List of Illustrations and Tables  ix

Acknowledgments  xi

Abbreviations  xv

Introduction: The Cultural Logic of Networking  1

1. The Seattle Effect  27

2. Anti-Corporate Globalization Soldiers in Barcelona  61

3. Grassroots Mobilization and Shifting Alliances  93

4. Performing Networks at Direct-Action Protests  123

5. Spaces of Terror: Violence and Repression in Genoa  161

6. May the Resistance Be as Transnational as Capital!  199

7. Social Forums and the Cultural Politics of Autonomous Space  233

8. The Rise of Independent Utopics  267

Conclusion: Political Change and Cultural Transformation in a Digital Age  287

Appendix 1: Electronic Resources  303

Appendix 2: Pink and Silver Call, Genoa, July 20, 2001  305

Appendix 3: Peoples' Global Action Organisational Principles  307

Appendix 4: World Social Forum Charter of Principles  311

Notes  315

References  349

Index  365

“Networking Futures contributes to a burgeoning literature—authored and read as much by activists as by academics—on the dynamics of the so-called ‘anti-capitalist’ and ‘anti-globalization’ movement.”—Noel Castree, Progress in Human Geography

“Networking Futures is one of the very first detailed ethnographic accounts of the alternative globalisation movement. The book manages to weave together some of the key historical moments of its ineluctable rise into a single compelling narrative from the intimate perspective of someone who was there. . . . Juris’s many accounts of the vitality, creativity and innovativeness of the alternative globalisation movement will inspire activists and academics alike for many years to come.”—Marco Cuevas-Hewitt, Anthropological Forum

“Networking Futures provides an engaging overview of the anti-corporate globalization movement, and expresses itself best when considering the micro-power struggles that animated the various protest networks. . . .The author does a good job in demonstrating how the political values of the movement were ‘inscribed directly into emerging network architectures’. . . . [T]he most important contribution of this book is its forward-looking perspective. While so much of anthropology is concerned with memory, history, and the past, studying groups of people brash enough to think they are ‘making history’ is a refreshing novelty.”—Eduardo Albrecht, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

“Networking Futures [is] an exciting and important book, and a contribution to sociology. . . . Juris provides us with an understanding of how activists are at the forefront of this global transformation, through their creative use of internet and other technologies, and through their comprehensively democratic and reflexive exploration of new social forms.”—Judith Blau, Contemporary Sociology

“A self-ascribed ‘militant ethnographer,’ Juris is clearly a sympathetic and enthusiastic participant in the movements he studies; however, to his credit he does not romanticize or fetishize the networks, instead paying due attention to the limits of network forms and the contradictions of its norms. . . . However, what makes this book especially dynamic is its appeal not only across scholarly disciplines, but also beyond them; the author works to make it relevant and useful, not only to scholars, but also to activists.”—Bruno Renero-Hannan, Comparative Studies in Society and History

“Networking Futures is a core piece exploring movements against corporate globalization through the exploration of activist organizations as experienced by the author within a wide range of movements, witnessing riots, strikes, and works of different actors within movements. . . . The most interesting note is that the author is endowed with an abundance of facts to educate the reader. Professor Juris has both participated in and interacted with the activist movement—making himself more of an expert on his subject matter than an informer.”—Michael D. Kaluya, Globalizations

“Networking Futures is a great read. Scholars of the global justice movement will appreciate its rich accounts of movement practices, and social movement scholars more generally can use it to develop
our understanding of the symbolic, spatial and cultural dimensions of organizational forms, practices and identities.”—Lesley J. Wood, Canadian Journal of Sociology

“As well as being an insightful and inspiring resource for activists, Networking Futures: The Movements Against Corporate Globalisation, is a absorbing history of the ever-evolving contemporary resistance to corporate globalisation. I found it a refreshing antidote to the constant barrage of neo-conservative blather emanating from the mouths of free market evangelists on the pages and the airwaves of the mainstream media—especially read in the context of collapsing global markets!”—Megan Yarrow, M/C Reviews

“In this book, the anthropologist and activist, Jeff Juris explores, in an exemplary way, the political and cultural practices involved in the construction of transnational networks by activists who oppose neoliberal globalisation. . . . Networking Futures is a book that is absolutely indispensable and that will certainly become a reference that cannot be overlooked for activists, academics and teachers. . .”—Israel Rodriguez-Giralt, Interface

“The view Juris offers is more in-depth than has been generally reported even by sympathetic journalists. . . . Networking Futures stands as a pioneering document of what may yet prove to be a new new world order.”—Vince Carducci, Popmatters

“Networking Futures contributes to a burgeoning literature—authored and read as much by activists as by academics—on the dynamics of the so-called ‘anti-capitalist’ and ‘anti-globalization’ movement.”—Noel Castree, Progress in Human Geography

