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

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Margaret tells you about the Direct Action Network that organized the successful shutdown of the WTO in November, 1999

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