We live in an era of a new radicalism, a worldwide challenge to global empire that has inspired millions to flood the streets in resistance and to take action in their own communities. This movement of movements is gaining momentum, even in the face of post-9.11 repression and war. All over the world, people are rebelling against the rule of the few who are intent on concentrating profit and power.

Globalize Liberation weaves together the experiences and insights of community organizers, direct action movements, and global justice struggles from North America, Europe, and Latin America. Thirty-three essays provide food for thought, examples of effective action, and practical tools for everyone to use. This book, the product of uprisings, hard-lived victories, and visions for the future, was created to articulate, popularize, and deepen the rebellious spirit of the new radicalism.

Contributors include: Walden Bello, Van Jones, Naomi Klein, George Lakey, Elizabeth (Betita) Martínez, Midnight Notes Collective, Patrick Reinsborough, Starhawk, and many more.

Voted one of the Best Political Books of 2004 by SF Station

"Globalize Liberation is a diagnosis, prescription, and the evidence of wellness in many small and large instances around the world. If you want to make change, this will set you on your way with strategy (because it 'counters despair and fosters vision'), tactics, and abundant creative inspiration like 'fire in dry grass.'" – Clamor Magazine

"David Solnit has assembled an extraordinarily useful and intelligent bomb to be used against those who seek to concentrate profit and power for gain at the expense of the majority of humanity." –LiP Magazine

"...Globalize Liberation is a manual, encyclopedia, and primary text for the global justice movement... If there were a required 101 class in anti-capitalism, this book would be central to the reading list." –Fifth Estate

"From identifying global problems of class struggle, racism, discrimination, and extreme concentration of power, to putting ideas in action whether in America, Argentenia, Scotland, or other nations around the world, Globalize Liberation offers a crucial glimpse into what is needed to shape the future of humanity for the better. " –Midwest Book Review

"The book’s tone is urgent yet relentlessly hopeful and encourages readers to push open new spheres of collective self-empowerment. Upon putting it down, you will want to join up with others and do something. As the incurably optimistic Solnit writes in the introduction, 'All we have to do is change everything.'” –Indymedia.org, NYC

"Instead of a checklist for the aspiring politico, editor David Solnit has compiled the writings of seasoned activists so as to provide not simply instruction but rather (and perhaps more importantly) a basic understanding of a diverse set of global struggles. Reading the accounts of organizers, demonstrators, protestors and other experienced actors shares a wealth of knowledge gained only through such involvement." –Altar Magazine

"Globalize Liberation makes an important contribution to our understanding of the new left by documenting the social movements of the last ten years and providing suggestions and commentary about their future. In doing so it makes the 'laboratory of resistance' more accessible and easy to understand." - Hopedance

"This is a great collection of essays for anyone needing inspiration and ideas about how to effect positive change." –Arts & Healing Network

"Presented in Globalize [Liberation] are insights and accounts from writers and activists across the globe, united on the concept of taking action to ensure a perfect future in an orderless epoch." –NoHo LA

David Solnit was a key organizer of the 1999 anti-WTO protests in Seattle. A twenty-year veteran of global justice, anti-war, environmental justice, and community struggles, he has worked to popularize the use of direct democracy to build mass movements in the United States and globally. He is a founder of Art and Revolution, which has helped popularize the use of art, street theater and giant puppets as an innovative form of resistance in numerous movements across North America, and from Israel and Palestine to Argentina. He is a trainer in grassroots organizing, direct-action strategy, and street theater. He lives and works as a carpenter in Oakland, California.