{"product_id":"one-week-to-change-the-world-remaindered","title":"One Week to Change the World: An Oral History of the 1999 WTO Protests (REMAINDERED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*** This book is remaindered. Remaindered books normally are marked on the edge to show they have been discounted. ***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe definitive history of Seattle’s 1999 World Trade Organization protests, featuring over 100 original interviews and timed to the event’s twenty-fifth anniversary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne week in late 1999, more than 50,000 people converged on Seattle. Their goal: to shut down the World Trade Organization conference and send a message that working-class people would not quietly accept the runaway economic globalization that threatened their livelihoods. Though their mission succeeded, it was not without blowback. Violent confrontations between police and protestors resulted in hundreds of arrests and millions of dollars in property damage. But the images of tear gas and smashed windows that flashed across TVs and newspapers were not an accurate representation of what actually happened that week.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the oral history \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne Week to Change the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, award-winning journalist DW Gibson pieces together a complex and compelling account of what \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ereally \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewent down in Seattle, immersing you in the angst that defined the end of a millennium, complete with fight clubs and Y2K doomsday scenarios. In more than 100 original interviews with protestors, police, politicians, anarchists, artists, activists, union members, and many others, Gibson reconstructs the events in gripping detail; documents its antecedents and aftermath; and shows how so many of its themes remain just as pressing today, including the vitalness and difficulty of grassroots activism, the aspirations and limitations of globalization, the militarization of policing, the sensationalism of the media, and the undeniable power of the people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimed to the 25th anniversary of the protests, this book is a page-turning drama, an essential history, and a practical handbook for how to make one’s voice heard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e“Reads like a political thriller.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eChandler Dandrige, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eJacobin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Put aside what you know about the 'Battle of Seattle' and pick up this exciting, myth-busting account. Essential for activists and organizers.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMalcolm Harris, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePalo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This jigsaw puzzle of voices brings to life this turning point in the consolidation of world capital and the players who saw it coming. DW Gibson draws on an unpredcitably wide range of personalities and perspectives to capture the events and illuminate their meaning.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSarah Schulman, author of the Lambda Literary Award winner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLet the Record Show: A Political History of Act Up New York, 1987-1993\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A readable, provocative study of globalism and anti-globalism in conflict.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eDW Gibson is most recently the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e14 Miles: Building the Border Wall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. His previous books include the award-winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNot Working: People Talk About Losing a Job and Finding Their Way in Today’s Changing Economy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He shared a National Magazine Award for his work on “This is the Story of One Block in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn” for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e magazine. His work has also appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e The Atlantic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGibson’s radio work includes cohosting the podcast \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThere Goes the Neighborhood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, guest hosting various news programs for WNYC, and reading original essays for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLive From Here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Gibson serves as director of Art Omi: Writers in Ghent, New York, and he cofounded Sangam House, a writers’ residency in India.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44154839728221,"sku":"9781668033562","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/OneWeektoChangetheWorld.jpg?v=1771816820","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/en-us\/products\/one-week-to-change-the-world-remaindered","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}