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In a political climate where loose talk of a third way passes for political idealism, Waterman's passionate book examines the possibilities for a new style global solidarity suited to complex capitalist modernity. The author examines the past internationalism of Labour and socialists and the present one of radical-democratic social movements, discussing how the Left might build on this experience to recover a humanist and emancipatory tradition of internationalism, which would address our multiple global social problems

This article presents and discusses five questions: 1. To what extent has the international trade union movement responded to the challenges of neo-liberal globalization? 2. Given the restructuring of work/labour, informalization, migration etc. is there any real basis for international labour solidarity? 3. What has the experience of networking on work/labour issues in the World Social Forum been like - has it led to any concrete international action? 4. How effective are alternative cross-border/transnational worker initiatives in countering the power of global capital? 5. How can we move beyond trade union internationalism, which remains trapped in the 'iron cage', and see new forms of labour self-articulation going beyond 'the capitalist canon', which could lead to the emergence of a new labour movement internationalism? The answers to these questions address the present crisis of the hegemonic, Europe-based and Western-centric international trade union organisations: 1. the impact of globalisation, neo-liberalisation, informalisation and informatisation on labour internationalism; 2. the experiences and possibilities of informal/alternative kinds of labour internationalism; and, 3. the significance of labour solidarity with Palestine. Adapted from the source document.

This article presents and discusses five questions: 1. To what extent has the international trade union movement responded to the challenges of neo-liberal globalization? 2. Given the restructuring of work/labour, informalization, migration etc. is there any real basis for international labour solidarity? 3. What has the experience of networking on work/labour issues in the World Social Forum been like - has it led to any concrete international action? 4. How effective are alternative cross- border/transnational worker initiatives in countering the power of global capital? 5. How can we move beyond trade union internationalism, which remains trapped in the "iron cage", and see new forms of labour self-articulation going beyond "the capitalist canon", which could lead to the emergence of a new labour movement internationalism? The answers to these questions address the present crisis of the hegemonic, Europebased and Western-centric international trade union organisations: 1. the impact of globalisation, neo-liberalisation, informalisation and informatisation on labour internationalism; 2. the experiences and possibilities of informal/alternative kinds of labour internationalism; and, 3. the significance of labour solidarity with Palestine.