Chela Sandoval's "Dissident Globalizations" proposes that neoliberalism and its effects can be battled and remedied through the coalition of disadvantaged and oppressed populations. Dissident Globalization requires direct and radical activism, as suggested by Sandoval's statement that the community called are "new citizen-warriors of alternative, decolonizing, and dissident global forces," with emphasis on the distinction that those taking part in the dissident globalization have strength and are warriors. These activists are bonded through their oppression, "despite distinct and sometimes contrary aims and goals", and are stronger through their mutual experience and understanding of the pertinence of which "dominating powers and oppressive racial and social hierarchies" need to be taken down. This is directly related to the Womxn Who Rock archive and its unconference, in which artists and healers of all groups share the affinity of difference. Women Who Rock is a collective effort to continue the conversation about strength in difference and knowledge through distinctive groups of what can even be contrasting interests. Both Sandobal's work and the Women Who Rock Archive and Unconference share similarities in that they recognize the empowering force of the coalition of different, historically oppressed groups of people, and further unite those groups through activism, whether that comprises of art-making or not.
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