Five Days that Shook the World: Seattle and Beyond
- ISBN-10
- 185984779X
- ISBN-13
- 9781859847794
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 119
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Verso
- Authors
- Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair
Description
This work is an account of the most intense popular uprising since the protests against the Vietnam War, exploring the convergence and victory of trade unionists, environmentalists, human rights advocates and farmers over the WTO in Seattle.
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