Seattle in coalition : multiracial alliances, labor politics, and transnational activism in the Pacific Northwest, 1970-1999.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Diana K.

Series:

Justice, Power, and Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnationalism.

Race relations--Economic aspects.

Mexican Americans--Political activity.

Labor movement.

Labor and globalization.

Interregionalism.

Indians of North America--Political activity.

Asian Americans--Political activity.

Asian Americans--Political activity--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--20th century.

Asian Americans.

Mexican Americans--Political activity--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--20th century.

Mexican Americans.

Indians of North America--Political activity--Northwest, Pacific--History--20th century.

Indians of North America.

African Americans--Political activity--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Labor and globalization--History--20th century.

Labor movement--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--20th century.

Washington (State)--Seattle.

Pacific Northwest.

Seattle (Wash.)--Race relations--Economic aspects.

Seattle (Wash.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2023.

Summary:

"In the fall of 1999, the World Trade Organization (WTO) prepared to hold its biennial Ministerial Conference in Seattle. The event culminated in five days of chaotic political protest that would later be known as the Battle in Seattle. The convergence represented the pinnacle of decades of organizing among workers of color in the Pacific Northwest, yet the images and memory of what happened centered around assertive black bloc protest tactics deployed by a largely white core of activists whose message and goals were painted by media coverage as disorganized and incoherent. This insightful history takes readers beyond the Battle in Seattle and offers a wider view of the organizing campaigns that marked the last half of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Multiracial Seattle: economic development, migration, and neighborhood construction

The roots of coalition building: neighborhood crossings and skilled trade workers in the face of recession

In the name of land: Red Power takes Seattle

Aztlán in the Pacific Northwest: multiracial politics and cultural nationalism at El Centro de la Raza

Seattle looking outward: transregional labor activism

Battling the Kingdome: the international district, the Alaska canneries, and discrimination in the Seattle trades

Coalitional transnationalism: the skilled trades, gender politics, and Third World solidarity

From Seattle to Mozambique: the Northwest Labor and Employment Law Office and challenges to the New Right

The Seattle Gang of Four and beyond.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

979-88-908601-7-0

979-88-908601-8-7

1-4696-7281-2

1-4696-7282-0

OCLC:

1370495050