A Jacobin essay says the key divide is not globalization versus deglobalization, but whether power goes to capital or workers. It says tariffs are back in favor while unions remain under pressure, and argues US imperial power persists as multilateral rhetoric recedes.
Recalling the Seattle and Genoa protests, the essay says the global justice movement opposed neoliberal liberalization and privatization, not international connection itself. It portrays China as claiming a multilateral role without yet building a new international order, and argues Europe’s calls for strategic autonomy sit uneasily with higher defense spending and continued reliance on the United States.
As examples of a continuing internationalist alternative, the essay points to mobilizations against the Iraq War, left-wing projects in Latin America, the 2011 Arab uprisings, European anti-austerity protests, climate strikes and Palestine solidarity marches. It argues these movements challenge both neoliberal globalization and nationalist deglobalization.
