Teivo Teivainen is Professor of World Politics and Research Director of the Centre of Excellence on Global Governance Research at the University of Helsinki. He is a founding member of the Internation
En su 20 aniversario, celebrado virtualmente, el FSM reflexiona sobre el significado y alcance de la digitalización pandémica del activismo transnacional.
One of the arguments is that as the crisis has hit the North, it is time for South-based activists to travel to teach their northern comrades how to deal with debt crisis and precarity.
If the recent Occupy-type social explosions are to seek transformative action beyond occupied squares, they should look at the history of the World Social Forum, with its valuable paths to transnational connectivity.
Once privatization had transformed enough public spaces into parts of the capitalist economy, the inherently political nature of the economic became more visible. A major ideological contradiction of capitalism emerged.
The concentration of power in transnational and global institutions was one of the most significant social processes of the 20th century. Despite this, democratic theory and practice have remained nation-state-centric.
