Alter-globalization
Alter-globalization (also known as alternative globalization or alter-mundialization—from the French alter-
The name may have been derived from a popular slogan of the movement, namely "another world is possible", which came out of the
Proponents view the movement as an alternative to what they term "neoliberal globalization" in which international institutions (the
History
The 1970s saw resistance to global expansion by both government and non-government parties. U.S. Senator
The World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 brought significant attention to the outcry against neoliberal economic integration through media coverage, support groups, and activists.[how?] Though this opposition first became highly popularized in the 1999 Seattle WTO protests, it can be traced back prior to the 1980s when the Washington Consensus became a dominant development in thinking and policy-making.[3]
Issues and activities
Alter-globalization activists fight for better treatment of developing countries and their economies, workers' rights, fair trade, and equal human rights.
Aspects of the movement include:
- Attempts at an alter-globalization movement to reform policies and processes of the WTO include: "alternative principles of public accountability, the rights of people and the protection of the environment" through the theoretical framework of Robert Cox.[5]
- Labor movement and trade union initiatives have begun to respond to economic and political globalisation by extending their cooperation and initiatives to the transnational level.[6]
- Fair trade initiatives, corporate codes of conduct, and social clauses as well as a return to local markets instead of relying too heavily on global markets.[7]
- "Alter-globalization activists have promoted alternative water governance models through North-South red-green alliances between organized labor, environmental groups, women's groups, and indigenous groups" (spoken in response to the increase in privatization of the global water supply).[8]
- "The first current of the alter-globalization movement considers that instead of getting involved in a global movement and international forums, the path to social change lies through giving life to horizontal, participatory, convivial and sustainable values in daily practices, personal life and local spaces. Many urban activists cite the way that, for example, the Zapatistas in Mexico and other Latin American indigenous movements now focus on developing communities' local autonomy via participatory self-government, autonomous education systems and improving the quality of life. They appreciate too, the convivial aspect of local initiatives and their promise of small but real alternatives to corporate globalization and mass consumption."[9]
Groups and conferences
Advocates of alter-globalization have set up an online global news network, the
The largest forum for alter-globalization activity is the annual World Social Forum. The World Social Forum is intended as a democratic space organized in terms of the movement's values.[10]
See also
- Alternative movement
- Anarchism
- Anarchist communism
- Anti-capitalism
- Anti-globalization
- Autonomia
- Communism
- Democratic mundialization
- Direct democracy
- Global citizens movement
- Global justice movement
- Horizontalidad
- Mundialization
- Popular sovereignty
- Socialism
- Socialism of the 21st century
- Transformation of culture
References
- ISBN 1-84277-479-4.
- ^ Krishna-Hensel, Sai (2006). Global Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities in the Twenty-first Century. Ashgate Publishing. p. 202.
- ^ a b Broad, Robin; Zahara Heckscher (August 2003). Before Seattle: The Historical Roots of the Current Movement against Corporate-Led Globalisation. Taylor & Francis, Ltd. pp. 713–728.
- ^ Razsa, Maple. Bastards of Utopia: Living Radical Politics After Socialism. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2015
- ^ Paterson, William (December 2006). Before Seattle: The Historical Roots of the Current Movement against Corporate-Led Globalisation. University of Stirling. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18.
- S2CID 143386396– via SAGE Journals.
- ^ Broad, Robin; John Cavanagh. Development Redefined: How the Market Met its Match.
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- ^ Pleyers, Geoffrey (March 2009). "WSF 2009: A generation's challenge". OpenSpaceForum. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2009-04-09. Pleyers, Geoffrey (December 2010). "Alter-Globalization". Polity Press.
- S2CID 146295322.
Further reading
- Razsa, Maple. Bastards of Utopia: Living Radical Politics After Socialism. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2015
- Graeber, David. Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology, Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press, 2004
- Klein, Naomi. No Logo. London: Fourth Estate (2010)
External links
- "Henrietta L. Moore review of "Alter-Globalization. Becoming actors in the global age" by "Geoffrey Pleyers", Cambridge, Polity, 2011.
- "The ABCs of the Global Economy" from Dollars & Sense Magazine
- The other world Photo-documentary on the alter-globalization movement 2003–2005. Archived from the original.
- (in French) fr:Altermondialisme