6/24/2023 0 Comments No is not enough by naomi kleinSeattle’s mayor declared a state of emergency, and a massive “no protest zone”, as the violence continued, while the chief of police resigned. Tens of thousands turned out to protest against the World Trade Organisation, and the global corporate interests it represented, and were met with tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and stun grenades. On 30 November 1999, mere days before the publication of Naomi Klein’s debut, No Logo, the epochal “ Battle of Seattle” began. S ome political books capture the zeitgeist with such precision that they seem to blur the lines between the page and the real world and become part of the urgent, rapidly unfolding changes they are describing.
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