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{{Ideology
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| title       = [[File: Globnat.png]] Alter-Globalism
|title = [[File:Globnat.png]] Alter-Globalism
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| caption     ="Another world is possible!"
|caption = "Another world is possible!"
| aliases     = Alter-Globalization<br> Alternative Globalizaton<br> Alt-Globalism <br>
|aliases = Alter-Globalization<br> Alternative Globalization<br> [[File:Altglob.png]] Alt-Globalism <br> [[File:AlterInternationalism.png]] Alter-Internationalism <br> Another World<br> [[File:NatGlob.png]] National Globalism<br> [[File:ProlIntern.png]] Proletarian Internationalism (Erroneously) <br> [[File:SocGlob.png]] Social Internationalism <br>
[[File:NatGlob.png]] National Globalism <br> [[File:SocGlob.png]] Social Internationalism <br> [[File:AlterInternationalism.png]] Alter-Internationalism <br> [[File:Alter-WorldFederalism.png]] Alter-World Federalism (Some) <br>
|influences = [[File:Anti-Globalism.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Globalism|Anti-Globalisation}} (On economics)<br>
| influences   = [[File:Anti-Globalism.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Globalism|Anti-Globalisation}} (on economics)<br>
[[File:Antiimp.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Imperialism}}<br>
[[File:Antiimp.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Imperialism}}<br>
[[File:AntiNeoLib.png]] Anti-Neoliberalism<br>
[[File:AntiNeoLib.png]] Anti-Neoliberalism<br>
[[File:Civlibert.png]] [[Civil Libertarianism]]<br>
[[File:FairTradeProtectionism.png]] [[Protectionism|Fair Trade]]<br>
[[File:FairTradeProtectionism.png]] [[Protectionism|Fair Trade]]<br>
[[File: World.png]] [[Globalism]] (on sociocultural views)<br>
[[File:World.png]] [[Globalism]] (On sociocultural views)<br>
[[File:Native.png]] [[Indigenism]]<br>
[[File:Native.png]] [[Indigenism]]<br>
[[File:Internation.png]] [[Internationalism]]<br>  
[[File:Internation.png]] [[Internationalism]]<br>  
[[File:LeftEco.png]] [[Eco-Socialism|Left Wing Environmentalism]]<br>  
[[File:LeftEco.png]] [[Eco-Socialism|Left-Wing Environmentalism]]<br>  
*'''Factions''' {{Collapse|
'''Factions''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:Dsa.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]]  
[[File:Dsa.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]]<br>
**[[File:Left Reformism.png]] [[Reformism|Left-Reformism]]  
[[File:Left Reformism.png]] [[Reformism|Left-Reformism]]<br>
**[[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]]
[[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]]<br>
**[[File:Leftpop-0.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]]
[[File:Leftpop-0.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]]<br>
**[[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]]
[[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]]<br>
**[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]]  
[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]]<br>
**[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]] (Most)
[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]] (Most)
}}
}}
| variants =
|influenced = [[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]] (Some)<br>
| influenced   = [[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]] (Some)<br>[[File:Leftpop-0.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]]<br>
[[File:Leftpop-0.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]]<br>
[[File:LibSocDemIcon.png]] [[Social Libertarianism|Libertarian Social Democracy]]<br>
[[File:LibSocDemIcon.png]] [[Social Libertarianism|Libertarian Social Democracy]]<br>
[[File:Zapa.png]] [[Neozapatismo]]
[[File:Zapa.png]] [[Neozapatismo]]
| alignments   =  
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[[File:Leftunity.png]] [[:Category:Left Unity|LeftUnity]]<br>
{{Info/Left Unity}}<br>
[[File:Prgess.png]] [[:Category:Culturally Left|Culturally Left]] <br>  
{{Info/CultLefts}}<br>
[[File:Internation.png]] [[:Category:Internationalists|Internationalists]]<br>
{{Info/Anti-Colonial}}<br>
[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[:Category:Socialists|Socialists]] (Most)<br>
{{Name|:Category:Internationalists|Internat.png|#9E3F6D|Internationalists}}<br>
[[File:Anticol.png]] [[:Category:Anti-Colonial|Anti-Colonial]]
{{Info/Socialists}} (Most)<br>
| theorists    =
|theorists =
[[File:Cball-EU.png]] '''Europe'''{{Collapse|
*[[File:SwedenSocDem.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Olof Palme]] (1927-1986) [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Sweden
*[[File:SwedenSocDem.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Olof Palme]] (1927-1986) [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Sweden
*[[File:Cosmo-local.png]] [[Localism|Wolfgang Sachs]] (1946-) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
}}
[[File:Cball-Commonwealth.png]] '''Commonwealth''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Antiimp.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|John Pilger]] (1939-) [[File:Cball-Australia.png]] Australia
*[[File:Antiimp.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|John Pilger]] (1939-) [[File:Cball-Australia.png]] Australia
*[[File:Ecoglob.png]] {{PCBA|Environmental Globalization|Susan George}} (1934-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
*[[File:LiberationTheo.png]] [[Liberation Theology|Walden Bello]] (1945-) [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] Philippines
*[[File:Cosmo-local.png]] [[Environmentalism|Wolfgang Sachs]] (1946-) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
*[[File:Corbynism-ball.png]] [[Democratic Socialism|Jeremy Corbyn]] (1949-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
*[[File:Corbynism-ball.png]] [[Democratic Socialism|Jeremy Corbyn]] (1949-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
*[[File:ThomYorke.png]] [[Eco-Socialism|Thom Yorke]] (1968-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
*[[File:Assange.png]]  [[Anti-Authoritarianism|Julian Assange]] (1971-) [[File:Cball-Australia.png]] Australia
}}
[[File:PanAmer.png]] '''Americas'''{{Collapse|
*[[File:Ecoglob.png]] [[Eco-Socialism|Susan George]] (1934-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
*[[File:Zapa.png]] [[Neozapatismo|Subcommandante Marcos]] (1957-), [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Mexico
*[[File:Zapa.png]] [[Neozapatismo|Subcommandante Marcos]] (1957-), [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Mexico
*[[File:Assange.png]] [[Anti-Authoritarianism|Julian Assange]] (1971-) [[File:Cball-Australia.png]] Australia
}}
| likes     = Global Cooperation<br> Human Rights<br>🎵🎶 Teaching the World to Sing in Perfect Harmony 🎶🎵
[[File:PanAsian.png]] '''Asia'''{{Collapse|
| dislikes  = The IMF<br>The World Bank<br>Imperialism  
*[[File:CDPJapan.png]] [[Social Democracy#Agrarian Social Democracy|Ichirō Ozawa]] (1942-) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
|song= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPExpmtdMEw The Internationale]<br>
*[[File:LiberationTheo.png]] [[Liberation Theology|Walden Bello]] (1945-) [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] Philippines
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxpF5_UEhCY Another World Is Possible]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlR0KElxxVg I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AjkUyX0rVw We Are The World - USA For Africa]}}
*[[File:JapCom.png]] [[Reformist Marxism|Kazuo Shii]] (1954-) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:SDPJapan.png]] [[Social Democracy|Mizuho Fukushima]] (1955-) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:Reiwa.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Taro Yamamoto]] (1974-) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
}}
|regional=
*[[File:WAP.png]] '''World Anti-Imperialist Platform'''{{Collapse|
**[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism]]
**[[File:Leftnat Wavy.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]]
**[[File:Soc21.png]] [[Socialism of the 21st Century]]
**[[File:Ecosoc.png]] [[Eco-Socialism]]
**[[File:Antiimp.png]] [[Anti-Imperialism]] (Self-proclaimed, debatably)
**[[File:Russophilia.png]] Russophilia
**[[File:Antiwest.png]] Anti-West
**[[File:Anticap.png]] Anti-Capitalism
***'''Factions''':
**[[File:Afrsoc.png]] [[African Socialism]]
**[[File:Demsocstar.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]]
**[[File:Natcom.png]] [[National Communism]]
**[[File:Mao.png]] [[Maoism]]
**[[File:MLM.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism-Maoism]]
**[[File:Mao3word.png]] [[Maoism-Third Worldism]]
**[[File:Antirev-icon.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Anti-Revisionism]]
**[[File:Stalin.png]] [[Stalinism]]
**[[File:Socauth.png]] [[Social Authoritarianism]]
**[[File:Juche.png]] [[Juche]]
**[[File:Sep.png]] [[Separatism]]
}}
|likes = [[File:Internation.png]] Global Cooperation<br> Self-determination<br>🎵🎶 Teaching the World to Sing in Perfect Harmony 🎶🎵
|dislikes  = [[File:IMF.png]] The IMF<br> The World Bank<br> [[File:Imp.png]] Imperialism  
|song= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxpF5_UEhCY Another World Is Possible]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlR0KElxxVg I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AjkUyX0rVw We Are The World - USA For Africa]}}


