This book, edited by John Feffer, tells an untold story - the life-affirming response of ordinary people around the world to the 'irreversible' juggernaut of the global economy. Many books contain cogent intellectual critiques. Here, in contrast, we see the modest attempts to create alternatives by those for whom globalization has no need. There is no single response but many different ones, all sharing important common features: meeting basic needs, making sustainable, culturally appropriate improvements to people's lives, and on the basis of active civic participation, solidarity and learning one from another.