Shut Them Down! The Global G8, Gleneagles 2005 And The Movement Of Movements (anti-globalization Anthology)
by Various /
2006 / English / PDF
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Shut Them Down!
Shut Them Down! is an essential collection of reflections on
the movement against the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. As
well as action stories from the frontlines of resistance to the
summit, there are detailed accounts of how various aspects of the
mobilisation were organised, and analysis of the lessons to be
learned. But
is an essential collection of reflections on
the movement against the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. As
well as action stories from the frontlines of resistance to the
summit, there are detailed accounts of how various aspects of the
mobilisation were organised, and analysis of the lessons to be
learned. ButShut Them Down!’s
Shut Them Down!’s relevance extends far beyond
the Gleneagles experience. It addresses fundamental issues such as
the nature of openness and ‘horizontality’, and the limitations of
the ‘activist’ identity. Most important of all,
relevance extends far beyond
the Gleneagles experience. It addresses fundamental issues such as
the nature of openness and ‘horizontality’, and the limitations of
the ‘activist’ identity. Most important of all,Shut Them
Down!
Shut Them
Down! poses the question: how can we take those worlds we
glimpse in such moments and generalise them so that they make sense
in the rest of our lives?
poses the question: how can we take those worlds we
glimpse in such moments and generalise them so that they make sense
in the rest of our lives?
