The Global Justice Movement
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