1. March 26, 2012

2. Anti-Globalization Movements
 “…generally advocate anarchist, socialist, social
democratic or eco-socialist alternatives to neo-liberal
economics” (Wikipedia)
 Coalition of disparate groups and organizations,
including:
 Organized labor
 Environmental groups
 Feminists
 Indigenous peoples
 Others (including anarchists)

3. Why Does Organized Labor
Oppose Globalization?
 Fear that competition with workers of low-wage
countries, especially those without the right to
organize, will reduce wages and employment levels
 Do not believe claims that globalization produces
growth and jobs
 New jobs often in areas that are not unionized
 Large unions like AFL-CIO, United Steelworkers,
Teamsters, etc., supported free trade after WW2 but
changed their position in the 1970s

4. Environmental Groups
 Friends of the Earth
 Greenpeace
 Green Party

5. Why Do Some Environmental
Groups Oppose Globalization?
 Concern about the impact of WTO and other regimes
on the environment
 Shrimp-Turtle
 Dolphin-Tuna
 International Whaling Commission
 Broader concern about the lack of correct pricing of
products and services that have a negative impact on
the environment
 Environmental dumping: e.g. toxic wastes

6. Feminist Groups
 The World March of Women
 National Action Committee on the Status of Women

7. Why Do Feminists Oppose
Globalization?
 Neo-liberal corporatist globalization, in their view,
supports patriarchal politics
 Want to prevent imposition of anti-abortion policies
by the United States directly and via international
regimes
 Want to raise the status of women globally and do not
see this happening under the current system

8. Indigenous Groups
 Amazon Watch
 Chevron Toxico
 International Indigenous Youth Conference
 Video in Spanish on this topic

9. Why Do Indigenous Groups
Oppose Globalization?
 Worried about the ill effects of globalization on
indigenous peoples
 Concerned about the stealing of resources, e.g., in the
Rain Forest by bio-prospectors or by oil companies
 Want to get more say internationally and need to
bypass national governments to do this (therefore
support the multi-stakeholder approach)

10. Colorful Blocs within the
Anarchist Cluster
 Black Bloc
 Green Bloc
 Pink Bloc
 Lilac Bloc
 Pink/Silver Bloc
 http://anarchogeek.com/

11. Big Anti-Globalization
Demonstrations
 G8 Summit in Cologne in 1999
 Battle of Seattle at WTO Ministerial Meeting in 1999
 IMF/World Bank Meeting in Washington 2000
 G8 Summit in Genoa in 2001
 World Economic Summit Meeting in Porto Alegre,
Brazil, 2003
 WTO Ministerial in Cancun, Mexico, 2003
 G8 Meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland, 2005
 G8 Meeting in Heilegendam, Germany, 2007

12. Copenhagen Conference, 2009
 Naomi Klein on climate change
 Protest video (Black Bloc)
 Hindi coverage of demonstrations

13. Groups That Demonstrate at
Multiple Sites
 Friends of the Earth
 Jubilee 2000
 Global Justice Movement
 ATTAC
Casino financier
video

14. ATTAC Cartoon