Mémoire soumis par Chris Hurl, à l'Université de Colombie-Britannique, en 2001.

This paper explores the emergence of a "diversity of tactics" in the antiglobalization movement. From the protests against the WTO in Seattle, 1999 to the massive protests against the G8 in Genoa, 2001, the call to respect a "diversity of tactics" had been widely articulated by activists, especially in Canada and the United States.

The emergence of this discourse in recent protests has been an expression of the changing context of struggle over the past thirty years. It reflects a hegemonic shift from representative modes of struggle towards a solidarity grounded in autonomy and decentralization. In a spectacular wave of protests, such decentralized organizing was able to flourish for a brief period and enable the ascendancy of a radical "anti-capitalist" network. However, the call to respect a "diversity of tactics" also reflects the limitations faced in these "summithopping" actions.