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Social forces at the core of the world economy were sheltered from world-ordering processes for more than a century before being abruptly exposed in the current phase of globalisation. In this context, resistance appears as a new political movement, with its own finalities and tactics, and a proper -- if insubstantial -- subject of reference (the 'we' who are part of the anti-globalisation movement everywhere). Another world is possible, but to make it happen we must use proper politics. At the periphery, social forces have always constituted themselves in their meeting with world order. 'We', whoever we may be, have been there before. Against this history, current resistance is not defined by the political form it now may be taking or the subject on whose behalf a different world order is now envisioned or argued for, but in relation to how other social forces at other moments have defined their connection to world order. Informed by these complementary perspectives, we can better understand the depth of present resistance to neo-liberal globalisation, and think about ways to marshal its transformative potential. Adapted from the source document.

Closer to us in what it integrates & in its consequences, global politics still gets conceptualized as if it belonged to a realm of its own, disembedded & abstracted beyond quotidian experiences of power. Still folded in a supernatural world that cannot be of their making, as far from experience as their Cold War predecessors were, international studies (IS) students are as alienated & find it as hard to work with critical imagination. To teach students to be more than mere technicians of whatever new world order may be born of present circumstances, we have to unmake the political separation that still exists between the study & teaching of global politics & everyday life in the world economy. This article presents a record of a decade-long teaching experiment conducted in the department of political science at Laval U in Quebec City. Borrowing techniques & inspiration from the "historical avant-garde," I have worked to reinvent my pedagogical practice to create "situations" in which students can be full, unalienated subjects in the learning process. 100 References. Adapted from the source document.

A study of historical avant-garde sheds light on the potential of oppositional movements against the consequences of globalization that may lay the basis for cosmopolitan democracy. Avant garde movements, the Futurists, Dada, Surrealists, & the Situationnist International, infused zones of intense life with new meaning. The rise & fall of each group is explored in search of parallels between the current activities of those who recognize the contradictions within the world economy. Historical avant garde movements may help distinguish those building more distant orders from those inventing new ways of life & struggle. Summit protests have become relatively coherent aesthetic events with a carnival, festival, & rave atmosphere. Like avant-garde, they could be the start of the revolutionary ferment of a radical new humanity unwilling to be manipulated by global elite powers. L. A. Hoffman

Summarizes the "Summit of the Americas," held 20-22 Apr 2001 in Quebec City, along with concurrent protests against the meeting in the form of a nearby "People's Summit" & other protest activities, including sit-ins, demonstrations, & other "carnivalesque" events. Efforts at the main summit to redefine the terms of global order in the post-Bretton Woods world economy are reviewed, focusing on the goal of creating "transnational subjects" through new forms of transnational governance as the political adjunct to economic changes in the form of global neoliberalism. Oppositional politics that arose in protest to the goals of the summit are described, highlighting their global spread, particularly in the form of "transnational communities of resistance." General discussion is offered on the political construction of transnational subjects & the politics of opposition against the "hemispheric growth machine" represented by such summits. K. Hyatt Stewart

Summarizes the "Summit of the Americas," held 20-22 Apr 2001 in Quebec City, along with concurrent protests against the meeting in the form of a nearby "People's Summit" & other protest activities, including sit-ins, demonstrations, & other "carnivalesque" events. Efforts at the main summit to redefine the terms of global order in the post-Bretton Woods world economy are reviewed, focusing on the goal of creating "transnational subjects" through new forms of transnational governance as the political adjunct to economic changes in the form of global neoliberalism. Oppositional politics that arose in protest to the goals of the summit are described, highlighting their global spread, particularly in the form of "transnational communities of resistance." General discussion is offered on the political construction of transnational subjects & the politics of opposition against the "hemispheric growth machine" represented by such summits. K. Hyatt Stewart

Proposes a critical reassesment of the epistemological claims of open Marxism & an examination of the political strategy it invites. Transnational historical materialism has made tremendous contributions to the analysis of global accumulation, the structural power of capital in the world economy, & the transnational construction of neoliberalism. It has failed, however, to seriously address questions of political practice & strategy in the global economy & global social formation. To remedy this, a strategy which recognizes that transnational power is not so consensual as it claims is suggested. This strategy is based on flexible & event specific organization, direct resistance, & grass-roots democratic internationalism. 109 References. Adapted from the source document.