Citizen's Guide to the WTO (booklet) -- This 28 page guide contains the basic information you need to know about this powerful organization.
Elite Globalization vs People's Globalization" (film) -- Kevin Danaher discusses two kinds of globalization: corporate and grassroots movements by the people.
The Global Economy and Democracy (film) -- Noam Chomsky covers third-world debt, the global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund, proposals for reform, and much more.
Global Uprising: Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st Century — Stories from a New Generation of Activists (book) -- Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the WTO in Seattle and the event marked the beginning of a new era of outrage. Followed by further massive protests in Washington DC, Prague, Brazil, Quebec City, and Genoa, it quickly became clear that people were not prepared to let the tyrannies of the 21st century go unchallenged. Neva Welton and Linda Wolf give voice to more than sixty activists in these pages.
Global Village or Global Pillage: The Race to the Bottom (film) -- Today's global economy lets corporations pit workers and communities against each other to see who will provide the lowest wages, most abusable workers, cheapest environmental costs, and biggest subsidies for corporations.
Globalize This! The Battle Against the World Trade Organization and Corporate Rule (book) -- Edited by Kevin Danaher & Roger Burbach. Learn from some of the WTO opposition movement's best and brightest activists, educators and organizers: Paul Hawken, Manning Marable, Walden Bello, Vandana Shiva, David Bacon, William Greider, and many more. This book demonstrates why the WTO, World Bank and IMF must be stopped. With its rich information about how to become part of the opposition movement, Globalize This! also shows us how to stop them.
Invisible Government: The World Trade Organization -- Global Government For The New Millennium? (report) -- This primer is a basic briefing on the powers, structure, rules, powers, and values of the World Trade Organization, and the agreements it encompasses. By Debi Barker and Jerry Mander of the International Forum on Globalization.
The New Rulers of the World (film) -- Award-winning journalist, John Pilger, investigates the realities of corporate globalization by taking a close look at Indonesia.
No Nonsense Guide to Globalization (book) -- Globalization: it's a buzzword you can't escape. But what on earth does it mean? This book shows that the promise of globalization is seductive, powerful - and ultimately hollow.
Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World (book) -- A memorable introduction to the forces that are shaping the future of our world with a rich collection of essays, photos, cartoons, poems, role plays, interviews, stories, background readings, and hands-on teaching activities that provide an extraordinary one-volume education on wealth, poverty, corporate power, and popular resistance in the contemporary world. The book is both a delight to read and a treasury of ideas and information.
Showdown in Seattle: Five Days that Shook the WTO (film) -- This video documentary features an on-the-ground, non-corporate perspective and in-depth analysis you won't find anywhere else, in addition to incredible footage of police repression and popular resistance. Each half hour show is made up of segments shot and edited on location in downtown Seattle by an unprecedented collaboration of video producers from around the US working under the umbrella of the Independant Media Center. The programs in this series were produced daily on location in Seattle and satellitecast across the U.S on each day of the WTO ministerial.
Take It Personally: How to Make Conscious Choices to Change the World (book) -- People everywhere are starting to educate themselves on how they can "take it personally" by making conscious consumer choices that will make a difference in the world. This is a vibrant collection of photographs, essays, and montages, on the driving issues behind globalization from impassioned writers and activist organizations. A great handbook for the average consumer who wants to learn about the issues and make informed choices.
This is What Democracy Looks Like (film) -- The Independent Media Center tells real story of what happened in the streets of Seattle during the 1999 WTO protests.
Views from the South: The Effects of Globalization and the WTO on Third World Countries pad(book) -- A rare chance for a comprehensive perspective on the WTO from some of the leading voices from the South: Martin Khor (Malaysia), Vandana Shiva (India), Walden Bello (Thailand), Oronto Douglas (Nigeria), Sara Larrain (Chile), and Anuradha Mittal (India and the US). Produced by the International Forum on Globalization.
Whose Globalization? (film) -- Kevin Danaher discusses the effects of elite globalization and the role corporations are playing.
Whose Trade Organization?: Corporate Globalization and the Erosion of Democracy (book) -- Whose Trade Organization? translates the WTO's trade rules into understandable prose for the layperson, policymaker, and academic alike. It is designed with the knowledge that WTO rules and rulings affect everyone and therefore must be accessible to everyone. By Lori Wallach and Michelle Sforza of Public Citizen.
The WTO: Five Years of Reasons to Resist Corporate Globalization (book) -- Why is a global movement growing against the WTO? When you cut through the corporate propaganda about the benefits of globalization what you'll find is a slow motion coup d'etat, a low intensity war waged to redefine free society - as subordinate to the dictates of big business. By Lori Wallach and Michelle Sforza.
Many audio tapes are available, including: Debate on the WTO and Globalization (arguing against: John Cavanagh, Ralph Nader, and Vandana Shiva; arguing for: David Aaron, Jagdish Bhagwati, and Scott Miller); The Meaning of Seattle (Noam Chomsky); Globalization: The New Face of Capitalism (Noam Chomsky); Democratizing the Global Economy (Kevin Danaher).