Title Seattle in coalition : multiracial alliances, labor politics, and transnational activism in the Pacific Northwest, 1970-1999 / Diana K. Johnson

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023] ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 267 pages) : map Series Justice, power, and politics Justice, power, and politics. 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Diana K. Johnson is assistant professor of history and ethnic studies at California State University, San Bernardino Print version record Subject Labor movement -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History -- 20th century Labor and globalization -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Political activity -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History -- 20th century Indians of North America -- Political activity -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century Mexican Americans -- Political activity -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History -- 20th century Asian Americans -- Political activity -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History -- 20th century Interregionalism. Transnationalism. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century Asian Americans -- Political activity Indians of North America -- Political activity Interregionalism Labor and globalization Labor movement Mexican Americans -- Political activity Race relations -- Economic aspects Transnationalism SUBJECT Seattle (Wash.) -- Race relations -- Economic aspects Subject Pacific Northwest Washington (State) -- Seattle Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469672816 1469672812 9781469672823 1469672820

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