'''Alter-Globalism''', '''Alter-Globalization''' or '''Alternative Globalization''' believes in [[File:Internation.png]] [[Internationalism|global cooperation]] of the people, at the same time opposing [[File:Anti-Globalism.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Globalism|economic globalization}}. He thinks that [[File:Globcap.png]] [[Globalism#Economic_Globalization|economic globalization]] will harm the workers and reduce [[File:Civlibert.png]] [[Civil Libertarianism|civil rights]]. It is usually [[File:Leftunity.png]] [[:Category:Left Unity|economically left-wing]]. He is [[File:Antiimp.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Imperialism|anti-imperialist}} and supports [[File:Cosmo.png]] [[Cosmopolitanism|global solidarity]] but wants to preserve [[File:Native.png]] [[Indigenism|native cultures]] as well.
'''Alter-Globalism''', '''Alter-Globalization''' or '''Alternative Globalization''' believes in [[File:Internation.png]] [[Internationalism|global cooperation]] of the people, at the same time opposing [[File:Anti-Globalism.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Globalism|economic globalization}}. He thinks that [[File:Globcap.png]] [[Globalism#Economic_Globalization|economic globalization]] will harm the workers and reduce [[File:Civlibert.png]] [[Civil Libertarianism|civil rights]]. It is usually [[File:Leftunity.png]] [[:Category:Left Unity|economically left-wing]]. He is [[File:Antiimp.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Imperialism|anti-imperialist}} and supports [[File:Cosmo.png]] [[Cosmopolitanism|global solidarity]] but wants to preserve [[File:Native.png]] [[Indigenism|native cultures]] as well.


