Published in: Rethinking Marxism, Vol. 20, No:4 (October 2008) pp. 659- 664

Abstract:

Over the past several decades a revolutionary ‘‘politics of place’’ has emerged around
the world, linked through globally accessible media, loosely coordinated federations,
and international gatherings, most notably the World Social Forum. While traditional
revolutionary politics confronts a single space of dominion, the politics of place
imagines and creates multiple spaces of freedom and self-determination. It is a
politics of the here and now, embedded in place yet globally transformative

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