Anti-Globalization Movement Now

(November 2001)

Urszula Masny-Latos, issue editor, writes:

In this issue, we present various perspectives from lawyers, local activists, and an academic on the current state of the progressive political movement and some forecasts for its future.
We start with Guild members Halim Moris and Paromita Shah, both immigration lawyers at Greater Boston Legal Services, who, in the piece title "The PATRIOT AND USA Acts," analyze laws most recently passed or proposed by Congress that would significantly affect immigrants' as well as American citizens' civil rights.
Russ Davis from the Massachusetts Jobs with Justice discusses the fate of almost forgotten, rarely mentioned victims of the September 11th events -- unionized and un-unionized workers. Thousands of mostly hotel, restaurant and airline industries workers have been laid off supposedly because of the September 11th attack.
Mike Prokosch from United for a Fair Economy, in his piece on anti-globalization movement in the current political climate, argues for a need to re-think and re-strategize the world wide movement.
A similar sentiment is presented by Basav Sen, an activist with Boston Global Action Network, who discusses, challenges and opportunities for the anti-war and the global justice movements in the September 11th aftermath.
We finish with an analysis of "why did it happen" by Faramarz Farbod, a native of Iran, who is a Visiting Professor of Political Science at Moravian College in Pennsylvania.
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