ABSTRACT

From the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999 to Occupy Wall Street in 2011, civil society has continued to express dismay and anger towards human, social, and environmental consequences of the global expansion of world trade and of the monetary and commercial translation of all interpersonal transactions. The ongoing economic instability in several countries and regions throughout the world, along with the volatility of the market and job losses, has lead to an increase in protests that are currently reaching the highest possible levels of confl ict against the so-called establishment.