This year's ESF in Istanbul saw social movements from across the continent come together together in the urgent call for a socially and environmentally just transition in the economy.
Not knowing how to deal with it, the G20 leaders avoided discussing the crisis, which will come back to haunt us when a new wave of the crisis inevitably hits.
Will the G20, as an illegitimate forum to address the global economic crisis, serve as the lightning rod for the rebirth of the anti-globalization movement?