When 40,000 union members joined thousands of other protesters at the 1999 Battle of Seattle to march against the WTO, it looked like activists from many different movements for social justice were finally getting together. The slogan “Teamsters and Turtles” was coined to indicate that activists opposing environmental destruction, NAFTA and other unfair trade agreements, increasing inequality, and human rights violations were uniting. . . .

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