"This is what democracy looked like" By Chris Borte (with Julia Steele Allen)

“This is What Democracy Looks Like!” is a joyful and defiant chant heard at countless marches since it’s origins in Seattle in 1999. But like much of our shared movement history, you don’t know where it came from. Before sharing what happened on that cold and rainy November morning, there’s even older context that adds depth to that movement moment.

The democratic roots of the WTO opposition practices can be traced back to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and Movement for a New Society (MNS). Both organizations had strong democratic practice and strategically used nonviolent direct action. ...continue to article

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