We Are Everywhere: The Irresistible Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism

by Notes from Nowhere (Editor)

We Are Everywhere is a whirlwind collection of writings, images and ideas for direct action by people on the frontlines of the global anticapitalist movement. This is a movement of untold stories, because those from below are not those who get to write history, even though we are the ones making it. We Are Everywhere wrenches our history from the grasp of the powerful and returns it to the streets, fields and neighbourhoods where it was made.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Sociology, History, Activism, Economics

320 pages, Paperback

First published September 3, 2003

Reviews

[Soph Nova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely detailed reportage and analysis from the heat of the global justice movement from 1999-2003, including a very cool gimmick with a “timeline” that stretches through basically the whole book with a running calendar of tactics from mass strikes to pie-Ing of heads of state; a word of caution though - the politics of the editorial collective are extremely biased towards the anarchist end of the movement (which was definitely the dominant strain, but not the only one), and it informs the choice of tactics and structures and overall analysis highlighted as the “best parts” of the movement.

“Can we create a politics that isn’t left up to specialists, a politics that is not just relevant to but part of everyday life, a politics that doesn’t look or feel like politics?”

[Sara Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've carried this book across three continents and through 8 years of my 20-somethings; it inspires me, makes me cry and makes me want to be part of the crew that writes the next version. incredibly compiled!

[Jenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

An edited volume of anti-globalization writings from around the world. Want to know why people were protesting the WTO in Seattle, read this.

[Marc · Rating 5 out of 5]

A refreshing positive outlook on recent struggles!

[Joshua Nomen-Mutatio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting stuff to think about but much that I found and today (years after reading this in a course on Social and Political Activism) would find even more so disagreeable and otherwise flawed in terms of the means and envisioned ends of social and political engineering.