socialistfuture
23rd September 2004, 13:08
I thought it would be good to look at the big picture and see what has been happening and the directions the movement is going in.
I found this site which has definions of many different things - it has a good overview of the anti globalization (or whetever u want to call it) movement since seatle 99.
have a look - maybe this belongs more under theology or history but I think it is an important part of the politics of what is going on.
Ideology and causes within the movement
There are many different causes championed by movement members, including labor rights, environmentalism, feminism, freedom of migration, preservation of the cultures of indigenous peoples, biodiversity, cultural diversity, food safety, organic farming, opposition to the green revolution and genetic engineering, and ending or reforming capitalism.
Many of the protesters are veterans of single-issue campaigns, including forest/anti-logging activism, living wage, labor union organizing, anti-sweatshop campaigns, homeless solidarity campouts, urban squatting, urban autonomy, and political secession. Some protesters identify themselves as revolutionary anarchists, socialists, Gaians, or communists; others agree ideologically but don't immediately identify themselves as such and still others want to reform capitalism, e.g. democratic Greens, some pagans.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/...tion%20movement (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/anti-globalisation%20movement)
I think what is happening In Latin America and Iraq is of great importance. The alternatives to capitalism are emerging - there is no short term solution or plan, we need to not only fight capitalism but define that this alternative is.
I found this site which has definions of many different things - it has a good overview of the anti globalization (or whetever u want to call it) movement since seatle 99.
have a look - maybe this belongs more under theology or history but I think it is an important part of the politics of what is going on.
Ideology and causes within the movement
There are many different causes championed by movement members, including labor rights, environmentalism, feminism, freedom of migration, preservation of the cultures of indigenous peoples, biodiversity, cultural diversity, food safety, organic farming, opposition to the green revolution and genetic engineering, and ending or reforming capitalism.
Many of the protesters are veterans of single-issue campaigns, including forest/anti-logging activism, living wage, labor union organizing, anti-sweatshop campaigns, homeless solidarity campouts, urban squatting, urban autonomy, and political secession. Some protesters identify themselves as revolutionary anarchists, socialists, Gaians, or communists; others agree ideologically but don't immediately identify themselves as such and still others want to reform capitalism, e.g. democratic Greens, some pagans.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/...tion%20movement (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/anti-globalisation%20movement)
I think what is happening In Latin America and Iraq is of great importance. The alternatives to capitalism are emerging - there is no short term solution or plan, we need to not only fight capitalism but define that this alternative is.