== History ==
==History==
The term "alter-globalism" or "alter-globalization" stems from a popular slogan of the movement “Another world is possible” which came out of the World Social Forum. The name "anti-globalism" having first been introduced in 1999, alter-globalism was preferred to highlight the fact that the movement was favorable to a form of globalization that would be different from the current neoliberal globalization.
The term "alter-globalism" or "alter-globalization" stems from a popular slogan of the movement “Another world is possible” which came out of the World Social Forum. The name "anti-globalism" having first been introduced in 1999, alter-globalism was preferred to highlight the fact that the movement was favorable to a form of globalization that would be different from the current neoliberal globalization.


There is not precise date for the beginning of the alter-globalist movement. It is rooted in the protest movements of the early 1980's in southern countries with the fight, first against Third World's debt and the IMF's structural adjustment plans, then against the WTO. Alter-globalism appears in part as a conjunction between different Western currents critical of capitalism, and anti-imperialist currents in the South.
There is no precise date for the beginning of the alter-globalist movement. It is rooted in the protest movements of the early 1980's in southern countries with the fight, first against Third World's debt and the IMF's structural adjustment plans, then against the WTO. Alter-globalism appears in part as a conjunction between different Western currents critical of capitalism, and anti-imperialist currents in the South.


== Beliefs ==
==Beliefs==
The movement generally opposes economic liberalism and the financial globalization to promote a more social economy and redistribution of wealth. These demands are reflected in a search for alternatives, global and systemic, to the international order of finance and trade. Its culture is maked by the libertarian left tradition and/or radical ecology. The movement oscillates between reformism (for example the demand for the "Tobin Tax" advocated by the ATTAC organization at its fundation) and more radical views.
The movement generally opposes economic liberalism and the financial globalization to promote a more social economy and redistribution of wealth. These demands are reflected in a search for alternatives, global and systemic, to the international order of finance and trade. Its culture is maked by the libertarian left tradition and/or radical ecology. The movement oscillates between reformism (for example the demand for the "Tobin Tax" advocated by the ATTAC organization at its fundation) and more radical views.


