World Trade Organization 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest collection WTO Seattle collection

World Trade Organization 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest collection WTO Seattle collection, 1993-2011

Overview of the Collection

Title: World Trade Organization 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest collectionWTO Seattle collection
Dates: 1993-2011 (inclusive)
19932011
Quantity: 46.85 cubic feet (33 boxes)
27 videocassettes and 1 CD Rom disk
6 oversize objects
3 tubes
2 packages
1 vertical file
Collection Number: 5177
Summary: Protest materials from the 1999 WTO Ministerial Conference held in Seattle
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Open to all users, but access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact repository for details.
Languages: English

Historical BackgroundReturn to Top

The WTO History Project and its associated archives are largely a response to the momentous protests that took place between November 29 and December 3, 1999 in Seattle during the World Trade Organization Ministerial meetings. The project also documents the mobilization that preceded the Ministerial. The protests were mounted by a wide array of groups and individuals, especially organized labor, environmentalists, and pro-democracy activists concerned that the WTO encouraged trade practices harmful to workers and the environment and operated in a manner which they considered largely undemocratic.

The WTO History Project was a partnership based at the University of Washington that included the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement, and the University Libraries. The groups collaborated to ensure that future researchers of the WTO protests would have access to documentary evidence relating to the range of people involved in the protests, the many strategies and issues they brought to the streets and the meeting rooms, and the coalitions they formed.

During the nearly nine month mobilization in 1999, local and national non-governmental groups representing a variety of interests determined how to publicize the threat posed by the WTO and how to frame their messages to attract the attention of the public, the media and the WTO itself. The lengthy and often contentious mobilization process led to a six-week period immediately preceding the protests during which activists prepared themselves and the public with public teach-ins, training, and debates.

On November 30, 1999, first day of the ministerial meetings, thousands of largely peaceful protestors blocked delegates’ entrance to the opening plenary session. According to press reports, Seattle police in riot gear responded by releasing volleys of tear gas and pepper spray at 10:00 am and continued to do so throughout the day. The police eased up when the 20,000-member labor march reached the downtown core from the Seattle Center, where a large rally had been held. WTO officials cancelled the opening ceremonies. At a time difficult to verify after the fact, Mayor Paul Schell declared a civil emergency, ordering streets to be cleared by 7:00 pm and imposing a curfew on a large area of downtown, from Yesler Way to Denny Way and from Interstate 5 to Elliott Bay. Word of the curfew reached people on the streets at about 4:00 pm. Some dispersed, but others remained and were herded out of downtown by police firing tear gas and pepper spray. At approximately 10:00 pm the State Patrol reinforced the police. Scattered vandalism and looting of several downtown businesses had occurred during the day.

Early the following day, Wednesday, December 1, Seattle police established a ‘demonstration-free zone’ around the WTO meeting site at the Seattle Convention and Trade Center. They severely restricted access to the area, but protests continued. The ministerial meeting was shut down for five hours that day. Governor Gary Locke sent additional State Patrol troopers and two National Guard units to relieve and assist the Seattle police. Clashes between protesters and police spilled over in the evening to Capitol Hill, east of downtown. By then the focus had shifted somewhat, away from the WTO and towards the police response to the protests. Several hundred protesters were arrested, and other protesters demonstrated outside the King County Jail.

The following day the Mayor’s Office reduced the size of what it called a ‘limited curfew zone’ to the area bounded by Fourth Avenue, Pine Street, Boren Avenue, Seneca Street, and Interstate 5. Some protests were staged on Friday, especially inside the convention center. Protestors demonstrated outside the King County jail again on Friday evening. Eventually charges were dropped against most of the over 400 people arrested.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The WTO Seattle Collection is composed of one large and several smaller accessions. Accession 5177-003, the largest, primarily covers the period from mid-1999 to early 2000. Included are publicity materials, other ephemeral material distributed during various events, reports, published and unpublished writings about the many issues of concern to activists, photos, audio recordings, and communications among the activists who organized events. Oversize items include posters, signs used in teach-ins and protests, and rain ponchos and other objects worn or used in the protests. Personal accounts written after the protests describe the impact the events had on several individuals and often contrast sharply with media accounts of the same events.

