Iraq. Afghanistan. Sierra Leone. Sudan. Haiti. Kosovo. Examples of the need for a global strategy for conflict prevention, and mechanisms to make it work, seem as legion as the unending
Benny Wenda and his wife
There are many things you might expect to see in the plate-glass lobby of 189 Shaftesbury Avenue, central London, on a normal day. Cycle couriers,
openDemocracy: You travelled to the United States, where you encountered characters like the Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping. You conclude that consumerism is the enemy. Why?
Paul
openDemocracy: The third chapter of your book describes a journey to South Africa. It is titled Apartheid: the sequel. Theres a striking quote: political freedom without economic freedom is
openDemocracy: After visiting Chiapas you went to Genoa, Italy, for the demonstrations surrounding the July 2001 meeting of the G7. Thats a long way from the jungles of southern
openDemocracy: How would you describe the new global movement which you encountered on your travels?
Paul Kingsnorth: Some people call it the anti-globalisation movement. Some call it the anti-capitalist movement.
In January last year, ten thousand dissidents against the system we have been conditioned to call globalisation gathered in the Gaucho capital of southern Brazil, the city of Porto Alegre.
Hey mister! the voice has good-natured mockery in it. I am the only white man in the market, probably the first for months, and a natural target. Hey mister! You
Before the US terror attacks, the burgeoning movement against corporate globalisation was on the verge of changing the world. Or so it looked to those of us involved.
Consistently underplayed