There are a number of positions and demands common to many alter-globalist organizations:
There are a number of positions and demands common to many alter-globalist organizations:


* Challenging the internal organization, status and policies of global institutions, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the G7 and the World Bank.
*Challenging the internal organization, status and policies of global institutions, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the G7 and the World Bank.
* Advocacy for economic justice
*Advocacy for economic justice
* Advocacy for the autonomy of peoples
*Advocacy for the autonomy of peoples
* Advocacy for the democratization of institutions
*Advocacy for the democratization of institutions
* Protecting the environment and stopping the overexploitation of resources
*Protecting the environment and stopping the overexploitation of resources
* Protecting fundamental human rights
*Protecting fundamental human rights


== How to draw ==
==How to draw==
{{Flag|Alterglob_flag.svg}}
{{Flag|Alterglob_flag.svg}}
* Draw a ball
*Draw a ball
* Color it red
*Color it red
* Draw a white circle but do not fill it in
*Draw a white circle but do not fill it in
* Draw some latitude and longitude lines on the circle
*Draw some latitude and longitude lines on the circle
* Add the eyes
*Add the eyes
And you're done!
And you're done!


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|c2 = White
|c2 = White
|h2 = #FFFFFF
|h2 = #FFFFFF}}
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== Relationships ==
==Relationships==


=== Friends ===
===Friends===
* [[File:Cosmo.png]] [[Cosmopolitanism]] - You respect people's differences for real.
* [[File:Leftpop-0.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]] - Power to the people of every country.
* [[File:Leftpop-0.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]] - Power to the people of every country.
*[[File:Postconan.png]] [[Post-Colonial Anarchism]] - One of my supporters! He knows a true anti-colonial revolution comes from co-operation.
*[[File:Postconan.png]] [[Post-Colonial Anarchism]] - One of my supporters! He knows a true anti-colonial revolution comes from co-operation.
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*[[File:Zapa.png]] [[Neozapatismo]] - You were one of my main inspirations!
*[[File:Zapa.png]] [[Neozapatismo]] - You were one of my main inspirations!
*[[File:Soc21.png]] [[Socialism of the 21st Century]] -  Basically me but in one nation.
*[[File:Soc21.png]] [[Socialism of the 21st Century]] -  Basically me but in one nation.
*[[File: Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]] - Internationalism does not mean we have to abandon national soverginity. In fact, we need cooperative self-determination.
*[[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]] - Internationalism does not mean we have to abandon national soverginity. In fact, we need cooperative self-determination.
=== Frenemies ===
===Frenemies===
*[[File:Protect.png]] [[Protectionism]] - You oppose economic liberalism, but you sometimes block all trade. I prefer fair trade.
*[[File:Protect.png]] [[Protectionism]] - You oppose economic liberalism, but you sometimes block all trade. I prefer fair trade.
*[[File:Trot.png]] [[Trotskyism]] - So you say you want to create a form of internationalism based on opposition to liberalism? Based! But then you go behind my back and then advocate for becoming a "left-wing" version of [[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism|him]] and actively bringing others to adopt your worldview by force? CRINGE!
*[[File:Trot.png]] [[Trotskyism]] - So you say you want to create a form of internationalism based on opposition to liberalism? Based! But then you go behind my back and then advocate for becoming a "left-wing" version of [[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism|him]] and actively bringing others to adopt your worldview by force? CRINGE!
*[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] - Well, at least you love internationalism and a lot of your advocates are anti-imperialists, just drop your authoritarian/totalitarian tendencies (and for some, social imperialism) and we're good.
*[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] - Well, at least you love internationalism and a lot of your advocates are anti-imperialists, just drop your authoritarian/totalitarian tendencies (and for some, social imperialism) and we're good.
*[[File:Mao.png]] [[Maoism]], [[File:MLM.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism–Maoism]], [[File:Mao3word.png]] [[Maoism-Third Worldism]] and [[File:Guevara.png]] [[Guevarism]] - Yeah... You have good ideas, but violence and totalitarianism are never the answer.
*[[File:World Federalism2.png]] [[World Federalism]] - At least your heart is in the right place, and claim to care about ACTUAL cooperation between people. But I just cannot see eye-to-eye on the "one world government" idea as a desirable future for humanity, and it doesn't help a lot of your advocates were blatant neolibs.
*[[File:World Federalism2.png]] [[World Federalism]] - At least your heart is in the right place, and claim to care about ACTUAL cooperation between people. But I just cannot see eye-to-eye on the "one world government" idea as a desirable future for humanity, and it doesn't help a lot of your advocates were blatant neolibs.
*[[File:Multicult.png]] [[Multiculturalism]] - I'm not necessarily opposed to you, but we have to keep native cultures as well.
*[[File:Multicult.png]] [[Multiculturalism]] - I'm not necessarily opposed to you, but we have to keep native cultures as well.
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*[[File:Cultural_Nationalism.png]] [[Cultural Nationalism]] - Preserving your own culture is nice, but please learn to respect other cultures too.
*[[File:Cultural_Nationalism.png]] [[Cultural Nationalism]] - Preserving your own culture is nice, but please learn to respect other cultures too.
* [[File:Pan-Nationalism.png]] [[Pan-Nationalism]] - You claim to just want national unity, but let's be honest, historically you have been mostly an excuse to invade other nations and "retake lost territories".
* [[File:Pan-Nationalism.png]] [[Pan-Nationalism]] - You claim to just want national unity, but let's be honest, historically you have been mostly an excuse to invade other nations and "retake lost territories".
**[[File:Pan-Nationalism.png]] - Whaaaat? It was all [[File:Irridentism.png]] him, I swear! I'd ''never'' do such a thing, trust me, bro.
**{{Alias|Pan-Nationalism.png|File:Pan-Nationalism.png|Whaaaat? It was all [[File:Irridentism.png]] [[Irredentism|him]], I swear! I'd ''never'' do such a thing, trust me, bro.}}
*[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]] - Some of you guys can be quite based, but many of you are globalist third-wayers as well. If it's your [[File:LeftSocdem.png]] [[Social_Democracy#Left-Social_Democracy|left-wing variant]], then we can talk.
*[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]] - Some of you guys can be quite based, but many of you are globalist third-wayers as well. If it's your [[File:LeftSocdem.png]] [[Social_Democracy#Left-Social_Democracy|left-wing variant]], then we can talk.


