S7 E8: The People's Pushback
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Esteban's First Protest
- Esteban Kelly developed anti-capitalist views after seeing the impact of the IMF on countries like Jamaica.
- As a college student at UC Berkeley in the late 90s, he participated in his first major protest against the WTO in Seattle.
- He initially understood the protest's importance but didn't grasp its global scale until he arrived.
- The protest united punk, anarchist, and labor organizers against globalization's negative effects, such as exploiting labor and harming the environment.
- The event signified a rising awareness of globalization's flaws.
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