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Part One: The Battle in Seattle: How Scrappy Protesters Shut Down the World Trade Organiation

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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The WTO: Origins and Activism

This chapter explores the World Trade Organization's beginnings and its contrasting impacts on poorer nations. It examines the rise of the alter-globalization movement, advocating for fair trade and the organizational strategies used by activists during the Seattle protests in 1999.

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