Solidarity
Subtitle: hidden histories and geographies of internationalism
By: David Featherstone
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781848135956; 9781848135963
Subjects: Internationalism; Protest movements; Political aspects; Solidarity
Description: "Despite the frequency with which the word 'solidarity' is invoked the concept itself has rarely been subjected to close scrutiny. In this original and stereotype-busting work, David Featherstone helps redress this imbalance through an innovative combination of archival research, activist testimonies and first-hand involvement with political movements.   Solidarity presents a variety of case studies, from anti-slavery and anti-fascist organizing to climate change activism and the boycotts of Coca-Cola. It unearths international forms of solidarity that are all too often marginalized by nation-centred histories of the left and social movements.   Timely and wide-ranging, Solidarity is a fascinating investigation of an increasingly vital subject."--Publisher's website.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Theorizing solidarity. Solidarity: theorizing a transformative political relation ; Rethinking internationalism.; title: Part II: Colonial and anti-colonial internationalisms. ; 'Labour with a white skin will never emancipate itself while labour with a black skin is in bondage': maritime labour and the uses of solidarity ; 'Your liberty and ours': black internationalism and anti-fascism.; title: Part III: Solidarity and Cold War geopolitics. 'No trade with the junta': political exile and solidarity after the Chilean coup ; 'Beyond the barbed wire': European nuclear disarmament and non-aligned internationalism.; title: Part IV: Solidarity in the shadow of neoliberalism. 'Our resistance is as transnational as capital': the counter-globalization movement and prefigurative solidarity ; 'If the climate were a bank it would be bailed out': solidarity and the making of climate justice.