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In this section we will provide news and analysis on the growing anti-globalization movement. What is the way forward? How can we channel the energies of the workers and youth against the capitalist system into socialist change?
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The Anti-Globalization and Anti-War Movement - For a Socialist Alternative to Capitalist Barbarism!
Last summer's protests against the G8 in Genoa, Italy marked a turning point in the anti-globalization movement. Police brutality reached levels not seen in decades, with some 300 detained, dozens brutally beaten and one protestor killed - the first to be killed in Italy on a demonstration since 1977, and the first direct casualty of the current movement at the hands of the bourgeois state. Many of those arrested were tortured and forced to pledge allegiance to Benito Mussolini. This is the real face of the "peace-loving" bourgeoisie. The right-wing Berlusconi government declared open war on the working class and youth in Genoa, and the rest of the ruling class is preparing to do the same in their own countries. The resurgent arms race is a clear expression of this process. It is a sharp expression of the growing political and social polarization which has accompanied the unprecedented economic polarization between rich and poor on a world scale over the past decade. The period of relative political and social calm which accompanied the economic boom in the advanced capitalist countries is over. (By John Peterson)
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What is Globalization?
What exactly is globalisation? The problem with trying to pin it down is it's not so much a theory, more a buzzword. The general idea is that the whole world is being opened up to world capitalism. All the old barriers are coming down. Capital flows will bring a transfer of technology to the poor countries - which soon will be rich! Mick Brooks looks at the different meanings of globalisation and explains them from the standpoint of Lenin's theory of imperialism. October 2001.
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An appeal in preparation of the G8 summit in Genoa
In July of this year the G8 summit is going to be held in Genoa, Italy. Similarly to Seattle, Prague and Nice, Genoa will be an important gathering for all those who want to protest against the "status quo". (June 2001)
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Imperialism, Globalisation and the way forward
Opposition to globalisation has spread rapidly across the world,
as more and more recognise the awesome power of the giant
corporations that straddle the globe and the carnage they leave in
their wake. From Seattle to Prague, from Nice to Quebec, hundreds of
thousands of workers and youth have forcefully demonstrated against
the World Trade Organisation and the various international summits
that defend the power of global capitalism. By Rob Sewell. (May 15, 2001)
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May Day 2001
As millions of workers and youth take to the streets world-wide to celebrate May Day as a day of international working class solidarity, we need to reassess our common objectives in the light of a growing world crisis of capitalism. By Rob Sewell.
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Images from the anti-FTAA protests in Quebec City
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A Change in Consciousness
Quebec City Protests, April 20th - 22nd, 2001
The events this weekend in Quebec City mark a clear turn in the situation
for Canadian youth and workers. The mainstream media reports are a series of
lies and distortions from start to finish and it increasingly becomes the
job of the movement itself to get the news out. This article follows on from
the previous eyewitness report, 'And the Wall came tumbling down...'
by Alex Grant,
Editor of the Canadian Marxist journal, L'Humanité.
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Workers and Youth against the FTAA
Since the protests against the WTO in Seattle we have seen the development of an
international movement against global capitalism and its institutions (IMF, World Bank,
WTO and now FTAA). The movement follows the capitalists to all their meeting venues, from
Seattle to Melbourne, from Prague to Quebec City, and spreads internationally. What we
have seen so far is only the beginning...
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Prague 2000, September 26th (S26) demonstration
Analysis and eyewitness reports from around Europe
The demonstrations in Seattle, Washington, London and Prague are an indication that something is changing. For the past twenty years, Capital has been on the offensive. On its banners are inscribed the new slogans: Liberalisation, Globalisation, Downsizing, Outsourcing, Flexibilisation, and a host of other reactionary neologisms. The fall of the Soviet Union gave a further impulse to this offensive. The bourgeoisie was filled with confidence and optimism in the future. But now, a decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the whole thing is beginning to come apart at the seams.
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Urgent Call to Action Against the WTO! Come to Seattle!
November 30th through December 3rd, the World Trade Organization is
holding their third "ministerial conference" in Seattle, Washington. An
estimated number of up to 50,000 protesters will meet in Seattle for one of the biggest
protests in radical politics of the century. We would like to announce that YFIS
has plans to be an active participant in this incredible event.
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