“Networking Futures is one of the very first detailed ethnographic accounts of the alternative globalisation movement. The book manages to weave together some of the key historical moments of its ineluctable rise into a single compelling narrative from the intimate perspective of someone who was there. . . . Juris’s many accounts of the vitality, creativity and innovativeness of the alternative globalisation movement will inspire activists and academics alike for many years to come.”—Marco Cuevas-Hewitt, Anthropological Forum

“Networking Futures provides an engaging overview of the anti-corporate globalization movement, and expresses itself best when considering the micro-power struggles that animated the various protest networks. . . .The author does a good job in demonstrating how the political values of the movement were ‘inscribed directly into emerging network architectures’. . . . [T]he most important contribution of this book is its forward-looking perspective. While so much of anthropology is concerned with memory, history, and the past, studying groups of people brash enough to think they are ‘making history’ is a refreshing novelty.”—Eduardo Albrecht, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

“Networking Futures [is] an exciting and important book, and a contribution to sociology. . . . Juris provides us with an understanding of how activists are at the forefront of this global transformation, through their creative use of internet and other technologies, and through their comprehensively democratic and reflexive exploration of new social forms.”—Judith Blau, Contemporary Sociology

“A self-ascribed ‘militant ethnographer,’ Juris is clearly a sympathetic and enthusiastic participant in the movements he studies; however, to his credit he does not romanticize or fetishize the networks, instead paying due attention to the limits of network forms and the contradictions of its norms. . . . However, what makes this book especially dynamic is its appeal not only across scholarly disciplines, but also beyond them; the author works to make it relevant and useful, not only to scholars, but also to activists.”—Bruno Renero-Hannan, Comparative Studies in Society and History

“Networking Futures is a core piece exploring movements against corporate globalization through the exploration of activist organizations as experienced by the author within a wide range of movements, witnessing riots, strikes, and works of different actors within movements. . . . The most interesting note is that the author is endowed with an abundance of facts to educate the reader. Professor Juris has both participated in and interacted with the activist movement—making himself more of an expert on his subject matter than an informer.”—Michael D. Kaluya, Globalizations

“Networking Futures is a great read. Scholars of the global justice movement will appreciate its rich accounts of movement practices, and social movement scholars more generally can use it to develop
our understanding of the symbolic, spatial and cultural dimensions of organizational forms, practices and identities.”—Lesley J. Wood, Canadian Journal of Sociology

“As well as being an insightful and inspiring resource for activists, Networking Futures: The Movements Against Corporate Globalisation, is a absorbing history of the ever-evolving contemporary resistance to corporate globalisation. I found it a refreshing antidote to the constant barrage of neo-conservative blather emanating from the mouths of free market evangelists on the pages and the airwaves of the mainstream media—especially read in the context of collapsing global markets!”—Megan Yarrow, M/C Reviews

“In this book, the anthropologist and activist, Jeff Juris explores, in an exemplary way, the political and cultural practices involved in the construction of transnational networks by activists who oppose neoliberal globalisation. . . . Networking Futures is a book that is absolutely indispensable and that will certainly become a reference that cannot be overlooked for activists, academics and teachers. . .”—Israel Rodriguez-Giralt, Interface

“The view Juris offers is more in-depth than has been generally reported even by sympathetic journalists. . . . Networking Futures stands as a pioneering document of what may yet prove to be a new new world order.”—Vince Carducci, Popmatters

“Jeffrey S. Juris gives us an illuminating model for how to study networks from below using the tools of ethnography. And in the process he reveals the extraordinary power (as well as the challenges) of network organizing for social movements today.”—Michael Hardt, co-author of Empire and Multitude

“Networking Futures is a terrific, deeply informed ethnographic account of the origins and activities of the anti–corporate globalization movement. Jeffrey S. Juris’s identity is as much that of an activist who happens to be doing first-rate anthropology as vice versa, and there is much for anthropologists to reflect on in the way that this work is set up and narrated through these dual identities.”—George E. Marcus, co-author of Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary

“Networking Futures is one of the very first books to map in detail the multiple networks that are challenging corporate globalization. Taking as a point of departure an exemplary case—the Catalan anti–globalization movements of the past decade—Jeffrey S. Juris moves on to chronicle the collective struggles to construct not only an alternative vision of possible worlds but the means to bring them about. Networking Futures is a compelling portrait of the spirit of innovation that lies behind an array of progressive mobilizations, from anarchist movements and street protests to the World Social Forum. Based on a well-developed notion of collaborative ethnography, it is also a wonderful example of engaged scholarship: a much-needed alternative to academic work as usual.”—Arturo Escobar, author of Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes

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