What now for anti-globalisation?
A month ago the anti-globalisation movement was preparing its biggest protest ever. Robbed of momentum on September 11, the movement must now reinvent itself. Here, the FT publishes its full six-part investigation into the anti-globalisation movement: Who are they? Who funds and organises them? Who fights and prays for them? And, in the aftermath of the attacks, what now for anti-globalisation? - Part One.
Organisation funding
image Feeding the hands that bite
The Ruckus Society trained activists who helped shut down the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle in November 1999. It is also one of a handful of radical activist groups which this year have enjoyed a big lift thanks to Unilever, the consumer goods multinational.
Angry protestors
image Inside the Black Bloc
The airport lounge on the return from Genoa was full of the movement's hard core. Not teenagers in black jeans and black balaclavas, these were a mid-50s crowd of middle Englanders, wearing sensible shoes and sporting their Christian Aid T-Shirts.