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It’s 3 a.m. on Nov. 30 in San Francisco. Riot cops just raided Occupy Philly and Occupy Los Angeles tonight and the live streams are running on my laptop. We are preparing for a possible raid of Occupy San Francisco tonight or tomorrow. I’m talking back and forth with other occupiers and labor, community and faith allies, deciding whether to call for a mass mobilization tonight and to prepare for mass civil disobedience.
An article written for the Project South Fall Newsletter
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.aeMark 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.comThe 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
Hundreds of men and women from the villages in the Narmada valley took out a bullock cart rally as a mark of protest against the World Trade Organisation(WTO) and the globalisation. The rally, organised by the Youths of Narmada ( Rewa ke yuwa) in Anjad ( M.P.) on Tuesday ( Nov. 30) reasserted its resolve to stop the Sardar Sarovar dam in the valley, as a sign of the distorted development. The people particularly opposed the adverse impacts of the so called globalisation and WTO on agriculture, small industries and the rights of the people in India.
by Mark Hosler of Negativland
(www.negativland.com)On Tuesday, November 30th, 1999 (and shortly before moving from Olympia, Washington to Santa Fe, New Mexico), I was part of the march and direct action protest against the WTO that was organized by the DIRECT ACTION NETWORK in Seattle.
[published/posted Dec. 13, 1999 in Raptorial 'zine]
THE AMBRO WEEK IN REVIEW!
BY JOHN AMBROSAVAGE - YOUR CORRESPONDENT!
SUSPECTED TERRORIST SEIZED AT PORT ANGELES!
IT IS SUSPECTED THE SUSPECT WANTED TO BLOW UP THE SPACE NEEDLE NEW YEAR'S EVE!
WHY NOT BLOW UP THE KINGDOME INSTEAD? IT'S SLATED FOR DEMOLITION - MAYBE THE CITY COULD WORK OUT SOME KIND OF DEAL WITH THE TERRORIST- HE'S GOT EVERYTHING WE NEED IN THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR! COULD SAVE SOME BIG DEMOLITION DOLLARS!
THE OUTRAGE CONTINUES!
[published/posted Dec. 13, 1999 in Raptorial 'zine]
LIVE FROM SEATTLE - IT IS THE AMBRO REPORT!
WTO GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN!
"DANG IT !" SEZ MAYOR PAUL SCHELL!
NELSON MANDELA VISITS TOWN! PICKS UP THIRTY MILLION DOLLAR CHECK FROM BILL GATES AND PAUL ALLEN!
NELSON MANDELA LEAVES TOWN! FAILS TO "HEAL" CITY!
SEATTLE TIMES CALLS MAYOR PAUL SCHELL TEMPORARILY INSANE!
OTHERS QUESTION THE USE OF THE WORD "TEMPORARILY!"
FORMER COP MAKES FORTUNE SELLING HAND CRAFTED BILLY CLUBS TO SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT!
-dateline Seattle - December 13, 1999 -
[published/posted Dec. 9, 1999 in Raptorial 'zine]
LIVE FROM SEATTLE!
THE FUN AND GAMES CONTINUE!
HUNDREDS LEFT STANDIING OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OUTRAGED IN THE RAIN!
PUBLIC NOW OUTRAGED OVER PUBLIC OUTRAGE MEETING!
MAYOR A NO SHOW!!!
ACCESS TO HARRY POTTER BOOKS CURTAILED!
EVERYONE GETS WET!!!
[published/posted on Dec. 4, 1999 in Raptorial 'zine]
LIVE FROM SEATTLE!
THE WEEK IN REVIEW!!!!
-Hey - boy are my feet tired!
-6 days of street protests sure take it out of a guy! What do I think I am anyway? A KID??!!
- And by all appearances the WTO is about as well organized as the protestors but better armed! With much more generous expense accounts!
