Rise of anti-globalization movement

The anti-globalization movement, sometimes called the alter-globalization or global justice movement, is a loose network of groups that oppose the effects of global corporate power and of international trade and financial institutions. It includes trade unions, environmentalists, farmers, anarchists and religious groups, who argue that globalization harms workers, poor countries and the environment. It gained wide attention through the Zapatista uprising in Mexico in 1994 and large protests at the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle in 1999, followed by demonstrations in Prague, Genoa and elsewhere. The World Social Forum, first held in Porto Alegre in 2001, offered an alternative space for debate. Its prominence declined after the attacks of September 2001.

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