This page contains manuals, reports, pictures, and other artifacts from significant Global Justice mobilizations over the last 10 years. To see my complete slideshow of pictures and stories from 1999-2003, click here (please allow time to load)
Articles about the Global Justice Movement
- The Shock of Victory, by David Graeber
- Where Was the Color in Seattle? by Elizabeth Betita Martinez
- Lessons from a Summit Hopper, by Lisa Fithian, an open letter to the direct action community in advance of the Miami FTAA protests, reflecting on lessons learned from past mobilizations
Explaining Globalization
- Neoliberalism in a Nut Shell, by Pamels Sparr
- Ten Ways Globalization Promotes Militarism
World Trade Organization, Seattle, Washington, Nov 30, 1999
- Mass Nonviolent Direct Action Handbook used in Seattle
- This is What Democracy Looks Like, full length documentary free online about the WTO Protests in Seattle, Washington in 1999
Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, April 20-22, 2001
- Quebec 101, by Lisa Fithian – a comprehensive guide for those attending the mobilization
- Quebec Consulta Reportback, January 27-28, 2001
- Lisa’s Quebec Story – a personal reportback of the protests in Quebec
- Reflections on Quebec, Strategy & Tactics
G8 Summit, Genoa, Italy, July 2001
G8 Summit, Evian, France, June 2003
- Impressions from Evian, by Ruby
World Trade Organization, Cancun, Mexico, September 2003
- Report on Cancun WTO Mobilization Organizing Meeting, by Lisa Fithian, November 15-16, 2002
- Report on Cancun, by Lisa Fithian and Starhawk, August 2003
- Cancun Organizers’ Evaluation, Positives & Challenges
FTAA Meetings, Miami, Florida, November 2003
- Advance Report on Impressions of Miami (before the protest)
- Mutual Assurances Between the AFL and Direct Action Spokescouncil Participants
- Proposed Ordinance for a Free Speech Area of the Americas
- Background Information on the FTAA protests in Miami
- Evaluation Notes
G8 Summit, Brunswick, Georgia, June 8-10, 2004
- A Brunswick Story: Democracy & Resistance Shine Through a the G8 summit, by Lisa Fithian
- The Magic of Brunswick: Bridge of Resistance and Hope, by Juniper – a description of the work of the Pagan Cluster
G8 Summit, Heiligendamm, Germany, June 6-8, 2007
- No G8 Action Reportback
- An Open Letter to the Press Regarding the G8 Protests in Germany
- What’s Hot, What’s Not, reportback from G8 in Germany
- Lisa’s Slideshow from the G8 in Germany
G8 Summit, Hokaido, Japan, July 2008
- Anti-G8 Newsletter – June 18, 2009, including reports on unlawful detainment of media, G8 security measures, and an introduction to Social Movements in Japan
- Protesters train at camps before Japan G8 Summit, by Danielle Demetriou, July 5, 2008
- Video of Protest in Japan
For more resources, news, and archives, check out
People’s Global Action website and archive, a worldwide co-ordination of radical social movements, grassroots campaigns and direct actions in resistance to capitalism and for social and environmental justice.
Gipfelsoli, news, resources, and archives from the anti-globalization movement in Germany
Webs of Power: Notes from a Global Uprising by Starhawk
Them Against the World by Austin Bunn, New York Times Magazine