Many items in this collection were created by organizations identified in the finding aid as subgroups. Other items were received and kept by these groups to document issues and events. Many gifts of this material were sought and received by WTO History Project staff in the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies. Still other batches were collected by interested individuals and forwarded to the Libraries or to the Bridges Center. Subgroups have been established for the following records-creating organizations: the RECORDS SUBGROUP I: DIRECT ACTION NETWORK , a loosely-organized non-hierarchical umbrella organization for groups of protestors; RECORDS SUBGROUP II: EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND , a nonprofit law firm that represents public interest clients; the RECORDS SUBGROUP III: INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION , a coalition of organizations concerned about the effects of globalization; the RECORDS SUBGROUP IV: KING COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL ; the Ralph Nader-sponsored RECORDS SUBGROUP V: PEOPLE FOR FAIR TRADE/NETWORK OPPOSED TO WTO and its UW student affiliate organization; and RECORDS SUBGROUP VI: PUBLIC CITIZEN'S GLOBAL TRADE WATCH , a coalition of trade and labor groups. The RECORDS SUBGROUP VII: ALAN RABINOWITZ includes materials contributed by Dr. Rabinowitz, a Seattle resident who helped fund educational activities in advance of the Ministerial. Included in it, besides audio cassettes of World Trade Watch are printed e-mails of preparatory reports, of writings of various friends and contacts of Rabinowitz, of correspondence about the creation of the Independent Media Center, and of news articles.

Although the RECORDS SUBGROUP VIII: NGO COMMITTE FOR THE SEATTLE HOST ORGANIZATION , the organization that sponsored the Ministerial is represented by a subgroup, this segment is very small and consists mainly of packets and other information for delegates.

During processing in 2000-2001, materials were also grouped chronologically within each subgroup. “ Pre-WTO” reflects advance planning and reports about issues posed by the World Trade Organization. “During WTO” documents activities during the week of the Ministerial meetings, November 29-December 3. “Post-WTO” includes subsequent analyses as well as local materials which address the activists’ counter-response to the police actions during the Ministerial week.

Major correspondents include Alan Rabinowitz; Jeremy Simer, an activist with People for Fair Trade/No to WTO; and Patti Goldman, an attorney with the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund and the environmental community’s representative to the Seattle Host Organization.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Some restrictions exist on copying, quotation or publication. Contact Repository for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 16 accessions.

Accession No. 5177-003, World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 1993-2000
Accession No. 5177-004, World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 1999
Accession No. 5177-005, World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 1998-2000 December
Accession No. 5177-006, World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 1999 October-2000 December
Accession No. 5177-007, World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 1999-1999
Accession No. 5177-008, World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 2000
Accession No. 5177-009, WTO Seattle collection, 1999
Accession No. 5177-010, WTO Seattle collection, 1999
Accession No. 5177-011, WTO Seattle collection, 1996-2000
Accession No. 5177-012, WTO Seattle collection, 2000
Accession No. 5177-013, WTO Seattle and global justice collection, 1998-2011
Accession No. 5177-014, WTO Seattle collection, 1999-2003
Accession No. 5177-015, Ruth Yarrow WTO Seattle protests collection, 1999
Accession No. 5177-016, World Trade Organization 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference umbrella, bag, and media guide, 1999
Accession No. 5177-017, "No World Trade Without Workers Rights" WTO protest banner, 1999
Accession No. 5177-018, World Trade Organization 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Bus Advertisement Sign, 1999

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 5177-003: World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 1993-2000Return to Top

31.17 cubic feet (15 boxes, 3 tubes, 5 oversized objects)

