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Interview with Lydia Cabasco (2)
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| Title | Interview with Lydia Cabasco (2) |
| Creator | Interviewer: Monica Ghosh
Interviewee: Lydia Cabasco
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| Publisher/Affiliation | People for Fair Trade / Network Opposed to WTO (PFT)
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| Place of Publication | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | 2000-08-15 |
| Notes | Text of this interview can be found at the following url: http://depts.washington.edu/wtohist/interview_index.htm People discussed in interview: Ninotchka Rosca, Brinani Butto, Jill Anderson, Asateri, Kristine Wong, Mike Dolan, Michael Moore, Al Gore, Miguel [Bocanegra?], Brenda, Hop, Gail Shannon, Colin Rajah, Marty, Gavin, Webster, David Hyde, Summer Thomas , Ibal, Nicole, Cece, Rice.
Places discussed in interview: Philippines, Vancouver Canada, Labor Temple, Third World, University of Washington HUB, Latin America, Dominican Republic, Mexico, South America, Africa, Seattle International District, Denny Way, U.S. Bank on Broadway, Denny Park.
Organizations discussed in interview: Philippine Women's Center, BABNet USNUC, International Monetary Fund (IMF), People for Fair Trade/Network Opposed to WTO (PFT), Steering Committee, Brown Collective, Seattle University, People's Assembly, Public Citizen, No WTO Student Outreach Committee, Labor and Employment Law Office (LELO), Seattle Host Committee, Workers Voices Coaltion, Indigenous Environmental Network, El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA), Community Coalition for Environmental Justice (CCEJ), WILD, McDonalds, AFL-CIO, University of Washington (UW), Seattle Community College (SCCC), Zapatistas, Black Student Union (BSU), JustAct.
Summary of interview: Lydia Cabasco discusses her work as People for Fair Trade/Network Opposed to WTO (PFT) staff organizer. She mobilized the student sector and people of color. She says she worked against the WTO after hearing a writer and activist from the Philippines speak on the IMF, GATT, and the Philippine sex trade. During WTO preparations, Cabasco says it was difficult to gain attention for people of color, especially women from Third World countries. Cabasco describes tensions between anti-WTO groups, including PFT/NO2WTO and the Legal Employment Law Office, her efforts to mobilize minority communities, her march with the student coalition on November 30, actions of police against the protesters, and her arrest. |
| Timeline | After WTO |
| Intended Purpose | Oral History
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| Issue Area | Trade
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| Subjects | World Trade Organization. Ministerial Conference--Personal narratives |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Object Type | Interview
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| Physical Description | Computer file |
| Collection | WTO History Project
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| Contributor | WTO History Project |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Organizations Mentioned | Philippine Women's Center, BABNet USNUC, International Monetary Fund (IMF), People for Fair Trade/Network Opposed to WTO (PFT), Steering Committee, Brown Collective, Seattle University, People's Assembly, Public Citizen, No WTO Student Outreach Committee, Labor and Employment Law Office (LELO), Seattle Host Committee, Workers Voices Coaltion, Indigenous Environmental Network, El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA), Community Coalition for Environmental Justice (CCEJ), WILD, McDonalds, AFL-CIO, University of Washington (UW), Seattle Community College (SCC), Zapatistas, Black Student Union (BSU), JustAct
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