Miscellaneous
November 30th marks twenty years since 50,000 people shut down the World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle. The historic protests inspired a generation and were my gateway into the world of political organizing. I sat down with three participants of the protests -- one a key organizer of the civil disobedience that blockaded the city’s major intersections and prevented WTO delegates from exiting their hotels. As the world continues to battle against the unequal distribution inherent in corporate capitalism, we reflect on just how right neoliberalism’s critics were back in 1999.