Global Revolt

'Don't Owe! Won't Pay!', 'Get Rid of them All!', 'No Patents on Life!', 'Food Sovereignty', 'Another World is Possible!' ... The struggles against corporate power and the institutions of globalization grow more courageous and confident year by year.

Millions of people have already become active in rejecting corporate globalization and developing alternatives to it. Millions more know that something is terribly wrong and are ready to begin taking action. This book is for them.

Amory Starr is author of Naming the Enemy, a book that foresaw the emergent anti-globalization network nearly a decade ago. Here she provides, in concise and engaging style and with activist insight:

• A history of the movements' emergence.
• An outline of their analyses and aims.
• A digest of the ongoing controversies and dilemmas.
• An inspiring compendium of popular tactics.

• Introduction: Another World is Possible
• Part 1: History: It didn't start in Seattle and it didn't stop on 9/11
• Part 2: Manifestos: We do know what we are for
  • The World Social Forum: Reinventing democracy, redefining progress
  • Don't Owe, Won't Pay: Drop the debt
  • Food Sovereignty: Farmers need access to local, not global markets
  • No Patents on Life! Reclaim the commons
  • No Borders! No Nations! Stop Deportations! Classical free trade theory confronts Fortress Europe
  • Get Rid of Them All! The importance of Argentina and anti-elitism
  • Solidarite and Specifismo: We are going to work together
  • Anti-Imperialism: Anti-globalization since 9/11
• Part 3: Controversies: This is what democracy looks like
  • Ya Basta! We are not only for, we are also against
  • Back in Black: Anarchy and autonomy
  • Violence: Spikey vs fluffy
  • Consumption Politics
  • Reformism
  • Village Life: The subsistence perspective
• Part 4:Tactics: We are going to take direct action
  • Criminal Reconnections: Decommodification
  • The Streets Belong to the People
  • Culture Jamming
  • Be the Media: Independent media centers
  • Spokes Only: Reinventing direct democracy
  • Diversity of Tactics
  • Black Bloc
  • Tute Bianche: Citizenship of the absurd
  • Tactical Frivolity: Why we dance
  • Suicide: Like a lamp
• Conclusion: Globalize This! We are winning