It's the Brian Laris Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. And now the second of our two oral history segments today.

Protests have been in the news this year around the war between Israel and

Hamas, as we all know, but protests are nothing new, of course, and a new book takes a look

back at a big one in its 25th anniversary year. It was the week-long protest in Seattle in 1999

against the World Trade Organization against globalization of the economy,

which the Clinton administration had been fostering for its six years in office to that point.

Decent wages for American jobs were in their sites, so was exploitation of cheap labor in developing

countries, also environmental concerns. The author, D.W. Gibson, writes that he

was 21 years old at the time and only vaguely remembers hearing about Seattle and that it's been

pretty much lost to history for people who grew up after him. But that protest set the template

for so many protests and the police response to this day.

And oh, by the way, unlike many protests, he tells us, it succeeded in its goals.

Let's find out why he thinks so.

D.W. Gibson is the author now of One Week to Change the World,

an oral history of the 1999 WTO protests.

His previous books include the award-winning. The Edge becomes the

center, an oral history of gentrification in the 21st century, 14 miles, building the border

wall. He wrote that during the Trump presidency, and not working. People talk about losing a job

and finding their way in today's changing economy.

He has also worked here for WNYC as co-host of the podcast about gentrification from a few years ago

called There Goes the Neighborhood. Hi, DW. Welcome back to WNYC.

Thanks for having me, Brian. Let's do a little 101 first. What was the World Trade Organization

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