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WTO N30 Anniversary Two reasons why you should take
to the streets in Seattle.
[by Mattro - Nov 29,
1999]
Day 1: For hours 65,000 people (likely many
more), from all walks of life, demonstrated peacefully in the streets
of Seattle... until the stormtroopers stormed.
[by Mattro - Nov 30, 1999] I Am In a Police State of Mind
--photo included
Cartoonist tear-gassed! Police unapologetic!
Mayor Paul Schell refuses comment! Ramifications unknown!
[by John Ambrosavage
- Nov 30, 1999]
Day 2: Riot police lay siege on Seattle neighborhoods
in a violent over-reaction to Tuesday's downtown vandalism.
[by Mattro - Dec 1,
1999]
Spearhead and the No-WTO
Combo defy Seattle's Police State
to bring music to the masses.
[by Mattro - Dec 1,
1999]
Day 3:
Thanks to overwhelming public demand
(and/or the departure of President Clinton), Seattle PD ends its siege
on demonstrators. Peaceful demonstrations continue.
[by Mattro - Dec 2,
1999]
Day 4: Amidst continuing peaceful demonstrations,
an embarassed WTO leaves Seattle having accomplished nothing but stepping
out of the shadows for all the world to see.
[by Mattro - Dec 3,
1999]
Day 5 & 6: Attention turns to the King County Jailhouse
as demonstrators demand immediate release of peaceful protestors arrested
during Day 1 and 2 police frenzy.
[by Mattro - Dec 4-5,
1999]
The week after and beyond...
The fat cats never knew what hit 'em.
[by filmmaker
Michael Moore of "The Awful Truth" - Dec 7, 1999]
From someone who was there.
[by musician
Mark Hosler of Negativland - Dec 8, 1999]
Lawyers sharpen their cutlery. Citizens
and officials call for resignations of Seattle Mayor and Police Chief.
[by Mattro - Dec 6 -
9, 1999]
Hundreds
left standing outside the public library
outraged in the rain! Public now outraged
over public outrage meeting!
[by
John Ambrosavage - Dec 9, 1999]
Here's a letter in response to a disinformative
column the Times ran by former Seattle City Councilmember Bruce
Chapman.
[by Mattro - Dec 13,
1999]
Seattle
Times calls Mayor Schell
"temporarily insane".
Others question the use of the
word "temporarily".
[by
John Ambrosavage - Dec 13, 1999]
New
Rage is Good Rage
Poetry
by
Storm.
Here
is
the
debut
of
"Fourth
&
Pike".
[by
Storm Beatch- Dec 15,
1999]
This was in response to a poll claiming
the majority of King and Snohomish County residents believed the
Seattle Police Department behaved themselves on 11/30 and 12/1.
[by Mattro - Dec
19, 1999]
Cookies,
coffee and (this time) room
for everyone at the Seattle
City Council's second outrage
meeting.
[by
John Ambrosavage - Dec 19,
1999]
What
did it mean? Why was it important
at all?
[by
John Nichols, Capital Times - January,
2000]
Review
of
Shaya
Mercer's
award-winning
documentary
on
WTO
Seattle.
[by
Mattro,
June,
2000]
The
ACLU's
official
investigation
into
Seattle
WTO
violence
finds
police
responsible,
not
protestors.
[by
Fairness and Accuracy
in Reporting- July,
2000]
Some WTO Previews we posted... Former members of Dead Kennedys, Nirvana,
and Soundgarden will once again take up arms...
[by Mattro - Nov 25,
1999]
Hey protestors, have your soundbites
ready!
[by Mattro - Nov 20,
1999]
A related article written for the
Washington Free Press several years ago.
[by Mattro - June/July,
1994]
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Response / Discussion:
Contains photographs and testimony
from a Seattle business negatively affected by the police activities.
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