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Die Internationale Arbeiter*innen- Bewegung inmitten, gegen und jenseits des globalisierten und informatisierten Gehäuses von Kapitalismus und Bürokratie
The International Labour Movement in, against and beyond, the Globalized and Informatised Cage of Capitalism and Bureaucracy
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Abstract
This article presents and discusses five questions: 1. To what extent has the international trade union movement responded to the challenges of neo-liberal globalization? 2. Given the restructuring of work/labour, informalization, migration etc. is there any real basis for international labour solid... view more
This article presents and discusses five questions: 1. To what extent has the international trade union movement responded to the challenges of neo-liberal globalization? 2. Given the restructuring of work/labour, informalization, migration etc. is there any real basis for international labour solidarity? 3. What has the experience of networking on work/labour issues in the World Social Forum been like - has it led to any concrete international action? 4. How effective are alternative cross- border/transnational worker initiatives in countering the power of global capital? 5. How can we move beyond trade union internationalism, which remains trapped in the "iron cage", and see new forms of labour self-articulation going beyond "the capitalist canon", which could lead to the emergence of a new labour movement internationalism? The answers to these questions address the present crisis of the hegemonic, Europebased and Western-centric international trade union organisations: 1. the impact of globalisation, neo-liberalisation, informalisation and informatisation on labour internationalism; 2. the experiences and possibilities of informal/alternative kinds of labour internationalism; and, 3. the significance of labour solidarity with Palestine.... view less
Keywords
trade union; Eurocentrism; labor; structural change; globalization; informatization; labor movement; internationalism; solidarity; network; union movement; capitalism; neoliberalism; criticism
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
German
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 29-46
Journal
PERIPHERIE - Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur, 35 (2015) 1
Issue topic
Klassenfragen
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/peripherie.v35i137.23011
ISSN
2366-4185
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed