Direct popular mobilizations were just starting in the most developed states – the lettuce (and then grape) boycott led by Cesar Chavez, among the most remarkable and culturally important at the time[5] – but even these were centered around politics and law.[6] The same appeared true in the evolution of popular mobilization in developing states.[7] At the same time the political power of large global enterprises was being exposed in ways that suggested the extent of their power to affect… [read post]