1999 Seattle WTO Protest - The Human Experience
Raw Footage Interactive Documentary
Take a Walk with Those of us That were Really there.

 

What is the WTO? Why where they being protested by 50,000 people from all over the world?

The World Trade Organization is an unelected organization that trieds to remove barriers to "Free Trade". In order to do that, they coerce countries into removing or moving around environmental, labor laws and human rights.

So ya, everyone was and is still upset.

The blind greed of multinational corporations brought out the Labor Unions, the environmental organizations, farmers from all over the world, scientists, teachers, small business owners, artists, tactical civil disobedience experts...people from all walks of life because we are all affected. That is what made the event so incredible. The mass diversity.

I won't say much more because the people who were protesting were quite prolific. They can tell you better than me. Listen to them.

- Jen Domeier

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N30 - WTO Conference Day 1
Big Rally and March
Human Rights + Labor Rights Day

About N30
Town Hall
3rd+Union blockade
Looking down 4th Ave
4th+Pike dumpster in the intersection
4th+Union
4th_University lockdown. art n dancin'
5th+Pike banner hang
6th+Pike - stage lockdown. art
6th+Union - lockdown. tear-gassed
6th+University - lockdown. tear-gassed, delegates trapped inside the Hilton
7th+Pine - block party
8th+Seneca - lockdown. pepper sprayed
B-Roll Day
Boren+Pike lockdown. puppets
Boren+Pine lockdown. puppets
Labor Rally n March
Indigenous People's March
Olive+Terry tripod Lockdown
Shame on China
After Dark
Tactics

D2 - WTO Conference Day 3
Food and Agriculture Day

Farmer's Rally
Capitol Hill Residents
Jail Action

D3 - WTO Conference Day 4
Corporate Accountability Day
Jail and Westin Hotel Actions

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