Surely people changing cos the Sun says so is not the kind of change that anti-globalisation is about. It's about people taking control of their lives, having localised and diverse solutions to problems, not some centralised pupeteers telling people whether things are OK to believe in or not.
'we cannot expect to protest a meeting and change the world'; You're right, but I don't think anyone *does* think that. What the protests are about is giving voice to things that are gonna point in the right direction, and showing up the G8 meetings for the flaccid farces that they are.
'As sincere and committed as the protesters are, change must begin at the grass roots and the pressure must be constant and consistant'; what do you think the protesters are doing the other 364 days of the year?
Contrary to what the mainstream media tell you, NOBODY goes halfway across europe cos they like twatting coppers; you can do that in your hometown, and indeed it happens in most city centres every weekend.
The millions of people who've been on anti-globalisation protests over the last few years are - I would bet entirely - doing things in their everyday life to effect change. Cos they know that, as you rightly say, that's the only way real change will come.
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