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Poster
You Are Under Attack, Resist the WTO poster, Seattle, 1999
Order an ImageThe Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) took place 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. Some of the ensuing protests turned violent, and later investigations agreed that the city’s security plan was woefully inadequate.
This poster promoted a Festival of Resistance against the WTO and the global economic system.
This poster promoted a Festival of Resistance against the WTO and the global economic system.
ID Number: 2000.12.7
Date: 1999
Physical Description: 1 poster : color ; 22.75 x 17.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, 2000.12.7, Gift of Community Action Network
Copyright: All Rights Reserved