here:
http://www.nnjv.btinternet.co.uk/AGMprofile.htm
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Anti-Globalization Groups and Their Websites
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Corpwatch:
CorpWatch offers this index of globalization and corporate rule.
http://www.corpwatch.org/
Mobilization for Global Justice:
This is the main Web site for organizing protests against major global
economy meetings and events.
http://sept.globalizethis.org/
Ruckus Society:
Ruckus is committed to non-violent social change
http://www.ruckus.org/
No Logo:
No Logo provides readers with ways of connecting with each other and
of getting involved in global justice movements.
http://www.nologo.org/
Alternet:
AlterNet.org is an online magazine and information resource where
pressing issues are subject to examination and debate.
http://www.alternet.org/
Anticapitalist Convergence
http://www.abolishthebank.org/
Public Citizen Global Trade Watch
http://www.citizen.org/trade/
TidePool on the WTO
http://www.tidepool.org/ID.wto.html
World Trade Observer
http://www.earthjustice.org/observer/home.htm
50 Years Is Enough:
U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice
This is a coalition of over 200 U.S. grassroots, women's, solidarity,
faith-based, policy, social - and economic- justice, youth, labor and
development organizations dedicated to the profound transformation of
the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
http://www.50years.org/index.html
Reclaim Democracy:
Reclaim Democracy is dedicated to restoring democratic authority over
corporations, reviving grassroots democracy, and revoking the power of
money and corporations to control government and civic society.
http://reclaimdemocracy.org/about_us.html
Here is a search engine for active groups. The results include a short
summary for each group and a link to their website. There are over 90
displayed here:
http://groups.resist.ca/index.php?display=1
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Forums, Discussion Groups and Chat Rooms
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Alternet Forum
http://forums.alternet.org/guest/motet?home
Hip Forums on Anti-Globalization
http://www.hipforums.com/forumdisplay.php3?FID=50
Anti-globalization Notice Board
http://iclubs.iagora.com/Global/nb_more.html
Indymedia Chatroom
http://irc.indymedia.org/
At Google Newsgroups there are over 3000 hits for the
anti-globalization movement sorted by date showing the most recent
posting first.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=anti-globalization+movement&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=G&scoring=d
Or by relevance
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=anti-globalization+movement&btnG=Google+Search
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Studies, Articles and News
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An interesting paper titled “An Alternative Consciousness: Knowledge
Construction in the Anti-Globalization Movement” by Stephanie
Rutherford
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/cnf2002/2002_Papers/rutherford2002w.pdf
Do the Seattle Protestors Have a Point?
An article by Jeff Faux of the Economic Policy Institute.
http://globalization.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fepinet.org%2Fwebfeatures%2Fviewpoints%2Fseattle_symposium.html
Anarchism and the Anti-Globalization Movement by Barbara Epstein
http://www.monthlyreview.org/0901epstein.htm
This is a news site that allows anyone to both comment on other news
articles and post their own stories.
http://www.indymedia.org/
Another News site
http://www.ainfos.ca/en/indiez.html
Global Exchange provides a wealth of information about globalization.
http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/
The Toronto Star on the New Anti-Globalization Movement
http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/antiglobalization080101.cfm
Theory of the Anti-Globalization Movement
http://flag.blackened.net/nf/1antiglobalization.htm
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Thank you for your question and I hope this response has provided you
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Bobbie7-ga |
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