Webs of Power: Notes from the Global Uprising - Softcover

Starhawk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865714568 ISBN 13: 9780865714564

Publisher: New Society Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

Writing from the front lines, Starhawk chronicles the global justice movement sparked by Seattle's 1999 anti-World Trade Organization protest. A life-long activist, Starhawk is deeply involved as a direct action participant and trainer in the antiglobalization movement.

The book is divided into "Actions" and "Visions." In Part I, Starhawk begins with an overview of the complex political and economic powers that the antiglobalization movement opposes. Then, recounting the blow-by-blow events of the critical confrontations faced by the antiglobalization protestors-from Seattle to Genoa-Starhawk discusses police brutality, the Black Bloc versus the pacifists, and the magic of solidarity.

In Part II, Starhawk spins a vision of the future of the antiglobalization movement. Drawing on her twenty years of experience as an activist, ecofeminist, and witch, she explores the debate between violent and nonviolent tactics; the definition of an economy of true abundance; and how we can transform our rage and despair, face our fears, and renew our spirits while acting to change the world.

Starhawk is the author or coauthor of eight books, including The Twelve Wild Swans: Journeys Into Magic, Healing and Action (HarperSanFrancisco, 2000); the Twentieth Anniversary Edition of The Spiral Dance (HarperSanFrancisco, 1999); and Circle Round: Raising Children in the Goddess Tradition (Bantam, 1998). Well-known in the Wiccan and Pagan Community, Starhawk is a columnist on the web for beliefnet.com and for znet. She lives in San Francisco.

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Global Uprising: Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st Century
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About this title

About the Author

Starhawk is the award-winning author or coauthor of eight books, including The Spiral Dance, Truth or Dare, and Dreaming the Dark as well as two novels. One of the foremost voices of ecofeminism and the Goddess movement, she lectures worldwide. She is also a direct action trainer and organizer, and has played a major part in anti-globalization actions over the past 18 months.

Review

In Webs of Power, Starhawk provides an overview ofthe complex political and economic powers opposed bythe anti-globalization movement, explores the debatebetween violent and nonviolent tactics, defines aneconomy of true abundance and shows how we cantransform our rage and despair and renew our spiritswhile acting to change the world. (2008-05-13)

Edition details

• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0865714568
• ISBN 13: 9780865714564
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288