Democracy Now: AmyGoodman talks with David Solnit and Stuart Townsend
Posted September 18th, 2008 by johm
Battle in Seattle: With A-List Cast, New Film Re-Creates Historic Protest Against WTO
In November 1999, tens of thousands of global justice activists, environmentalists, union members and anti-capitalist activists helped shutdown the World Trade Organization in Seattle. It was a watershed moment for the movement against corporate globalization. The story of the Seattle protests has now been turned into a fictionalized film featuring some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. We speak to the film’s writer and director, Stuart Townsend, as well as David Solnit, one of the key organizers of the WTO protests and co-founder of the Seattle WTO People’s History Project.
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In November 1999, tens of thousands of global justice activists, environmentalists, union members and anti-capitalist activists helped shutdown the World Trade Organization in Seattle. It was a watershed moment for the movement against corporate globalization. The story of the Seattle protests has now been turned into a fictionalized film featuring some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. We speak to the film’s writer and director, Stuart Townsend, as well as David Solnit, one of the key organizers of the WTO protests and co-founder of the Seattle WTO People’s History Project.
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