glob·al·i·za·tion noun glō-bə-lə-ˈzā-shən

Definition of GLOBALIZATION:
the act or process of globalizing : the state of being globalized; especially: the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets–from Merriam-Webster

Much more deserves to and has been said. For certain, globalization is enabling some people to become vastly richer while many more are made poorer. Under globalization, not only are people are being exploited; they are losing their lands and often their entire communities while the resources they depend on are stolen and exported–often irreversibly depleted from the Earth–contributing to climate change and in turn threatening all life support systems on this planet.

Immanuel Wallerstein writes in World-Systems Theory (Synopsis and Analysis), that the current “ideological celebration of so-called globalization is in reality the swan song of our historical system.”

These photos document the impacts of and resistance to globalization.