globalisation
Revolutionary Anarchism And The Anti-Globalization Movement
In the wake of the Seattle riots of 1999, Lucien van der Walt explains how he thinks anarchists should relate to the burgeoning anti-globalisation movement.t
Revolutionary Anarchism and the Anti-Globalization Movement
by Lucien van der Walt (Bikisha Media Collective)
[originally printed in The Northeastern Anarchist #1]
“The Idea That Refuses To Die”
Whither the world - Gilles Dauvé & Karl Nesic
Gilles Dauvé & Karl Nesic of the Troploin journal discuss the changing nature of capitalism and class struggle in the globalised 'post-Fordist' era.
WHAT? WHY? HOW?1
- 1. This is a slightly modified version of G.Dauvé and K.Nesic's Il va falloir attendre I Bref rapport sur l'état du monde, troploin, 2002 (also available on our site). We've left out nearly all notes that refer to French language books and magazines.
Globalisation: Origins-History-Analysis-Resistance - Do or Die, Treason pamphlet
‘Globalisation: Origins-History-Analysis-Resistance’ was originally published in Do Or Die #8, 1999.
Do Or Die was an annual anarchist/communist/ecological direct actionist journal which published ten issues from 1992 to 2003. They have a website at, http://www.eco-action.org/dod/index.html
Marx’s mole is dead! - Globalisation and communication - Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri
This text is effectively a summary of the arguments in Empire, in particular Negri & Hardt’s contention that Marx’s conception of class struggle is obsolete and that globalisation can be understood as capitalism's response to class struggle (7,000 words).
World Bank says: work 24/7 with no rights
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A new World Bank report calls for the wholesale elimination of workers' rights.
The 2007 edition of the ‘Doing Business’ report has declared the Marshall Islands to be the world’s “Best Performer” for its almost total absence of labour regulation, displacing last year’s champion, Palau.
Civil service jobs 'to go overseas'
Thousands of civil service jobs could be moved to call centres overseas in a bid to save the government £1 billion, a union is claiming.
The Public and Commercial Services Union says a leaked document from the Department of Work and Pensions shows that Secretary of State John Hutton is considering the outsourcing plan, which would hit staff in call centres in job centres and benefit agencies.
Marx on capital's globalization: the dialectic of negativity - Paresh Chattopadhyay
Paresh Chattopadhyay's essay on the globalisation of capital using the Marxian term 'world market' to explore the spread of neo-liberal capitalism under the auspices of 'globalisation'.
In what follows, 'capital', following Marx, refers to a historically specific mode of production (based on the producers' separation from the conditions of production) and the corresponding social relation between producers and the owners of the conditions of production - the basis of the modern society.
