Many routes seem closed.
Local and national governments, political parties, trade unions, grassroots organizations, farm, environmental, and other advocacy groups all have been outflanked by global corporations and markets. International economic institutions like the World Bank, IMF, and GATT provide few mechanisms by which they can be held accountable. There is no global government to legislate on behalf of the world's people. One starting point for a solution lies in expanding transnational citizen action. Indeed, citizen action is even more crucial in the global realm because the institutions of governance there are so limited and so undemocratic.