TY  - BOOK
AU  - Santos,Boaventura de Sousa
TI  - Voices of the world
T2  - Reinventing social emancipation
SN  - 1844675920
AV  - HN18.3 .V64 2010
U1  - 303.482 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Verso
KW  - Social movements
KW  - Anti-globalization movement
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Brazil: Miguel Alves dos Santos: rural worker, persecuted by the dictatorship, homeless, industrial worker, leader of the Rural Landless Workers Movement (MST) -- Paula Lima: housewife, organizer of the struggle against layoffs and for the right of women to participate in union activities -- Pedro Inácio Pinheiro Ngematucu: indigenous person belonging to the Tikunas of the Amazon, leader of the indigenous movement. China: Han Dongfang: railway worker, fighter in Tianamen Square, organizer of independent union, prisoner, activist for human rights and democracy. Colombia: Gabriel Muyuy Jacanamejoy: indigenous person belonging to the Inga people, leader of the indigenous movement, professor, senator -- Gerardo González: peasant, guerrilla member, ex-guerrilla member, leader of the peasant movement. India: Kaluram Dhodade: activist in the struggle for the right to land, leader of one of the movements for the rights of the Adivasis -- Siddharaj Dhadda: prominent Gandhian, writer, grassroots organizer. Mozambique: Maciane F. Zimba and Carolina J. Tamele: traditional doctors, leaders of the Association of Traditional Doctors -- Maincha Pitara: women's rights activist, founder of a pioneering community court dedicated to disputes involving women. Portugal: Fátima Carvalho: textile worker, grassroots trade unionist, leading activist in the struggle for the rights of working women -- Joaquim Gonçalves: self-employed, leader of the ecological movement against co-incineration -- Manuel Graça: footwear worker, member of the army that started the April 25th Revolution, grassroots trade unionist, activist in the struggle for trade union democracy. South Africa: Lydia Kompe-Ngwenya: worker, community organizer against apartheid, campaigner for women's rights, trade unionist, member of parliament
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