The term globalization as it’s generally understood refers to
global trade and economic policies that put profits above people
and the environment. Decades of deforestation, outsourcing and
controversial free trade agreements have led to the growth of
the alter-globalization movement. Alter-globalization, or the
global justice movement, supports global cooperation and
interaction, while opposing “neo-liberal” economic
globalization. The alter-globalization movement made headline
news in 1999 when protestors shut down World Trade Organization
talks in Seattle, Washington. The World Social Forum with its
slogan, “Another World is Possible”, has since become an annual
event, the alter-globalist response to the World Economic Forum
held each winter in Davos, Switzerland. Browse this page (funded
in part by The Isvara Foundation)for more information on the
alter-globalization movement, and how you can get involved with
the organizations working to achieve global justice. The late C.
K. Prahalad, acclaimed professo