Questions from Zamora

Among the readings this week, Reuben Zamora’s five questions in the paper “Five Propositions and Three Reorientations for the Popular Movement” were the most intriguing for me, so I will be responding to them in this week’s reflection. In order to mobilize people for a movement that attempts to counter globalization, the Internet could be used as a powerful for advocacy. TED talks, for example, shed light on global issues that otherwise go unnoticed via YouTube videos. In order to convey the message that the exploitation of resources by first world countries often comes at the expense of living standards of third world countries, small movements would first be initiated to scrutinize injustices over the world—movements such as hashtag campaigns over Twitter could be the spark to the flame of a revolution. This third question, inspired by a quote by Ghandi, requires quite a bit of personal effort to answer. I suppose a good first step would be to first create a pact among friends to forgo a simple luxury—such as eating out on the weekends—and use that money spent and give it away to the less fortunate. The last question seems bizarre to me. Even though many people in Southern America feel like America often interferes with other countries’ issues not relevant to the US, the death of many innocent people during 9/11 cannot be justified in any matter.

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