A first hand account of the most intense popular uprising since the protests against the Vietnam War, exploring the convergence and victory of trade unionists, environmentalists, human rights advocates and farmers over the World Trade Organization in Seattle.

The authors take to the streets of Seattle with on-the-spot reporting and photos of the October 1999 protests to shut the World Trade Organization's ministerial meeting. But this book also looks at the broader issues raised by the protest: the secretive practices of the WTO, the trampling on rights to assembly and free speech, and the menace to individual liberties of globalization and offshore government. 30 photos.