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World Trade Organization: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Trash fires lit downtown Seattle and World Trade Organization protesters still choked the streets 11 nights ago when John Zerzan boarded the Amtrak train for Eugene. His work was over. He was headed home. "I was extremely heartened," said Zerzan, a leading philosophical influence among Northwest anarchists. The 56-year-old author admits joining his comrades in Seattle but won't say what actions he took. (12.11.99) From the Oregonian.
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The protests against the World Trade Organization that rocked Seattle, Washington in late 1999 were an incredibly significant moment in the history of popular protests. Not only did the protestors succeed in disrupting the meetings of the world's most influential trade-governing bodies, but the event drew together incredibly diverse constituencies that represented a wide range of interests, many of which would seem to be incompatible at first light.
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If nothing else, massive demonstrations at the World Trade Organization conference in Seattle have unexpectedly sparked widespread debate about one of the most powerful trends of the late 20th century: economic globalization. To boosters, free trade and tighter business ties are obviously good things. The benefits of years of globalization are now clearly visible in communities across the world, they say. (12.3.99) From the Christian Science Monitor.
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If the WTO succeeds in Seattle, local and national governments will be less able to protect themselves against corporate policies, or to enact their own policies where these do not further free trade. Commerce will become the rule and everything else, including human rights, the exception.
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