David Rockefeller addressed a Trilateral Commission meeting in 1991 with these words:
We are grateful to The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine, and other great publications, whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during those years.
(Kent 2005, p. 66)
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Smith, J., Karides, M., Becker, M., Brunelle, D., Chase-Dunn, C., & Della Porta, D.. (2015). Global Democracy and the World Social Forums. Global Democracy and the World Social Forums, 2nd Edition. Routledge
Plain numerical DOI: 10.4324/9781315636375
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“The world social forum quickly became the largest political gathering in human history and continues to offer a direct challenge to the extreme inequities of corporate-led globalisation. it has expanded its presence and continues to be an exciting experiment in global and participatory democracy. the book’s contributors have participated in world social forums around the globe. recounting dozens of dramatic firsthand experiences, they draw on their knowledge of global politics to introduce the process, its foundations and relevance to ongoing transnational efforts toward democracy. this second edition of global democracy shows how the forums have developed since their inception in 2001 and how they are now connected with other global movements including occupy, the arab spring and beyond.”
Guzman-Concha, C.. (2012). Jackie Smith, Social Movements for Global Democracy. International Sociology, 27(5), 661–664.
Plain numerical DOI: 10.1177/0268580912452372c
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Swiss, L.. (2009). Jackie Smith, Social Movements for Global Democracy.. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 34(2), 518–520.
Plain numerical DOI: 10.29173/cjs6096
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Markoff, J.. (2010). Review of “Social Movements for Global Democracy,” by Jackie Smith. Journal of World-Systems Research, 310–315.
Plain numerical DOI: 10.5195/jwsr.2010.443
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