World's Democratic
Movement
04/08/05 17:11 Filed by Saswat Pattanayak in:
Reference
Counterpunch has the news to muse today.
Tom Barry's story about
Inside
Bush's "World Movement for Democracy"
shines!
The “world’s democratic movement” is not another
one of the transnational citizens’ movements, like
the anti-globalization or anti-war movements, that
prides itself on having no central structure, no
dogma, or even an office.
This movement is highly organized, better funded,
and even has its own “secretariat.” Unlike other
leaderless but world-shaking transnational
citizens’ networks that emerged after the end of
the Cold War, the “world’s democratic movement” is
not a product of global civil society but a
quasi-governmental initiative based in Washington,
DC.
Tags: Saswat, Communism, Cold War, Activism