"Shut Down APEC!" Anti-War, Labor, Human Rights and Climate Activists Unite Against the Global Elite (G&R 258)

Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals · Nov 20, 2023 · 26m

Last week, the San Francisco Bay Area was the center of the political and media world as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) convened CEO summit and heads of state summit to divvy up the global economy for the billionaire class. This included a high profile meeting between Joe Biden and China’s leader Xi Jinping. In response, a movement of movements (consisting of antiwar, labor, human rights and climate activists, etc.) rose up in protest and direct action to the APEC summit. Through the week, we saw unified actions against dictators, billionaires and war mongering American leaders…