Part Two: The Alter-Globalization Movement: From the Zapatistas to the Battle of Seattle

 

Margaret tells you about the rise of neoliberalism and the rise of its opposition and about better ideas about how to globalize society. 

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Direct Action: an Ethnography, David Graeber
The Zapatista Experience, Jerome Baschet
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ejercito-zapatista-de-liberacion-nacional-a-zapatista-response-to-the-ezln-is-not-anarchist

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