ABSTRACT
Seattle represented a turning point in many ways. Afterward, criticism of neoliberalist forms of globalization and demands for ‘another globalization’ entered the public debate – as the American weekly Newsweek wrote (13 December 1999, 36), ‘one of the most important lessons of Seattle is that there are now two visions of globalization on offer, one led by commerce, one by social activism’. The Financial Times (31 August 1999) spoke of a sudden shift ‘from the triumph of global capitalism to its crisis in less than a decade’. Protest on the issue of globalization has continued around the world, gaining increasing media visibility. From Seattle onwards, almost every international summit of any importance has been accompanied by countersummits and protest demonstrations that have often received wider press coverage than the offi cial agenda.
