
The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle
About this book
Summary:"From dawn to dusk on November 30, 1999, tens of thousands of people shut down the World Trade Organization meeting, facing cops firing tear gas and rubber bullets, the National Guard, and the suspension of civil liberties. An unexpected history was launched from the streets of Seattle, one in which popular power would matter as much as corporate power, in which economics assumed center stage, and people began envisioning who else they could be and what else their economies and societies might look like." "The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle explores how that history itself has become a battleground and how our perception of it shapes today's movements against corporate capitalism and for a better world."--Jacket
Subjects
World trade organizationDemonstrationsUnited states, historiographyWashington (state), politics and governmentAnti-globalization movementPress coverageHistoriographyMouvements antimondialisationManifestationsCas, Études deWorld Trade Organization. Ministerial ConferenceOrganisation mondiale du commerce. Conférence ministérielle, 03Organisation mondiale du commerce