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Interview with Kevin Danaher
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| Title | Interview with Kevin Danaher |
| Creator | Interviewer: Miguel Bocanegra
Interviewee: Kevin Danaher
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| Publisher/Affiliation | Global Exchange
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| Place of Publication | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | 2001-02-15 |
| Notes | Text of this interview can be found at the following url: http://depts.washington.edu/wtohist/interview_index.htm People discussed in interview: Adolf Hitler, Anarchists, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Clinton, Jim Lehrer, Juliette Beck, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Vandana Shiva.
Places discussed in interview: Appalachia, Berkeley, Brazil, China, Cuba, East Timor, Ethiopia, Geneva, Honolulu, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Mexico City, New Jersey, Nigeria, Nike Town, Northern Ireland, Prague, Qatar, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Senegal, South Africa, University of California, Vietnam, Wall Street, Washington DC.
Organizations discussed in interview: Art and Revolution, Boeing, Club Med, Direct Action Network (DAN), Fifty Years is Enough Network, Global Exchange, Greenpeace, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Microsoft, Rainforest Action Network, Ruckus Society, Steelworkers, World Bank, World Bank Bond Boycott, Zapatistas.
Sumnmary of interview: Danaher describes how his anti-Vietnam War background and education led to his co-founding Global Exchange. With the goal of preventing the WTO meetings, Global Exchange joined Rainforest Action Network, the Ruckus Society, and Art and Revolution to form the Direct Action Network. Danaher says that the events in Seattle garnered support for several different protests around the world. He also describes the "massive civil rights abuses" of the police, the importance of technology for speedy communication and decision-making about global issues, and his belief that we are in the stages of the "first-ever global revolution." |
| Timeline | After WTO |
| Intended Purpose | Oral History
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| Issue Area | Human Rights
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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 | Art and Revolution, Boeing, Club Med, Direct Action Network (DAN), Fifty Years is Enough Network, Global Exchange, Greenpeace, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Microsoft, Rainforest Action Network, Ruckus Society, Steelworkers, World Bank, World Bank Bond Boycott, Zapatistas
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