Altermondialism

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Ribbons with altermondialist slogans during the G8 summit in Deauville 2011

Altermondialism (from French altermondialisme , "other globalization") or alter globalization ( English alter-globalization ) is a variant of the globalization criticism that advocates globalization itself, but rejects its " neoliberal " manifestation of a "globalization from above", which according to the critics only serve the interests of international corporations. The Altermondialists want to counter this with a “globalization from below” through cross-border cooperation between social movements and grassroots initiatives.

The ideas of Altermondialism are often based on (post) Marxism , combined with grassroots democratic , ecological , socialist , left-wing libertarian or social democratic content. Typical programmatic elements of age mondialist organizations are therefore human rights, democracy, environmental concerns, climate protection, development cooperation and economic justice. Some representatives of Altermondialism are in favor of a “third way” between neoliberal capitalism and socialism, while a minority is striving for a (global) revolution.

The altermondialist movement emerged from the mid-1990s. The first milestones are the uprising of the Zapatistas in the Mexican state of Chiapas from 1994, the strikes in France in the winter of 1995/96, and demonstrations for debt relief during the G8 summit in 1998 in Birmingham. The movement received international attention from the protests during the WTO ministerial conference in Seattle in 1999 . The most important international gathering of Altermondialism is the World Social Forum , which has been held annually since 2001, with its slogan “Another world is possible”. Attac is one of the most important altermondialist organizations .

literature

  • Patrick Moreau and Eva Steinborn: The Altermondialist Movement. A danger to democracy? In: Uwe Backes and Eckhard Jesse (eds.): Threats to freedom. Extremist ideologies in comparison. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2006, pp. 147–178.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Lazaros Miliopoulos, Robert Meyer, H. Peter Ohly: Glossary on globalization. In: Globalization in the focus of politics, economy, society. An inventory. VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2011, p. 454.
  2. Ines Härtel: Cohesion through loyal self-commitment - common good and the legal principles of loyalty, solidarity and subsidiarity in the European Union. In: Handbook of Federalism. Volume IV: Federalism in Europe and the World. Pp. 63–241, at p. 232, para. 308
  3. Patrick Moreau , Eva Steinborn: Movement of the Altermondialisten - A Danger for Democracy? In: Threats to Freedom. Extremist ideologies in comparison. Pp. 147–177, at p. 147.
  4. Patrick Moreau, Eva Steinborn: Movement of the Altermondialisten - A Danger for Democracy? In: Threats to Freedom. Extremist ideologies in comparison. Pp. 147-177, at p. 153.