“We did, in fact, prevent the first day of the [WTO] ministerial from occurring.”
– Chris Dixon, Direct Action Network Organizer
On November 30th, 1999, a huge movement spanning labor, environment, human rights, fair trade and more literally shut down the World Trade Organization in Seattle. It was milestone in the growing anti-corporate globalization movement and challenged the inevitability of neo-liberalism.
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In a new series of episodes, we’re looking at the 25th anniversary of the “Battle in Seattle” talking with a number of people who participated in the organizing and its aftermath.
In this episode, we talk Chris Dixon who was an organizer in the Pacific Northwest and with the Direct Action Network during the WTO shutdown.
Bio//
Chris was a student lead organizer with the Direct Action Network in 1999. He’s now with the Punch Up Collective, a columnist for Canadian Dimension, and an advisory board member for the activist journal Upping the Anti. His many writings include the book “Another Politics: Talking Across Today’s Transformative Movements.” He’s an adjunct research professor status in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University.
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