The Global Activists' Manual: Acting Locally to Transform the World

A guide to transforming the corporate globalization movement shares case stories of activists who have connected global injustices to issues in their own neighborhoods and addresses the particular... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560254017
• ISBN13: 9781560254010
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Nation Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Great book

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Gathers success stories of organizers and organizations

How can community leaders and activists organize campaigns for social change when protesters have cause to fear for their safety? The Global Activist's Manual gathers success stories of organizers and organizations around the world who have battled against the odds to improve conditions for workers, address social issues, or improve community quality. Most important are step-by-step guides to different strategies for making community connections, connecting movements, and obtaining media coverage and support.

A user friendly guide to making a difference

Collaboratively edited by community activists Mike Prokosch and Laura Raymond, The Global Activist's Manual: Local Ways To Change The World is an invigorating, practical, "hands on" and user friendly guide to making a difference and fighting back against the worst excesses of corporate globalization. Individual chapters cogently address methods for building local, national, and international coalitions; confronting explicit and implicit white supremacy; informing consumers and organizing boycotts; working with elected officials to effect change; getting media coverage, and a great deal more. The Global Activist's Manual is very highly recommended for anyone, anywhere, who wants to put forth a genuine and effective effort to make the world a better place.