Over the course of the year leading up to the Seattle WTO Protests in November/December 1999, I was involved in five different groups, each of which had its own founding principles, strategic guidelines and organizational narratives assisting the writing of their respective members into the common story of the unfolding events: mine were the Industrial Workers of the World, Direct Action Network, Workers and Students For a Walkout Network, Seattle Tenant's Union and Seattle Anarchist Response.

NO TO WTO/SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY CONTRIBUTION TO SHUTTING DOWN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)

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Report from the Secretariat of the Seattle International People's Assembly (SIPA)
January 2000