Solidarity : hidden histories and geographies of internationalism
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Solidarity : hidden histories and geographies of internationalism
Zed, 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Despite the frequency with which the word 'solidarity' is invoked the concept itself has rarely been subjected to close scrutiny. In this original and stereotype-busting work, David Featherstone helps redress this imbalance through an innovative combination of archival research, activist testimonies and first-hand involvement with political movements.
Presenting a variety of case studies, from anti-slavery and anti-fascist organizing to climate change activism and the boycotts of Coca-Cola, Featherstone unearths international forms of solidarity that are all too often marginalized by nation-centred histories of the left and social movements.
Timely and wide-ranging, this is a fascinating investigation of an increasingly vital subject.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Thinking solidarity politically
Part I: Theorizing solidarity
1 Solidarity: theorizing a transformative political relation
2 Rethinking internationalism
Part II: Colonial and anti-colonial internationalisms
3 'Labour with a white skin will never emancipate itself while labour with a black skin is in bondage': maritime labour and the uses of solidarity
4 'Your liberty and ours': black internationalism and anti-fascism
Part III: Solidarity and Cold War geopolitics
5 'No trade with the junta': political exile and solidarity after the Chilean coup
6 'Beyond the barbed wire': European nuclear disarmament and non-aligned internationalism
Part IV: Solidarity in the shadow of neoliberalism
7 'Our resistance is as transnational as capital': the counter-globalization movement and prefigurative solidarity
8 'If the climate were a bank it would be bailed out': solidarity and the making of climate justice
Conclusion: Solidarity without guarantees
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