Companion Lectures For Progressive Community Organizing in a Globalizing World By Loretta Pyles Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 12 local impacts of neoliberal globalization As local industries in the North are closed in favor of cheaper labor pools in the South, people experience unemployment, the need for retraining, and associated social problems Home and neighborhood gardens are lost to chain stores selling genetically modified food high in sugar and fats, leading to significant public health issues Family farms and indigenous land are lost to global corporate giants Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 12 Reclaiming the cultural commons Many organizers view reclaiming the cultural commons as central to their work. The cultural commons is intergenerational knowledge and practices, such as: Creative arts Ceremony and ritual Food traditions Healing practices In the era of hypercapitalism and globalization, this kind of folk knowledge is arguably being commodified through such widespread phenomena as fast-food chain restaurants and television advertising. Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 12 localization movements The global commons, which falls outside the control of any single nation or corporation, includes information commons such as the Internet, traditional knowledge, and environmental systems such as the biosphere and water In 2004, the people of Uruguay voted to amend their constitution to recognize the fundamental right to water as a public good, challenging the possibility that water rights could be sold to private interests An international campaign against Coca-Cola has been initiated charging that the company is creating water shortages and pollution across India Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 12 localization initiatives Community banks and loan funds “Buy local” campaigns Agricultural tool lending libraries Community kitchens Using local currency Bartering Cooperatively or collectively operated businesses Community food gardens Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 12 transnational organizing A transnational advocacy network (TAN) consists of a partnership between local unions, particularly in southern or developing nations, and allies such as international NGOs (nongovernmental organizations) the purpose of which is to influence the state or some other target to change or enforce policies or initiate reforms Examples of contemporary transnational labor organizing has included organizing in the maquiladoras (export assembly plants) in Latin America), anti- sweatshop organizing, and the development of fair- trade organizations Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 12 multi-lingual capacity-building Creating multilingual spaces in organizations is a strategic way to build social movement and organizational power May involve creating environments where primarily English-speaking people learn the languages of fellow organizers and constituents or it may involve building in the costs of interpreters and language classes for organizers and constituents An organizational model for multilingual capacity building entails an organizational value statement, the commitment of resources, implementation of resources, and the acknowledgment of organizational limitations Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.