[lbo-talk] Re: Alterglobalization (was Beyond Globophobia)

[Liza Featherstone]

I totally agree with this. It is one of the few slogans that suggests we're
looking into the future and envisioning something better, rather than just
objecting crankily to whatever's happening now. I think when that slogan
emerged, it was a sign of new vitality on the international left.

Liza


> From: "Michael Dawson -PSU" <mdawson at pdx.edu>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:55:35 -0800
> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Alterglobalization (was Beyond Globophobia)
> 
> "Another World is Possible" is, IMHO, one of the best slogans we (the left)
> have produced.  It isn't dorky at all.  It's directly aimed at precisely the
> thing that stops people from spending energy on learning left ideas -- the
> TINA thesis.
> 
> The pedigree is also good -- the French general strike of 1968.  Read Daniel
> Singer on that, if you doubt how cool that was.  I like the French more now
> than ever, and the European left is, I think, probably the most likely
> source of major alteration in this creatively destructive system their
> masters launched 500 years ago...  We non-Euros should encourage and link up
> with them.
> 
> What slogan would not be dorky, BTW?  "Subvert the Contradictions"?
> "Workers of the World Unite"?  "Death to Running-Dog Imperialists"?
> 
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