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Ben Manski for Berkely Journal of Sociology

Seattle WTO Uprising Still a Force in World Events, 15 Years Later

We live in an era in which it is increasingly normal for individuals not only to reject the power of corporations over their lives, but for some to even occupy public space and defy police and established authorities.

December 02nd, 2014

By Ben Manski for Berkely Journal of Sociology @BenManski

  It was the uprising that began the 21st century. One hundred thousand people gathered in Seattle, Washington to shut down a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The result? Instead of launching a so-called “Millenium Round” of negotiations among global elites about the future of world governance, the Seattle confrontation

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