Alter-Globalism

Alter-Globalization, Alternative Globalization or Alter-Globalism 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. One way to describe him could be global anti-globalization 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-globalization" or "alter-globalism" stems from a popular slogan of the movement “Another world is possible” which came out of the World Social Forum. The name "anti-globalization" having first been introduced in 1999, alter-globalization 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-globalization 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-globalization 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

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

Pan-Nationalism - It's good to see countries helping each other.
Cosmopolitanism - You respect peoples' differences for real.
Populism - Power to the people of every country.
Post-Colonial Anarchism - One of my supporters! He knows a true anti-colonial revolution comes from co-operation.
All colonized/indigenous people - Truly sad to see native cultures being destroyed by him.
Zapatism - You were one of my main inspirations!
Socialism of the 21st Century - Basically me but in one nation.

Frenemies

World Federalism - At least your heart is in the right place, and 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.
Left-Wing Nationalism - You aren't too bad for a nationalist, but you're still too focused on your own nation and aren't friendly to outsiders.
Multiculturalism - I'm not necessarily opposed to you, but we have to keep native cultures as well.
Interculturalism - You've got the right mind on different cultures working together and integrating eachother, although a melting pot might lead to further cultural assimilation merging everyone into a single homogenous culture, which is something I can't approve of!
Cultural Nationalism - Preserving your own culture is nice, but please learn to respect other cultures too.
Nationalism - You oppose neoliberal globalization and I'm okay with national sovereignty, but purely loving your own nation and putting it above all else is the first step to imperialism.

Enemies

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 - No.
Neoliberalism - Burn in hell!