128 results for: World Trade Organization (WTO)
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Crowd of turtle-clad demonstrators headed for the WTO protest march, 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:2024.54.07.11
Date:1999
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Steelworkers marching to the waterfront, Seattle, December 1, 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:2024.54.10.03
Date:1999
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Police in riot gear during the WTO protests, Seattle, November 30, 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:2024.54.16.14
Date:1999
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State Police and National Guard during the WTO protests, Seattle, November 30, 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:2024.54.16.21
Date:1999
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Union Way street sign at WTO protests, Seattle, November 30, 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:2024.54.18.13
Date:1999
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Environmental march at WTO protests, Seattle, November 29, 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:2024.54.18.22
Date:1999
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Labor union rally at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, November 30, 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:2024.54.21.09
Date:1999
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Queers Fight the WTO flier, November 1999
This flier gives the schedule of events for an educational forum held at the Seattle Labor Temple a few weeks prior to the opening of the WTO Ministerial Conference in November 1999. The forum was organized by Dyke Action, Dyke Community Activists, and Out Front Labor Coalition/GLBT Pride at work, AFL-CIO. The workshops introduced the WTO and explained how it…
ID Number:2025.19.16
Date:1999