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The Battle for Seattle: Twenty Years Later

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 29, 2019

Tomorrow marks the twentieth anniversary of the Battle for Seattle--the protests against the World Trade Organization that was both a real attempt to create alliances between different movements and a moment hijacked by a few black bloc anarchists that allowed the police to be the...

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Trade vs. Climate

By Erik Loomis

On September 25, 2015

Any international treaty is going to consist of tradeoffs and choosing priorities. This is what foreign policy is made of. For the Obama administration, when its free trade agenda comes.

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This Day in Labor History: November 30, 1999

By Erik Loomis

On November 30, 2013

On November 30, 1999, protests began in Seattle, Washington against the World Trade Organization. The WTO meetings offered unions, environmentalists, and various social and economic justice activists from around the.