ABSTRACT
The previous chapter started by considering the charge that global justice theory is parochial or Eurocentric. One response to that charge
is to broaden the conversation to include a more diverse range of voices and movements, and the previous chapter looked at various branches of the global justice movement including the World Social Forum, indigenous peoples movements, and campaigns for reparations and divestment. As suggested however, one response to this charge from liberal theorists could be: ‘Welcome! These are important new issues for global justice theory. Our existing frameworks, concepts and value systems will help you understand your struggles.’ And, indeed, many social movements and radical struggles have found liberal theories of justice hugely empowering and liberating: campaigns for equal rights, freedom from state oppression, duties of responsibility to others, freedom of expression and religion, and so on, have been crucial tools in popular struggles for centuries (Clark, 2007; Keck and Sikkink, 1998). The work of the philosophers discussed so far in this book – Rawls, Pogge, Nussbaum, Sen, Fraser, Young and others – have contributed directly and indirectly to many radical movements.
