"A galvanizing historical document." An official trailer it out for a compelling new documentary film titled WTO/99, created entirely out of archival footage / found footage material. From director ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1999, over 40,000 demonstrators gathered in downtown Seattle to protest the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference.

Twenty-six years ago, this week over 40,000 people came to Seattle to protest at the World Trade Organization's ministerial conference. Labor organizers, farmers, and environmental groups planned and ...

In 1999, my friend moved to Seattle, where he was hit with rubber bullets, tear-gassed in the face, and nearly arrested by police. He had joined the famous protests of the WTO Ministerial Conference, ...

The year is 1999. Clouds of tear gas obscure the crowded streets of Seattle as police attempt to disperse thousands of protesters who have come out to protest the World Trade Organization. In “WTO/99, ...

Ian Bell’s retrospective view of the 1999 WTO protests depicts an inflection point in the history of American protest, the police state, and the new economic order. By 10 a.m. on the morning of ...