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Dumpster fire at WTO protest, Seattle, November 30, 1999
Order an ImageThe 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 the WTO's favoring of corporate interests over social and environmental concerns.
On the first day of the WTO conference, protesters blocked 13 key intersections near the Convention Center. Here, at Fourth Avenue and Pike Street, an upturned dumpster has been set on fire in the middle of the intersection.
On the first day of the WTO conference, protesters blocked 13 key intersections near the Convention Center. Here, at Fourth Avenue and Pike Street, an upturned dumpster has been set on fire in the middle of the intersection.
ID Number: 2000.107.19991130.CD02.002
Date: 1999
Creator(s):
Urban, Mike, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 image file : TIF ; 5.9 MB
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.19991130.CD02.002, photo by Mike Urban
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