"What happened in the wake of Seattle was that many people went into the community and organised from home," she said.
"It isn't that the movement has got smaller, people are just taking action in their communities - which is where they are making the most difference."
Another reason protests have gone off the boil is that some believe that while the problem have not been fixed, the international community is moving towards addressing the big issues.
And corporate leaders increasingly see major world problems - like poverty, inequitable globalisation or climate change - as bad for business.
In January, protests planned for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, were called off.
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