Moments of excess
Subtitle: movements, protest and everyday life
By: [The Free Association]
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oakland, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781604861136
Subjects: Anti-globalization movement
Other titles: Movements, protest, and everyday life
Description: Examining the complicated and sometimes controversial history, goals, and tactics of anticapitalist movements, this compilation focuses on the meaning of the movement as a whole and examines the protests that surrounded global trade and political conferences such as the 1999 World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle and the ongoing G8 summits around the world. The collection offers a broad vision of anticapitalist activism as well as strategies for instigating change, not only for the individual, but also for the collective. Featuring popular culture references, humor, poetry, and essays, this analysis of the counter-summit movement is ideal for those wanting to explore new possibilities for mobilization in the midst of crisis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Anti-capitalist movements; title: What is the movement?; title: Moments of excess; title: Summits and plateaus; title: Event horizon; title: On the road; title: What is a life?; title: Worlds in motion; title: Six impossible things before breakfast; title: Speculating on the crisis; title: Regeneration.