Anti-systemic movements: conjuncture of struggles or ideological political impasses?

Abstract

What are referred to as anti-systemic movements have been getting increasingly intense, according to Wallerstein, in recent times. The contradictions, conflicts and tensions that are the fruit of the hegemony of capital have permited a resignification of social movements, which have tried to articulate new struggles on a global level. In other words, the globalization of capital has made possible the globalization of anti-systemic movements. At the moment in which antisystemic movements are seen as the principle reference for the incessant struggle against capital, we question what an anti-systemic movement really is. Despite the evidence of their rise, in what sense is it possible to affirm their legitimacy? In this struggle who is the real enemy? Therefore, our objective is to discuss, from a critical and reflexive perspective, the paths and political and ideological impasses of anti-systemic movements.