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Picket sign from the 1999 World Trade Organization conference (WTO) protests in Seattle

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This picket sign was made and carried at the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999. Officials from the WTO’s 135 member nations met 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.
ID Number: 1999.75.8
Date: 1999
Physical Description: 1 Poster, Political; cardboard, wood, metal; 50 in.H x 22 in.W
Place Made: United States of America, WASHINGTON, Seattle
Credit: MOHAI, 1999.75.8
Subjects: World Trade Organization (WTO), Protests and Demonstrations

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