Walk down any high street in almost any city and the logos are the same - McDonalds, Coke, Starbucks, Levi's. Capitalism is supposed to give people choice. We have to go out and participate in an economic system that destroys the Earth to earn money to buy a home we probably can't afford. People confuse freedom and democracy with happiness and justice. They are not the same,' says Jordan.
Few protesters offer a clear account of the new world order they seek.
They talk vaguely of 'society meeting all its own needs', of 'trading newspapers for root vegetables'. Young people don't know what direction they should be pointing in. There is buzz, a mass coming together. Although London is likely to be the scene of the largest anti-capitalist gatherings this weekend, the campaign has roots around the globe. People's Global Action, an international network that 'supports direct action as a means of communities reclaiming control of their lives', was formed in 1998.