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Globalization from Below | Praise
“Neophyte or social movement veteran, you need this succinct guide to
avoid the pitfalls, ambushes, and ordinary stupidity ready to waylay the well-meaning
activist. Thanks to Brecher, Costello, and Smith, we can put winning strategies
in their place. We may even get it right this time-and, believe me, this time,
it’s urgent. Bravo.”
—Susan George, author of A Fate Worse Than
Debt
“Globalization
from Below is a concise and very readable book that assists the reader in
understanding the ‘new world order’ and its impact on society.”
—Edward Asner
“This
lean, thoughtful, and incisive book examines the most important political question
raised by the advent of globalization: will the growth of a broad grassroots
protest movement grow, succeed in entering the political lists, and transform
the corporate-led global agenda. A must read for political activists.”
—Professor Frances Fox Piven, City University of
New York
“While
the media portrays anti-corporate protesters as everything from protectionists
to wacko Luddites, the authors of Globalization from Below clearly show
that our movement is a profoundly humane response to a global economic system
gone awry. Their Global Program articulates what we are for—democratic
decision-making, fair distribution of wealth, environmental sustainability—and
how we can continue to weld and strengthen the disparate pieces of this emerging
international grassroots movement. Globalization from Below gives us
direction for turning the tide of the global economy from one that lifts all
yachts to one that truly lifts all boats.”
—Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Global Exchange
“Since
the 1980s, Brecher, Costello, and Smith have been cutting through the global
babble to show us, concretely, how the world economy was being reorganized.
A lot of us didn't like what we saw. Now these prescient author/organizers are
helping us think clearly, and again concretely, about how we can stick together
(not just huddle together) to create a more humane globalization from below.”
—Barbara Garson, author
of Money Makes the World Go Around
“This
is cutting edge stuff. Essential reading for all who want to know how the world
is changing in our time and how to be involved in shaping that change. A worldwide
social movement has emerged. It is important to know how it came about and what
it seeks to do. Globalization from Below, like Jeremy Brecher and Tim
Costello's Global Village or Global Pillage, does an excellent and precise
job. Exhilarating reading! Get involved in creating a new just world.”
—Denis Brutus, Professor Emeritus, Africana Studies Department, University
of Pittsburgh
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