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Rethinking Samir Amin’s legacy and the case for a political organization of the global justice movement (2021)
Juego, B. (2021). Rethinking Samir Amin’s legacy and the case for a political organization of the global justice movement. In B. K. G. Gills, & C. Chase-Dunn (Eds.), Unity on the Global Left : Critical Reflections on Samir Amin's Call for a New International. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003092483-19
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Juego, Bonn
Parent publication: Unity on the Global Left : Critical Reflections on Samir Amin's Call for a New International
Parent publication editors: Gills, Barry K. Gills; Chase-Dunn, Christopher
ISBN: 978-0-367-55222-0
eISBN: 978-1-003-09248-3
Publication year: 2021
Number of pages in the book: 180
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: Abingdon, Oxon
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003092483-19
Publication open access: Other way freely accessible online
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Web address where publication is available: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/67232
Additional information: This book brings together a collection of essays by progressive global activists in response to Samir Amin’s call for a new global organization of progressive workers and peoples.The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal, Globalizations. Please see the orginal version of this article: Juego, Bonn (2019). Rethinking Samir Amin’s legacy and the case for a political organization of the global justice movement. Globalizations, 16 (7), 1109-1115. DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2019.1654774 https://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/949
Abstract
A case is made here for the desirability and viability of the late Samir Amin’s call for a new International. However, the project to forge a political organization of the global justice movement must in the first instance draw lessons from the limitations of the recent network structure of new social movements, notably the World Social Forum, and rectify the failures of the old internationals of left-wing cadres. The actualization of such a radical idea also needs to observe the realpolitik of class formation and class struggle under conditions of the imperialistic globalization of capitalism today. Envisioned as a plural and participatory learning organization, the new International’s progression should be evolutionary and its strategic engagements have to balance the imperatives of political realism with the ideals of democratic values.
Keywords: globalisation; social classes; class struggle; global justice; international movements; left-wing movements; political internationals
Free keywords: class formation; class struggle; global justice movement; new international; Amin, Samir; World Social Forum
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JUFO rating: 3
Preliminary JUFO rating: 3