Black Bloc, White Riot: Anti-Globalization and the Geneaology of Dissent (Ak Press) - Softcover

A.K. Thompson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849350140 ISBN 13: 9781849350143

Publisher: AK Press, 2010

Synopsis

Ten years after the battle in Seattle sparked an historic struggle against the forces of multinational conglomeration and American imperialism, the anti-globalisation generation is ready to reflect on a decade of organising that changed the face of mass action around the globe. Scholar and activist AK Thompson revisits the struggles against globalisation in Canada and the United States at the turn of the century, and he explores the connection between political violence and the white middle class. Equal parts sociological study and activist handbook, Black Bloc, White Riot engages with the key debates that arose in the anti-globalisation movement over the course of the past decade: direct or mass action? Summit-hopping or local organising? Pacifism or diversity of tactics? Drawing on movement literature, contemporary and critical theory, and practical investigations, Thompson outlines the effect of the anti-globalisation movement on the white, middle-class kids who were swept up in it, and he considers how and why violence must once again become a central category of activist politics.

About this title

About the Author

AK Thompson is a writer and activist living and working in Toronto, Canada. Currently completing his PhD in sociology at York University, Thompson teaches social theory and serves on the editorial committee of Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action.

Edition details

• Publisher: AK Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849350140
• ISBN 13: 9781849350143
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192