=== Enemies ===
===Enemies===
*[[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism]] - It's time to make you history.  
*[[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism]] - It's time to make you history.  
*[[File:Imp.png]] [[Imperialism]] - HASTA LA VISTA IMPERIALISTA!
*[[File:Imp.png]] [[Imperialism]] - HASTA LA VISTA IMPERIALISTA!
*[[File:World.png]] [[Globalism]] - On the other side of the coin. You force people into your land, you're just alternative imperialism!
*[[File:World.png]] [[Globalism]] - On the other side of the coin. You force people into your land, you're just alternative imperialism!  
*[[File:Ethplur.png]] [[Ethnopluralism]] - I want international cooperation, not international segregation!
*[[File:Ethplur.png]] [[Ethnopluralism]] - I want international cooperation, not international segregation!
*[[File: Corp.png]] [[Corporatocracy]] - YOUR CORPORATION WILL NEVER BE IN OUR COUNTRY!
*[[File:Corp.png]] [[Corporatocracy]] - YOUR CORPORATION WILL NEVER BE IN OUR COUNTRY!
*[[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]] - Burn in hell!
*[[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]] - Burn in hell!
*[[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] - You're not even spreading democracy, all you do is start imperialist wars and set up dictatorships to make the people suffer even more. Get out and never come back!
*[[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] - You're not even spreading democracy, all you do is start imperialist wars and set up dictatorships to make the people suffer even more. Get out and never come back!
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==Navigation==
==Navigation==
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{{Navbox/Nonquad}}
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Latest revision as of 07:43, 28 October 2024


Alter-Globalism, Alter-Globalization or Alternative Globalization believes in global cooperation of the people, at the same time opposing economic globalization. He thinks that economic globalization will harm the workers and reduce civil rights. It is usually economically left-wing. He is anti-imperialist and supports global solidarity but wants to preserve native cultures as well.

