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  • We Should Be There Right Now, But We're Writing These Dumb Headlines Instead

    In one of the largest protests in recent history, tens of thousands are taking to the streets of Seattle today to demonstrate against the World Trade Organization, which officially launches four days of trade talks today. Some 2,000 protestors marched through downtown yesterday to proclaim their view that the WTO and its free trade policies […]

  • Raj Patel, anti-WTO activist

    Raj Patel has worked for both the WTO and World Bank, and is currently active in campaigns against them. He is based in Ithaca, N.Y., where he is a Ph.D. student at Cornell University and a co-editor of the Voice of the Turtle. Monday, 29 Nov 1999 SEATTLE, Wash. Seattle is a beautiful city, nestled […]

  • Where to go for the word on the WTO

    216.122.30.133/wto This exhaustive calendar lists all the action in Seattle. www.worldtradeobserver.org The World Trade Observer provides daily coverage of the events in Seattle and includes magazine-style articles, as well as a very good list of links to other news resources. www.tidepool.org/id.wto.html Tidepool’s WTO coverage includes well-organized links to news articles and other online resources. thenation.com/1999/991206.shtml […]

  • There's a Place in France Where the Mad Protestors Dance

    Some 5,000 environmentalists, farmers, and other French citizens marched through Paris on Saturday to demand that the World Trade Organization put people before profits at its ministerial meeting that begins in Seattle tomorrow. Activists in Seattle have already picked up the torch and begun demonstrating, holding rallies, and attending teach-ins. More than 50,000 protestors are […]