Scope and Content: Issue files consisting primarily of clippings as well as organizational files and ephemera used by People for Fair Trade/No To WTO. Records of other organizations such as Direct Action Network, EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund, International Forum On Globalization, King County Labor Council, No To WTO/UW, and Seattle Host Organization NGO Committee include: correspondence, email, calendars, packets, minutes, newsletters, news releases, speeches and writings, publications, ephemera, posters, videotapes, artifacts, maps, lists. Also includes personal accounts, audio tapes, photographs, ephemera, posters, and picket signs, from other sources, documenting opposition groups' preparations for the WTO round in Seattle, WTO week protests and events and the aftermath, 1999-2000.

Digital Content/Other Formats: View selections from this collection in digital format

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.

Restrictions on Use: Some restrictions exist on copying, quotation or publication. Contact Repository for details.

Processing Info: Accession 5177-003 was formed by a merger of accession 5177-001 received 4/29/2000 and accession 5177-002 received 1/5/2001.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
item
RECORDS SUBGROUP I		DIRECT ACTION NETWORK (DAN) )
		Part 1: Pre-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	5177-003	Organizing Packets
1/2	5177-003	Agenda – Neighborhood Groups Meeting	8/28/99
1/3	5177-003	Memoranda
1/4	5177-003	Subject Series - Street Theater Convergence
1/5	5177-003	Ephemera
		Part 2: During WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
1/6	5177-003	Action Packet
1/7-8	5177-003	Bibliographies—News Articles re WTO Protests	11/30/1999-1/6/2000
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
1/9	5177-003	Legal Team
1/10	5177-003	Radical Jeerleaders’ Cheers
Box/Folder	Accession
1/11	5177-003	Ephemera
		Artifacts (Used at Teach-In, in DAN office, and during Week of WTO) OVERSIZED
		Flags
Box/Folder	Accession
15/1	5177-003	Yellow/Gray “Resist”
		Red/Blue “Rise Up”
		Posters
Box/Folder	Accession
15/2	5177-003	“November 30, 1999—Resist the WTO”
		“World Trade Organization—What Are They Trading Away?”
		“No To WTO!”
		“Vote”
		“Alienation”
		“The WTO is Biocide”
		“We Oppose the WTO”
		“Whose World Are They Trading Away?”
Box/Folder	Accession
15/3	5177-003	“Peaceful Protest Zone”
		“Tell the WTO”
		“Things We Oppose:”
		“Citizens’ Trade Campaign”
		“Sierra Club. No Globalization”
Box/Folder	Accession
11/1	5177-003	DAN Legal Team ID Badge
		Part 3: Post-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
1/12	5177-003	Organization – DAN Continental Confederation
1/13	5177-003	General Correspondence	12/99
1/14	5177-003	Meeting Notes
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
1/15-17	5177-003	Legal Team
1/18	5177-003	Medical Collective
Box/Folder	Accession
1/19	5177-003	Ephemera
RECORDS SUBGROUP II		EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
		Part 1: Pre-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
1/20	5177-003	Outgoing Letter	7/15/99
1/21	5177-003	Calendars
		Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
1/22	5177-003	Goldman, P. and J. Fawcett-Long, Farms and Food Safety At Risk	undated
1/23	5177-003	Goldman, P. & J. Scott, Our Forests at Risk	9/1999
