Whither the "Anti-Globalization" Movement? Re: Raimondo on WWP

[Chuck0]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> Liza Featherstone wrote:
> 
>> Also, a lot -- even most -- of the "anti-globalization" activists have 
>> been
>> actively protesting the war, and bringing to that movement an
>> anti-imperialist, social justice consciousness, as well as playful
>> sensibility, creative tactics, confrontational energy, etc. I think for a
>> lot of people, protesting the war is sort of inseparable from protesting
>> things like the WEF, it's just that even more people participate in the
>> anti-war protests.
> 
> 
> And this is a major reason why the antiwar movement has gotten so large 
> so quickly - there were habits and structures of protest already in 
> place. And I think it's good for everyone that more traditional 
> peaceniks are working with globo activists. Let's see what happens after 
> the first 800 cruise missiles fly.

One only has to look at the signs and puppets and contingents in peace 
movement marches to see that the anti-globalization activists are out there 
protesting war too.

For me, I was protesting war when I was doing anti-globalization work. I'm 
not one to compartmentalize my dissent.

Chuck0

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