"Those who were arguing they were going to shut the WTO down were in fact successful today." That was the frank admission of Seattle police chief Norm Stamper after the events of November 1999.
Ten years ago, on 30 November 1999, like a lightning flash in an empty sky, the World Trade Organisation summit in Seattle was paralysed by mass protests. Trade unionists, and environmental and debt campaigners came together to expose the damaging effects of the drive for free trade.
‘I came here to protest about the killing of turtles. I’m going home determined to turn the whole world upside down.’Amber Pattison, who travelled 1,000 miles to Seattle
Slavoj Zizek sparks the interest of people in a way that few other academic theorists today do.
Bitter rows over who is responsible for climate change lie behind much of the dithering by world leaders in the run up to the United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen next month.
Karl Marx’s ideas have seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years. Most mainstream commentators, however, concentrate on Marx’s economic theories and tend to ignore the other fundamental aspect of his politics – his belief in the ability of the working class to liberate itself.
In recent weeks thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have come together to hold vigils and show their anger at the rise in homophobic violence.
Jack Straw announced last week that he wants to increase the minimum time in jail for anyone who commits murder with a knife from 15 to 25 years.
‘I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think we could win," says Tom, a striking worker at the Superdrug warehouse in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire.
Superdrug workers have wasted no time in going out to build solidarity for their struggle.
Last week I looked at the ideas of Antonio Negri, who argues that there is a "multitude" continuously pushing against the power of capital.
There is a tendency to portray the British ruling class as a somewhat buffoonish collection of toffs, removed from the realities of life.
