Global Justice Movement

Abstract

Abstract The Global Justice Movement (GJM) is an umbrella term for the diverse and amorphous set of associated and loosely networked organizations, groups, and movements – mostly from the political left – including anti‐war, labor, environmental, feminist, peasant, indigenous, and student groups, that oppose corporate globalization and neoliberal capitalism, imperialism, and war. The GJM, which arguably peaked around the turn of the twenty‐first century, signifies a new cycle of contention. Distinct yet related to past movements and protest cycles, the GJM embraces novel tactics and strategies as well as organizing models. Emerging in the wake of the implementation and consolidation of global neoliberal restructuring policies, the GJM has organized and mobilized for massive protests (e.g., the “Battle for Seattle” in 1999) and initiated the World Social Forum, which has spurred social forums across the globe. The “Arab Spring” and Occupy Wall Street, as well as more recent anti‐austerity protests, can all be seen as part or outgrowths of the GJM's cycle of protest.