Jackie Smith is a professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh and the editor of the Journal of World Systems Research. Her books include Social Movements in the World System: The Politics of Crisis and Transformation (with Dawn Wiest) and Social Movements for Global Democracy.
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Human Rights from the Ground Up
The initiative to which I have dedicated my energies is the growing global “human rights cities” movement. This movement is a response that has been building from cities around the world to address the growing urgency for protections of people’s basic needs such as housing, water, energy, and other rights.
August 28, 2019
