35 results for: World Trade Organization (WTO)
Dolphin sign from the World Trade Organization (WTO) protest in Seattle, 1999
Officials from the WTO’s 135 member nations met in Seattle in 1999 to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of people protested over concerns that WTO was favoring corporate interest over social and environmental issues. Many protesters were particularly concerned about the decisions made by the organization that adversely affected the environment. This sign was created…
ID Number:2000.12.1
Date:1999
Banner, "Seattle Host Organization / Welcomes WTO," 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.12.2
Date:1999
Banner, “World Trade Organization / November 30 – December 3,” 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. This banner hung outside of the Convention Center to welcome delegates to the conference. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens…
ID Number:2001.24.1
Date:1999
World Trade Organization (WTO) umbrella given to delegates in Seattle, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. This umbrella was part of the “welcome package” given to delegates. The conference was quickly overshadowed by massive protests in Downtown Seattle against the WTO's favoring of corporate interests over social and environmental concerns.
ID Number:2001.24.3
Date:1999
Banner,"Soil Air Water Life," from the World Trade Organization (WTO) protest in Seattle, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2001.46.1
Date:1999
WTO protest sign, "Not For Sale: Animals, Women, Our Food, Our Bodies, Life," 1999
This homemade sign was carried during the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests in Seattle in 1999. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as the WTO's favoring of corporate interests over social and environmental concerns. Heavy police response included the use of riot gear, tear gas, and rubber bullets. The back side of…
ID Number:2001.46.2
Date:1999
Seattle Raging Grannies hat with activist buttons, ca. 1995
The Raging Grannies are an activist group made up of women old enough to be grandmothers. They advocate for environmental issues, peace, and social and economic justice. At protests, they dress up in clothes that play into and mock stereotypes of older women; such as colorful dresses, large hats, sweaters, and aprons. They also sing songs, using their own lyrics…
ID Number:2003.47.1
Date:Circa 1980-1990
One of two Motorola handheld radios, used by Direct Action Network during the WTO protests, 1999
The Direction Action Network (DAN) purchased these Motorola radios which were originally use by the Seattle Police. The members of DAN re-channeled the radios to GMRS frequencies for use during the anti-WTO demonstrations in 1999.
ID Number:2009.78.Ref
Date:Circa 1999
Bentwood style cedar box given as a gift to Seattle World Trade Organization (WTO) conference attendees, 1999
This decorative box is part of a collection of items donated by someone who worked for the Seattle World Trade Organization (WTO) Conference, held in the Seattle Convention Center in November 1999. This particular item was made by local Euro-American artist Louis V. Larsen and given to WTO conference attendees.
ID Number:2013.84.2
Date:Circa 1999
Coffee mug featuring the WTO conference in a cyclone, given as gift from the Seattle Police Department to conference worker, L.A. McNeal, 1999
This artifact is part of a collection of items donated by someone who worked for the Seattle World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, a heavily protested event held in the Seattle Convention Center in November 1999. This mug, showing a chaotic swirl around the Space Needle, was a gift from the Seattle Police Department.
ID Number:2013.84.3
Date:Circa 1999