1/24	5177-003	Goldman, P. & M. Wagner, Trading Away Public Health	11/1999
1/25	5177-003	Puckett, Jim, When Trade is Toxic	10/1999
1/26	5177-003	Wagner, M. & P. Goldman, The Case for Rethinking the WTO	11/1999
1/27	5177-003	Miscellaneous
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
1/28	5177-003	Billboard Campaign
1/29	5177-003	Coffee, Birds and Trade Policy	10/1999
1/30	5177-003	Environmental Media Services Briefing
1/31	5177-003	Sierra Club - Bioinvasions
1/32	5177-003	Trade Pacts	7/24/99
Box/Folder	Accession
1/33	5177-003	Newsletters – WTO News: The Road To Seattle	9/10 – 10/20/99
1/34	5177-003	News Release	12/1/99
1/35	5177-003	Ephemera	9/7/99
1/36	5177-003	Clippings
		Part 2: During WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
1/37	5177-003	Calendars & Schedules
1/38	5177-003	Lists – Delegates and Observers
1/39	5177-003	Videotape—The WTO’s Race to the Bottom
1/40-41	5177-003	Newsletter – World Trade Observer	Nov-Dec. 1999
1/42	5177-003	News Release	12/1/99
1/43	5177-003	Photographs (Negatives only)
RECORDS SUBGROUP III:		INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION
		Part 1: Pre-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
1/44	5177-003	Organization
1/45	5177-003	News Release
1/46	5177-003	Timeline—The Trouble With Trade, 1944-1999
1/47	5177-003	Report – “Beyond The WTO”	12/26/99
1/48	5177-003	List – WTO Publications
		Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
1/49	5177-003	Anderson, Sarah, Ed., Views From the South	undated
1/50	5177-003	Barker, D. & J. Mander, Invisible Government	10/99
1/51	5177-003	Clarke, Tony, By What Authority!	undated
1/52	5177-003	Menotti, Victor, Free Trade, Free Logging	11/99
1/53	5177-003	Unidentified, “Eight Myths of Economic Globalization”	undated
		Part 2: During WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
1/54	5177-003	Audiocassettes (2)—Teach-In	11/26-27/99
1/55	5177-003	Videotape—Town Hall Debate	11/30/99
1/56	5177-003	Invitation
1/57	5177-003	News Releases
RECORDS SUBGROUP IV		KING COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL
		Part 1: Pre-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
1/58	5177-003	Incoming Letter – Labor Party. Seattle Chapter	undated
1/59	5177-003	Outgoing Letter - Invitation to Student Activists re WTO Rally	11/3/1999
1/60	5177-003	Planning Packet
1/61	5177-003	Packet – “Workers’ Rights and the World Trade Organization (AFL-CIO)
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
1/62	5177-003	Baskin, Martha	8/2/99-2/12/2000
1/63	5177-003	Coalition of Labor Union Women
1/64	5177-003	Herman, Alexis, US Secretary of Labor, Speech	10/25/1999
1/65	5177-003	Port Truck Driver Campaign	9/99
1/66	5177-003	Washington State Labor Council	9/99
Box/Folder	Accession
1/67	5177-003	Newsletters—Labor’s Voice	10/99
1/68	5177-003	Speeches and Writings
		Feldman, Rich, “New Rules For the Global Economy”	9/15/99
1/69	5177-003	Ephemera
		Part 2: Post-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
1/70	5177-003	Speeches and Writings – Ohio AFL-CIO President	2/15/00
RECORDS SUBGROUP V:		NO! TO WTO--UW
		Part 1: Pre-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
1/71	5177-003	Incoming Letters – King County Labor Council	11/3/99
		Newsletters
Box/Folder	Accession
1/72	5177-003	Corporate Watch	9/98-8/99
1/73	5177-003	Eat The State	9&11/99
		Justice	9-10/99
