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Ralph Nader in Seattle during WTO protests, December 3, 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.
The photograph shows consumer advocate Ralph Nader in Seattle during the WTO protests. Nader came to Seattle to address the University of Washington Law School on December 2 on his criticisms of the World Trade Organization. Members of Nader's group Public Citizen worked with a coalition made up of leaders from the Teamsters, United Steelworkers, and other unions, as well as environmental and consumer activists, to plan and coordinate the massive rallies and marches that brought large crowds of protesters to the streets of Seattle.
Caption information sources: "WTO Meeting and Protests in Seattle (1999) - Part 1," by Kit Oldham, HistoryLink.org Essay 9183; and "WTO Meeting and Protests in Seattle (1999) - Part 2," by Kit Oldham, HistoryLink.org Essay 9213.
The photograph shows consumer advocate Ralph Nader in Seattle during the WTO protests. Nader came to Seattle to address the University of Washington Law School on December 2 on his criticisms of the World Trade Organization. Members of Nader's group Public Citizen worked with a coalition made up of leaders from the Teamsters, United Steelworkers, and other unions, as well as environmental and consumer activists, to plan and coordinate the massive rallies and marches that brought large crowds of protesters to the streets of Seattle.
Caption information sources: "WTO Meeting and Protests in Seattle (1999) - Part 1," by Kit Oldham, HistoryLink.org Essay 9183; and "WTO Meeting and Protests in Seattle (1999) - Part 2," by Kit Oldham, HistoryLink.org Essay 9213.
ID Number: 2000.107.19991203.4.21
Date: 1999
Creator(s):
Webber, Phil H., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : color ; 35 mm
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.19991203.4.21, photo by Phil H. Webber
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects:
World Trade Organization (WTO)