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The "Battle in Seattle" 25 Years Later, part 5. w/ the Houston Global Awareness Collective (G&R 344)
On November 30th, 1999, a huge movement spanning labor, environment, human rights, fair trade and more literally shut down the World Trade Organization in Seattle. It was milestone in the growing anti-corporate globalization movement and challenged the inevitability of neo-liberalism.
In a new series of episodes, we're looking at the 25th anniversary of the "Battle in Seattle" talking with a number of people who participated in the organizing and its aftermath.
In this episode, we talk about the influence that Seattle had on our own organizing in Houston, TX. In 2001, we officially formed the…
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