“They’re writing a constitution for the entire planet that will impact everybody, every biological system, every crop, and nobody knows anything about them because they operate in secret..”
-Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange and anti-WTO 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 with co-founder of Global Exchange and anti-WTO protest organizer Kevin Danaher.
Bio//
Dr. Kevin Danaher is a co-founder of Global Exchange (1988), co-founder of FairTradeUSA (1997), founder and Executive Co-Producer of the Green Festivals (2001-2013), founder of the Green Guardians, and is a lifelong educator. His 1983 PhD in sociology from the University of California at Santa Cruz was based on his dissertation, “The Political Economy of U.S. Policy Toward South Africa.” He was very active in the anti-apartheid movement.
Dr. Danaher has published numerous articles and is the author and/or editor of thirteen books, including: The Green Festival Reader: Fresh Ideas from Agents of Change; and Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots. His most recent book, The Two Globalizations, is a free PDF download at kevindanaher.org. He has an article, “On Becoming Solutionaries,” in the May 2020 issue of The Solutions Journal.
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