My name is Jessica Hume and I am a Canadian journalist, I work in the Middle East. I am looking for people who participated in the protests against the WTO Millenium Round in Seattle in Nov and Dec of 1999, for a piece looking at those protests, their impact at the time and what effect they still have now, 10 years later.
If you took part in the protests and are interested in sharing with me your stories of that experience, please contact me at either of the emails below.
Thank you so much.

Jessica Hume
jessicastaceyhume@gmail.com
jhume@thenational.ae

Mark Engler, a writer based in New York City, is a senior analyst with
Foreign Policy In Focus and author of How to Rule the World: The Coming
Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books, 2008). He can be reached via the Web site http://www.DemocracyUprising.com

The Impact of the “Battle In Seattle”

The 1999 protests against the WTO were dramatic enough to inspire a new feature film, but did they actually make a difference?

by Mark Engler

All of the elements of a love affair:
costumes,
passion,
interest,
adrenaline.

Or, at least
the elements
of a good fuck.

Props:
pepper spray
night sticks
henchmen for the State
the people

My friends behind me chanting,
“Please arrest us, please don’t poison us.”
Undoing all of their organic
food diet of years.

Nic draws a chalk line between us
and the black-clad chorus line,
“Line of love.”

They charge forward,
pepper spray everywhere,
similar to the poison of sperm
when it is unwanted.

Shake, shake shaking
their canisters
Auhh, ohhhh

To order a copy, contact Community Alliance for Global Justice
206.405.4600
contact_us@seattleglobaljustice.org
Cost: $10 each (including shipping)

What I Learned At The WTO Protests In Seattle...
by Pete Tridish,

A Ruckus I Couldn't Miss:

My name is Storm, i am 47 years old, and i identify as Revolutionary Ecologist, eco-anarchist, and a radikal scientist. I work principally under the auspices of Earth First! and Rising Tide North America. I was born white, male, rather hetero-oriented, working class amerikan...i would not consider myself "well-adjusted."

(This article was originally published in the December 1999 issue of UltraViolet, newsletter of LAGAI Queer Insurrection. More recent issues of UV are online at www.lagai.org.)

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Leftist Revisionist / Battle in Seattle
Current mood: hopeful
Category: News and Politics

Dear David Solnit,

I went to the recent screening of "Battle in Seattle" and I stayed for the monologues that followed. I was disappointed in the movie and in what Kevin and Randy had to say. But, I was glad that you were there and that you chose to speak. I gathered from what you said that you and I would have similar critiques of the movie ...

The Shocking and Awful series is the document of the events that came out of that first Indymedia center. Over 100 Videographers contributed footage, and 30 minutes of programming was produced daily, uplinked to satellite, and rebroadcast by approximately 75 public access stations around the country, as well as on Free Speech TV. You can check out all the programs at deepdishtv.org. Search the catalogue for Showdown in Seattle, and "view program details."

It was one of the most incredible weeks of my life, in all honestly. It changed me forever.

"And, we are there!" ... Here is a link to a promotional video for Defense Technologies Federal Laboraties (makers of the finest in "less-lethal" crowd crontrol products.) "Seattle, 1999, riots break out, and we are there ... "

Here on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0QoCrqYhP8