Neoliberalism Vs Evangelical Internationalism

The values of colonization have continued to play prevalent role in globalization after the age of decolonization and emancipation. In the 197s and 80s colonialism continued through neoliberalism, the belief that the markets should be privatized, deregulated, and free of restraints. Evangelical Internationalism continued colonialism by continuing to treat groups of people in developing countries as inferior. From a critical standpoint, neoliberalism and Evangelical Internationalism are the continuation of colonization with a different name and in a different form. Although the Great Depression and the Great Recession have discredited these ideas, they continue to shuffle on due to the support that they receive from the Western World. Neoliberalism …show more content…
This was a push back against the economic globalization and a movement to re-center globalization on the wants of the people by listening to them. One way was through the Alter Globalization Movement, which wanted to find an alternative to the current global economic system through the World Social Forum, a meeting for grassroots groups and movements (Guatney, 2010, p. 39). The World Social Forum meets once a year in what is best described as a “universal appeal to oppose neoliberalism and to rescale the indigenous struggle in global terms” (Guatney, 2010, p. 40). The importance of this forum and movement is that it brings people together to debate and reflect on ways to create a world that is untied, democratic and fair (Guatney, 2010, p. 40). One of the most important aspects of this movement is that it has not official leader and each participant is essentially a leader. This concept can best be understood through the Occupy Wall Street movement. This was a protest movement to express dissatisfaction about the unequal development and disregard for the voice of developing countries. People demonstrated their dissent of the modernization and dependency theories, rejecting the continuation of colonization values and that the developed countries know what is good for the developing countries. Furthermore, this movement served as a way to translate the ideas of anarchism; local communities with participatory and direct democracy that empower individuals and the elimination of gender/race hierarchical social interactions, into liberal terms so that it would be accepted by more people (Bray, 2013, p.58). Ultimately, Occupy Wall Street was able to point out the problems with the seemingly untouchable American economic and political policies by uncovering how many of the