As the 20th century was drawing to a close,antiglobalist arguments
began to receive more attention in the public discourse on globalization, a process aided by a heightened
awareness of how extreme corporate profit strategies were leading to widening global
disparities in wealth and well-being. between 1999 and 2001,
the contest between globalism and its ideological challengers erupted
in street confrontations in many cities aronund the world, climaxing
in an unprecedented terroist attack on the United States that claimed over 3,000 lives.
Who are these antiglobalist forces?