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The groups and individuals that represent
what is known as the "anti-globalisation
movement" began in the late twentieth-
century. Their purpose was to combat the
obalisation of corporate economic activity and
: prevent the free trade among nations that
ght result from such activity.
Members of the anti-globalisation movement
ave generally seeked to protect the world's
;pulation and ecosystem from what they believe
: be the damaging effects of globalisation,
jpport for human rights is another cornerstone
c
the anti-globalisation movement's platform,
-ey advocate for labor rights, environmentalism,
= Tiinism, freedom of migration, preservation of
e cultures of indigenous peoples, biodiversity,
. tural diversity, food safety, and ending or
eforming capitalism. The movement itself
"eludes diverse and som etim es opposing
- losophies of the globalisation process, and
corporates alternative visions, strategies and
-actics. Generally speaking, protesters believe that
the global financial institutions and agreements
they make undermine local decision-making
methods. Many governments and free trade
institutions are seen as acting for the good only
of multinational corporations (e.g. Microsoft,
Monsanto, etc). These corporations are seen as
having privileges that most human beings do not
even have, such as moving freely across borders,
extracting desired natural resources, and utilising
a diversity of human resources. They are then
able to move on after sometimes doing permanent
damage to the environment, the culture or the
economy, in a manner impossible for that nation's
citizens to actually do themselves. Activists also
claim that corporations impose a kind of "global
monoculture".
Common targets include the World Bank
(WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) and the World Trade
Organization (WTO). In light of the economic I f *
gap between rich and poor countries, anti-
globalists claim "free trade" will actually result
in strengthening the power of industrialised
nations.
Activists of the movement argue that, if
borders are opened to multinational corporations,
they should be similarly opened to allow free
and legal circulation and choice of residence for
migrants and refugees. These activists tend to
target organisations such as the International
Organization for Migration and the Schengen
Information System.
In 2003, many of those involved in the
movement showed wide opposition to the war
in Iraq. Many participants were among those 11
million or more protesters that on the weekend
of the 15th of February participated in global
protests against the Iraq war and were dubbed
the "world's second superpower" by an editorial in the New York Times. The economic and military
issues are closely linked in the eyes of many
within the movement.
Despite the lack of formal co-ordinating
bodies, the movement manages to successfully
organise large protests on a global basis, using
information technology to spread information.
One argument often made by the opponents
of the anti-globalisation movement is that,
although it protests about things that are
widely recognised as serious problems, such
as human rights violations, genocide and global
warming, it rarely proposes detailed solutions.
Some have also criticised the movement for
engaging in violent or destructive protest. In
general, movement leaders tend to encourage
peaceful protest as the more productive way
of getting attention and respect for their goals,
although occasionally protests do turn violent.
Tim eline of anti-globalists events
June 18, 1999 — Carnival against Capitalism worldwide, including London,
England, and the USA
January 20, 2001 — Washington, D.C., President Bush's inauguration
June 25, 2001 — Barcelona, Spain, World Bank protests
July 20, 2001 — Genoa, Italy, G8 summit
September 29, 2001 — Washington, D.C., Anti-capitalist anti-war protests
Weekend of February 15, 2003, March, April — Global protests against
Iraq war about 12 million anti-war protesters
May 29 — June 3, 2003 — Evian, Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland, G8
July 2 — July 8, 2005 — Scotland, Protests against the G8 Summit
June 2006 — Russia, St Petersburg, G8
June 2, 2007 — 80,000 protest in Rostock ahead of the G8 Summit