History

The term "alter-globalism" or "alter-globalization" stems from a popular slogan of the movement “Another world is possible” which came out of the World Social Forum. The name "anti-globalism" having first been introduced in 1999, alter-globalism was preferred to highlight the fact that the movement was favorable to a form of globalization that would be different from the current neoliberal globalization.

There is no precise date for the beginning of the alter-globalist movement. It is rooted in the protest movements of the early 1980's in southern countries with the fight, first against Third World's debt and the IMF's structural adjustment plans, then against the WTO. Alter-globalism appears in part as a conjunction between different Western currents critical of capitalism, and anti-imperialist currents in the South.

Beliefs

The movement generally opposes economic liberalism and the financial globalization to promote a more social economy and redistribution of wealth. These demands are reflected in a search for alternatives, global and systemic, to the international order of finance and trade. Its culture is maked by the libertarian left tradition and/or radical ecology. The movement oscillates between reformism (for example the demand for the "Tobin Tax" advocated by the ATTAC organization at its fundation) and more radical views.

There are a number of positions and demands common to many alter-globalist organizations:

  • Challenging the internal organization, status and policies of global institutions, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the G7 and the World Bank.
  • Advocacy for economic justice
  • Advocacy for the autonomy of peoples
  • Advocacy for the democratization of institutions
  • Protecting the environment and stopping the overexploitation of resources
  • Protecting fundamental human rights

How to draw

Flag of Alter-Globalism
  • Draw a ball
  • Color it red
  • Draw a white circle but do not fill it in
  • Draw some latitude and longitude lines on the circle
  • Add the eyes

And you're done!

Color Name HEX RGB
Red #EE161F 238, 22, 31
White #FFFFFF 255, 255, 255


Relationships

Friends

Frenemies

  • Protectionism - You oppose economic liberalism, but you sometimes block all trade. I prefer fair trade.
  • Trotskyism - So you say you want to create a form of internationalism based on opposition to liberalism? Based! But then you go behind my back and then advocate for becoming a "left-wing" version of him and actively bringing others to adopt your worldview by force? CRINGE!
  • Marxism–Leninism - Well, at least you love internationalism and a lot of your advocates are anti-imperialists, just drop your authoritarian/totalitarian tendencies (and for some, social imperialism) and we're good.
  • Maoism, Marxism–Leninism–Maoism, Maoism-Third Worldism and Guevarism - Yeah... You have good ideas, but violence and totalitarianism are never the answer.
  • World Federalism - At least your heart is in the right place, and claim to care about ACTUAL cooperation between people. But I just cannot see eye-to-eye on the "one world government" idea as a desirable future for humanity, and it doesn't help a lot of your advocates were blatant neolibs.
  • Multiculturalism - I'm not necessarily opposed to you, but we have to keep native cultures as well.
  • Interculturalism - Different cultures working together is really good and all, though a lot of the time you wind up focusing more on assimilation than actual integration, which I'm definitely not really on board with.
  • Cultural Nationalism - Preserving your own culture is nice, but please learn to respect other cultures too.
  • Pan-Nationalism - You claim to just want national unity, but let's be honest, historically you have been mostly an excuse to invade other nations and "retake lost territories".
    • Whaaaat? It was all him, I swear! I'd never do such a thing, trust me, bro.
  • Social Democracy - Some of you guys can be quite based, but many of you are globalist third-wayers as well. If it's your left-wing variant, then we can talk.

Enemies

  • Capitalism - It's time to make you history.
  • Imperialism - HASTA LA VISTA IMPERIALISTA!
  • Globalism - On the other side of the coin. You force people into your land, you're just alternative imperialism!
  • Ethnopluralism - I want international cooperation, not international segregation!
  • Corporatocracy - YOUR CORPORATION WILL NEVER BE IN OUR COUNTRY!
  • Neoliberalism - Burn in hell!
  • Neoconservatism - You're not even spreading democracy, all you do is start imperialist wars and set up dictatorships to make the people suffer even more. Get out and never come back!
  • National Liberalism - My opposite - economic globalization without internationalist cooperation.

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