Since June 1999 when RTS's Stop the City carnival in the square mile turned into the worst riots since the poll tax protests, a stream of articles have labelled the group as revolutionaries, extremists, and anarchists. It is now harder to get RTS organisers to discuss their ideology, politics or motivation than almost any global revolutionary group. But four men and a woman, who ask not to be identified, agree to meet the Guardian the next day at the Barbican. They say they represent a broad consensus within RTS, but emphasise that they are only talking as individuals. It is a network, a coalition.
Different people organise different events.
It includes anthropologists, situationists, scientists, ecologists and others. There is no leadership, no executive body, no central planning. It is not an institution in itself. There is no membership. People represent very broad concerns.