April 21st & The Borders Within Our Own Movement



The April 21st San Diego-Tijuana Border March enjoyed symbolic success in that a border was crossed and some exposure was gained, but what the events of the day also exposed are some divisions within the counter-globalization movement.

Many maintain that the chief strength of this movement lies in its ability to spawn an activist community of unlikely companions, like environmentalists and labor, for instance. The horrors of globalization have such a wide-ranging and debilitating impact that the various, disparate interests of the Left are brought together in response to it, or so the theory goes.