alterglobalization – Amory Starr

Comas

18 January 2019

To be an ecological society we have to stop the whole habit of living despite nature. We must take our pleasure and inspiration in seasonality and ecological particularity.

Alternatives to the Global Food System

7 October 2014

Lecture to “Plants and the Environment” course, University of Sydney, 7 October 2014.

“To hell with the market” …. visit to my hero F.E. Trainer’s sustainable world

15 June 2014

“Composting and growing carrots is a nice start, but we need to get rid of the growth economy, make the global economic system work to meet needs, and replace capitalism with a different economic system that works for people. Most Green people are stuck at the level of compost heaps, which don’t have a chance of saving us. We don’t want to be a society full of compost heaps heading for disaster. Growing carrots locally is just the first step to changing the economy.”

My words at launch of Alana Mann’s Power Shift

5 June 2014

Alana has studied one of the many vibrant alternatives to this juggernaut, the movement for food sovereignty, conceived and led by La Vía Campesina. Vía Campesina is typical of contemporary social movements in its recognition of the common interests of first and third world farmers, smallholders and laborers, producers and consumers and in its recognition of the centrality of women, indigenous people and culture to forming truly liberatory alternatives.

the crisis has no clothes

23 May 2014

As a budding Australian, I learned this week that right-wierdo Tony Abbott’s budget cuts are spurious. The agenda of the cuts is to eliminate the

Out of Order: The Political Violence of Social Control in the Era of Global Governance

25 September 2011

Amory Starr Luis A. Fernandez Christian Scholl 2011: New York University Press Don’t mind the press’ stupid title, the proper one is: Out of Order:

the political economy of food

23 May 2009

I started teaching a course on this topic in 1995. At that time, the concept was so extremely uninteresting (both to the political economists and

Global Revolt: A Guide to Alterglobalization

25 June 2005

‘A guidebook helps those who search. In a time of “infinite war”, when we confront the infinite stupidity, lies and arrogance of power, we search

About biotechnology: lecture notes (last update c 2005)

23 February 2005

biotech lecture © amory starr 2005 three kinds of biotechnology biotech crops biotech pharmaceuticals bio-prospecting/biopiracy/biopatenting four kinds of biotech crops increased nutrition/shelf life/freeze tolerant/consistent size/ease

Get Rid of Them All & Become a Zapatista

13 August 2004

amory starr “Get Rid of Them All & Become a Zapatista: Autonomy in the Anti-Globalization Movement” Critical Sociology mini-conference, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 13

This is What Free Trade Looks Like

6 June 2004

documentary film by Activist Media Project, 2004. 60 minutes. this is what free trade looks like the NAFTA fraud in México, the failure of the

Sunstroke in Cancún: WTO Can’t Take the Heat

15 January 2004

s/r home | issues | authors | 33 contents Synthesis/Regeneration 33 (Winter 2004) Sunstroke in Cancún: WTO Can’t Take the Heat by

Miami FTAA November 2003

29 November 2003

hunted in miami, “the model for homeland defense” amory starr 29 November, 2003 (a shorter version was printed as “Free trade in the Americas: the

Critical Globalization Studies: Lecture Notes & Audio recording (last update c 2003)

22 September 2003

In 2005, LA Sound Posse, asked me to record my lectures on globalization. The audio is available at Radio4All.

Cancún, México 5th WTO Ministerial

10 September 2003

Cancún, México 5th WTO Ministerial 2003 daily reports 10-14 September audio reports “Sunstroke in Cancún” Synthesis/Regeneration: A Magazine of Green Social Thought 33: 1, 35-6.

critical globalization studies

25 June 2003

this lecture is an introduction to what i call “critical globalization studies”, which reflects the work of an international group of scholars, primarily economists and

Sacramento biotech 22-25 June 2003.

22 June 2003

j23 sacramento 2003 action report/fieldnotes amory starr three months before the cancun WTO ministerial, at which third world resistance to biotech is a huge stumbling

directions for the anti-corporate globalization movement

14 April 2002

Amory Starr roundtable on “directions for the anti-corporate globalization movement” with Bernard Cassen (President of ATTAC, France), Gerald Horne (U of Noth Carolina), Dennis Brutus

the international context of anti-globalization: key concepts

15 February 2002

“the international context of anti-globalization: key concepts” Amory Starr Arizona State University, Phoenix Department of Justice Studies 2.15.02 It’s really a pleasure to

New York City World Economic Forum 31 Jan – 3 Feb 2002

31 January 2002

Report from F2 manifestations against the World Economic Forum Meetings, New York City (January 31-Feb 3, 2002) The Divas for Democracy, an affinity group including

naming the enemy, before seattle: an autochthonous book review

25 January 2002

naming the enemy, before seattle: an autochthonous book review WorldReview, 5:1 (2002): 14-16. other peoples’ reviews… The bulk of the research for Naming the Enemy

Washington DC anti-war 29 & 30 September 2001

29 September 2001

updates from the dcS29 crew Friday in DC: DC seems quite normal to us, we have not seen significant police or military presence at all.

naming the “anti-“: interview in the Manitoban

26 September 2001

naming the “anti-“ Amory Starr confronts globalization by Michelle French Features Editor The Manitoban, 26 September 2001. Amory Starr is an activist and professor of

Québec City FTAA 20 & 21 April 2001

20 April 2001

The Manifestation Québec City, Friday & Saturday April 20 & 21, 2001 It’s a bit hard to figure out what happened in Québec City, even

Whose FTAA?

1 April 2001

Whose FTAA? Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, 1 April 2001 Amory Starr Why can’t we leave all the complicated economics to the professionals? Because these agreements affect

Visions of a Post-Corporate Society

19 November 2000

Visions of a Post-Corporate Society at Parkland Institute, November 2000 I just came from the streets and it’s hard to make the transition. So help

Los Angeles Democratic National Convention August 2000

14 August 2000

What happened to DAN in LA?: speculative notes I am an activist from the anti-globalization movement and am also an anti-racist activist. I spent Aug

Confronting Globalization

14 April 2000

Confronting Globalization for Communities Confronting Capitalist Globalization University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 14-16 April, 2000 14 April, 7 pm, Corwin Pavilion. Hello. I’m very