List of demonstrations against corporate globalization

Demonstration in Warsaw against the 2004 World Economic Forum

This article lists significant demonstrations by the anti-globalization movement against corporate globalization since 1999, including the convergence of anti-globalization actions with opposition to the United States-led Iraq War beginning in 2003 and continuing through the end of George W. Bush's presidency in 2009. The list also includes actions related to the Occupy movement against worldwide economic inequality, which began with Occupy Wall Street in 2011.

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

  • May 1, 2003 – Global May Day protests.[23]
  • May 29 – June 3, 2003 – Mass protests in Evian, Geneva, and Lausanne, Switzerland against the G8 summit.[24]
  • June 26, 2003 – Clashes in Odense, Denmark, during EU Summit.
  • July 27 - 30, 2003 – Montreal, Quebec. Protests against the World Trade Organisation, which held preliminary talks in Montreal ahead of their September 2003 meeting in Cancún.[25][26]
  • September 14, 2003 – Fifth Ministerial of the WTO in Cancún, Mexico collapses.[27]
  • October 2003 – regional WEF meeting in Dublin, European Competitiveness Summit, cancelled.[28]
  • November 2003 – Paris European Social Forum.
  • November 20, 2003 – large Miami Mobilization against the FTAA; notable for first full implementation of law enforcement 'Miami Model' tactics.

2004

2005

2006

2007

  • March 9, 2007 – Clashes in Budapest, Hungary against the EU.
  • March 12, 2007 – Anti-EU protests in Ghent, Belgium.
  • March 14, 2007 – Clashes in Kassel against the EU.
  • May 1, 2007 – Global May Day protests.[32]
  • May 29, 2007 – Clashes in Yokohama ahead of the G7 Summit.
  • June 2, 2007 – 80,000 protest in Brussels ahead of the EU Summit.
  • September 8, 2007 – Anti-ASEAN protests in Jakarta and Bandung, Indonesia and Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • October 18, 2007 – Anti-APEC riots in Shanghai.

2009

2010

2011

  • September 17, 2011 – Occupy Wall Street protest begins in New York City and continues for fifty-nine days before being evicted.[33]
  • September 17, 2011 – Occupy Shanghai around 100 protesters gathered in the city centre.
  • October 5, 2011 – Occupy Shanghai demonstrations swelled to the largest yet with an estimated 15,000 marchers joining the protest.
  • October 15, 2011 – The 15 October 2011 global protests.
  • October 20, 2011 – Occupy British Columbia demonstrations.
  • October 21, 2011 – Occupy Melbourne protest.[34]
  • October 22, 2011 – Occupy Tirana protest.
  • October 29, 2011 – Occupy Chennai protest.
  • November 12, 2011 – Occupy Buenos Aires.
  • November 19, 2011 – Occupy Buffer Zone in Cyprus (also known as #OccupyBufferZ ).
  • November 27, 2011 – Occupy İzmir.

2012

2013

2021

  • November 6, 2021 – COP26 protests in Glasgow.[40]

2022

  • October 25, 2022 – G20 protests in Jakarta, Indonesia.

2023

  • November 24, 2023 – Protests against for the 'global rights' of Amazon workers and against Amazon's "corporate greed and arrogance".[41]
  • December 9, 2023 – protests for climate justice and a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[42]

2024

  • November 11–22, 2024 – protests for climate justice at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.[43]
  • February 13, 2024 – farmer protests against large corporations begin in Delhi, India.[44]

2025

  • January 19, 2025 – Demonstrations in Davos, Switzerland during the World Economic Forum saw climate activists block the heliport and spray a corporate base with paint, calling for “Tax the super-rich” and highlighting fossil-fuel subsidy issues.[45]

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