		Ruckus
Box/Folder	Accession
1/74	5177-003	Sweatshop Watch	10/20/99
Box/Folder	Accession
1/75	5177-003	Personal Account – Ramy Khalil
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
1/76	5177-003	Committees
1/77	5177-003	Maquiladora Industry	10/20/99
Box/Folder	Accession
1/78-80	5177-003	Guides For Organizers
1/81	5177-003	Background Facts re WTO
1/82	5177-003	Surveys
		Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
2/1	5177-003	Hyde, David, “The WTO Does Not Affect You!”	11/28/99
2/2	5177-003	Murphy, Gillian & L. Mogford and D. Hyde, “A Marxist Analysis of the World Trade Organization”	10/25/99
2/3	5177-003	Unidentified, “Welcome fellow Students!”	11/30/99
		Speeches and Writings by Others
Box/Folder	Accession
2/4	5177-003	Clinton, Bill. Remarks By the President at the Democratic Leadership Council Gala	10/13/99
2/5	5177-003	Lucas, Caroline, Watchful In Seattle	11/99
2/6	5177-003	Miller, Scott. Director, National Government Relations, Proctor & Gamble. Statement Before the Interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee	6/7/99
2/7	5177-003	Schweke, William and Robert K. Stumberg, Could Economic Development Become Illegal In the New Global Policy Environment?	7/99
2/8-16	5177-003	Copies of Published Articles
Box/Folder	Accession
2/17	5177-003	Clippings
2/18	5177-003	Ephemera
		Part 2: During WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
2/19	5177-003	Organizer’s Guide
		Ephemera
Box/Folder	Accession
2/20	5177-003	Student Walkout
2/21	5177-003	Misc.
		Part 3: Post-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
2/22	5177-003	Newsletter – Ruckus	1/2000
2/23	5177-003	Ephemera
RECORDS SUBGROUP VI		PEOPLE FOR FAIR TRADE/NO TO WTO
		Part 1: Pre-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
2/24	5177-003	Organization - Website
2/25	5177-003	Incoming Letters	8/6 – 9/7/99
2/26	5177-003	Outgoing Letters	7/30/99
2/27-28	5177-003	Meeting Notes	7/9 – 8/24/00
2/29	5177-003	Memoranda
2/30-31	5177-003	Calendars
2/32	5177-003	Pledge Cards
		Lists
Box/Folder	Accession
2/33	5177-003	Ballard Meeting Facilities
2/34	5177-003	Experts, Speakers, Meeting Attendance
2/35-36	5177-003	Media Web Sites
2/37	5177-003	Websites
2/38	5177-003	WTO Project
Box/Folder	Accession
2/39	5177-003	Maps
10/1	5177-003	Telephone Logs 11/18/99 – 3/14/00 CLOSED until 5/2005
2/40	5177-003	Packet–“Loaded against the poor, World Trade Organisation” Oxfam
		Newsletters
Box/Folder	Accession
2/41	5177-003	Buckhorn Bulletin	8/99
		Center Focus	11/99
		Corporate Europe Observer	7/99
Box/Folder	Accession
2/42	5177-003	Drillbits & Tailings	10/23/99
2/43	5177-003	High Country News	9/97
2/44	5177-003	Report From Washington	2/6/98
2/45	5177-003	Washington Trout Report1998
		Publications
Box/Folder	Accession
2/46	5177-003	Asia Pacific Environmental Exchange	11/99, n.d
2/47	5177-003	“Handbood for Nonviolent Action”
2/48	5177-003	Multinational Monitor	10-11/99
2/49	5177-003	NAFTA Superhighways	1998
2/50	5177-003	“One Big Movement, Creating the End of Corporate Rule”	undated
2/51	5177-003	“The WTO, Global Capitalism and the Socialist Alternative” publ. by Justice
Box/Folder	Accession
2/52	5177-003	Writing – Madsen, Jeremy	9/4/99
		Speeches and Writings by Others
Box/Folder	Accession
2/53	5177-003	Statements re: International Day of Action Against the WTO	9/15/99
