The Battle Beyond Seattle The Battle Beyond Seattle
A little broken glass in the streets of Seattle has transformed the World Trade Organization into a popular icon for the unregulated globalization that tramples human values on e...
Dec 9, 1999 / William Greider
Democracy Bites the WTO Democracy Bites the WTO
Seattle was indeed a milestone for a new kind of politics.
Dec 9, 1999 / The Editors
Trade Wars, Trade Truths Trade Wars, Trade Truths
Here's a might-have-been for you.
Dec 2, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Street Fight in Seattle Street Fight in Seattle
After the Battle in Seattle one thing is certain: The next WTO confab will be held somewhere like Singapore or Jakarta.
Dec 2, 1999 / Marc Cooper
The People vs. the WTO The People vs. the WTO
The thousands of demonstrators who will greet the World Trade Organization delegates in Seattle on November 30 will have many voices but one message: The attempt to write a const...
Nov 18, 1999 / The Editors
The Battle in Seattle The Battle in Seattle
It's billed as the Battle in Seattle.
Nov 18, 1999 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage
Raising a Ruckus Raising a Ruckus
Somewhere amid the dancing sea turtles and bustling WTO bureaucrats, the angry anarchists and the Al Gore entourage, the striking steelworkers and the billionaires in town to sip...
Nov 18, 1999 / Feature / John Nichols
We Can Fight, We Can Win We Can Fight, We Can Win
See our chart lining up corporations and countries--together--in order of their economic clout.
Nov 18, 1999 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh, and Thea M. Lee
Anti-Choice, Anti-Child Anti-Choice, Anti-Child
One of the favorite tactics of pro-lifers--especially ones who are self-described "progressives"--is to accuse abortion rights supporters of being anti-child, hyperindividualisti...
Oct 28, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Life of a Black Man The Life of a Black Man
A stay of execution was issued October 26.
Oct 28, 1999 / Angela Y. Davis, June Jordan, and Alice Walker