Globalization, Social Movements And The New Internationalism

The author examines the past internationalism of labour and socialists and the present one of radical-democratic social movements, discussing how the left might build on this experience to recover a humanist and emancipatory tradition of internationalism, which would address global social problems. In a political climate where loose talk of a "third way" passes for political idealism, Waterman's passionate book examines the possibilities for a new style global solidarity suited to complex capitalist modernity. The author examines the past internationalism of Labour and socialists and the present one of radical-democratic social movements, discussing how the Left might build on this experience to recover a humanist and emancipatory tradition of internationalism, which would address our multiple global social problems.