Black bloc, white riot: Anti-globalisation and the geneaology of dissent

Ten years after the 1999 battle in Seattle sparked an historic struggle against the forces of multinational conglomeration and American imperialism, the anti-globalisation generation is ready to reflect on a decade of organising that changed the face of mass action around the globe.

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