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The anti-globalization movement, or counter-globalization movement, [1] is a social movement critical of economic globalization. The movement is also commonly referred to as the global justice movement, [2] alter-globalization movement, anti-globalist movement, anti-corporate globalization movement, [3] or movement against neoliberal globalization.
Right wing antiglobalism is a political position which argues that globalization endangers national economies and identities, and promotes immigration. [1] Right wing antiglobalism frequently uses the term Globalist as a pejorative, and in various conspiracy theories, notably linking with the New World Order conspiracy theory [2][3][4][5][6]
The global justice movement describes the loose collections of individuals and groups—often referred to as a “ movement of movements ”—who advocate fair trade rules and are negative to current institutions of global economics such as the World Trade Organization. [1][2] The movement is often labeled the anti-globalization movement by ...
Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author. [2] Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. [3] She is often referred to as "Gandhi of grain" for her activism associated with the anti-GMO movement.
Lists. v. t. e. Arturo Escobar (born November 20, 1951) is a Colombian-American anthropologist and professor emeritus of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. His academic research interests include political ecology, anthropology of development, social movements, anti-globalization movements, political ontology ...
The protest was part of the anti-globalisation movement, and closely modeled after the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle (known as the battle for Seattle.) [8] This movement has been motivated by a number of concerns about globalization, including loss of national sovereignty, environmental impact, and the impact of foreign debt and multi-national ...
Reaching back to Joseph Stiglitz’s 2002 best-seller Globalization and Its Discontents, a stream of subsequent analysts, including Mohamed A. El-Erian, Mathew J. Burrows and Robert A. Manning ...
The WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 was the third Ministerial-level meeting of the World Trade Organization, convened at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington, USA, over the course of four days, from Tuesday, 30 November 1999 to Friday, 3 December 1999. Anti-globalization activists organized large-scale ...