More than 2500 people packed into Seattle's Benaroya
Symphony Hall Nov. 26-28 for the sold-out teach-in

WTO Foes Make Their Case to an Audience of Thousands

Thousands of concerned citizens spent the weekend in Seattle arming themselves with the weapon most likely to derail the corporate-driven free trade agenda: knowledge of the WTO and its impacts on nature, workers, food security, human rights, and democracy. (more)

Also in this Issue

• Patents on Life and Medicines: The TRIPS Agreement
• Sea Turtles and the WTO
• Food and Agriculture - Export Subsidies
• People's Tribunal
• Labor Sets Its Own Agenda
• Protesters Raise Hell in Geneva
• Books - The Lexus and the Olive Tree

Top Stories

World Labor Leaders Condemn WTO

There were no surprise announcements in store for the world’s top labor leaders when WTO head Michael Moore delivered an address to a Seattle conference of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Nov. 29. (more)

The Chaos Started In Geneva

In the next few days the media will bombard the public with news stories about blockades, demonstrations and protests at the Seattle WTO Ministerial. Democracy, they will claim, is mucking up the works. But the real chaos surrounding the WTO began months ago in Geneva. (more)

WTO Symposium For NGOs ‘Biased’
The organizers of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Seattle are facing a wave of criticism over their choice of speakers to address a symposium for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on international trade issues to be held today at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. (more)

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