Loading...
Welcome
Sign up
Login
Browse Books
Deals
VIP
0
Loading...
One Week to Change the World: An Oral History of the 1999 WTO Protests
Written by:
Dw Gibson
Narrated by:
Jackie Sanders
,
Ramón De Ocampo
,
Leon Nixon
,
Soneela Nankani
,
Danny Campbell
,
Cassandra Campbell
,
Fred Sanders
,
Jason Culp
Coming Soon
Unabridged Audiobook
Pre-order - $26.99
Remove from Cart
Ratings
Book
Narrator
Release Date
June 2024
Duration
12 hours 9 minutes
Summary
The definitive history of Seattle’s 1999 World Trade Organization protests, featuring over 100 original interviews and timed to the event’s twenty-fifth anniversary.
One week in late 1999, more than 50,000 people converged on Seattle. Their goal: to shut down the World Trade Organization conference and send a message that working-class people would not quietly accept the runaway economic globalization that threatened their livelihoods. Though their mission succeeded, it was not without blowback. Violent confrontations between police and protestors resulted in hundreds of arrests and millions of dollars in property damage. But the images of tear gas and smashed windows that flashed across TVs and newspapers were not an accurate representation of what actually happened that week.
In the oral history One Week to Change the World, award-winning journalist DW Gibson pieces together a complex and compelling account of what really went down in Seattle, immersing you in the angst that defined the end of a millennium, complete with fight clubs and Y2K doomsday scenarios. In more than 100 original interviews with protestors, police, politicians, anarchists, artists, activists, union members, and many others, Gibson reconstructs the events in gripping detail; documents its antecedents and aftermath; and shows how so many of its themes remain just as pressing today, including the vitalness and difficulty of grassroots activism, the aspirations and limitations of globalization, the militarization of policing, the sensationalism of the media, and the undeniable power of the people.
Timed to the 25th anniversary of the protests, this book is a page-turning drama, an essential history, and a practical handbook for how to make one’s voice heard.
Browse By Category
History
>
The Americas
History
>
World
1 book added to cart
One Week to Change the World: An ...
Dw Gibson
Subtotal
$26.99
View Cart
Continue Browsing
~~title~~
~~carousel-body~~
Back
Next
~~book-title~~
By: ~~author-single-string~~
~~tag-text~~
© Copyright 2011 - 2024 Storytel Audiobooks USA LLC. All Rights Reserved.