2/54	5177-003	Collingsworth, Terry, “U.S. Advocacy for Reform of the WTO—Progress or Posturing?”	undated
2/55	5177-003	Cornwell, Rachel and Andrew Wells, “Deploying Insecurity”	1999
2/56	5177-003	Korten, David C., The Lexus and the Olive Tree A Book Review	undated
2/57	5177-003	Lamy, Pascal, “Communication from the Trade DG of the European Commission”	10/6/99
2/58	5177-003	Mokhiber, Russell & Robert Weissman, “10 Reasons to Dismantle the WTO”	undated
2/59	5177-003	Unidentified, “Ministerial Decision on Trade, Globalisation, Development and Labour Issues”	3/12/99
2/60	5177-003	Newsletter Articles from e-Newsletters
Box/Folder	Accession
2/61	5177-003	Fact Sheets
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
2/62	5177-003	Adbusters Originals	undated
2/63	5177-003	Animal Rights	1999
2/64	5177-003	Ballard-Fremont Neighborhood	8/99
2/65	5177-003	Bananas	1999
2/66-67	5177-003	Churches	1999
2/68	5177-003	Clise Property	1999
2/69	5177-003	Delegate Visa Problems	11/8/1999
2/70-74	5177-003	Democracy/Legalities	1999, n.d.
2/75	5177-003	Downtown Seattle Association	1999
2/76	5177-003	Education/Youth	1999
2/77	5177-003	Environment Issues	10 – 11/99
2/78	5177-003	Forests	undated
2/79	5177-003	Fundraisers	10/4/99
2/80-81	5177-003	Health	6/99, n.d.
2/82	5177-003	Joint Pledge Card Proposal	1999
2/83	5177-003	King County Council Resolution	8-9/99
2/84-86	5177-003	Labor	1999, n.d.
2/87	5177-003	Larson, Eric	undated
2/88-89	5177-003	Logistics	11/99, nd.
2/90	5177-003	Methodist Church	1999, n.d.
2/91	5177-003	NGO Press Center	11/99
2/92	5177-003	Neighborhood Organizations	8-9/99
2/93	5177-003	No! WTO Student Teach-In	11/6/99
2/94	5177-003	“The Opposition”—CIBER/UW, Simer, Jeremy	7/99, n.d.
2/95	5177-003	“The Opposition”—WTO & SHO Information, Simer, Jeremy	1999
2/96	5177-003	Seattle Student/Youth Organizing	8-9/99
2/97-101	5177-003	Social Justice	1999
2/102	5177-003	Street Committee	8/25/99
2/103-105	5177-003	Trade/WTO Anti-Corp	1998-99
2/106	5177-003	Trade/WTO Pro-Trade	n.d.
2/107-110	5177-003	Trade/WTO—Trade Treaties	1993-99
2/111	5177-003	Volunteers	9-11/99
2/112	5177-003	Washington Council on International Trade	5/2000
2/113	5177-003	Workers & Families For Free Trade	n.d.
Box/Folder	Accession
3/1	5177-003	Notice re Noise Ordinance
3/2	5177-003	Resolutions - Labor
3/3	5177-003	Conference - Evergreen State College	10/23-24/1999
3/4	5177-003	Graphics
3/5	5177-003	Notes
3/6-7	5177-003	News Releases
3/8-11	5177-003	Ephemera
3/12-27	5177-003	Chronological Files (Mostly clippings)	6/99-11/28/99
3/28	5177-003	Clippings	11/24-25/1999
3/29-38	5177-003	Clippings - Articles, In-Depth
		Posters OVERSIZED
Box/Folder	Accession
14/1	5177-003	Information about WTO and its record --Foamboard 3-panel
Tube 17	5177-003	No To WTO Teach-In	11/6/99
		Part 2: During WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
3/36	5177-003	Schedule
3/37	5177-003	Notebook – “Front Desk Information”
		Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
3/38	5177-003	Chants
3/39	5177-003	Humane Society of the United States	11/29/99
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
3/40	5177-003	Food and Agriculture Day	1999
10/2	5177-003	Infernal Noise Brigade
3/41	5177-003	Medics—Re Basic Medic Kit	11/22/99
3/42	5177-003	Oleoresin Capsicum (Pepper Spray)	11/30/99
3/43	5177-003	Protest Targets	1999
3/44	5177-003	Seattle International Peoples’ Assembly	1999
3/45	5177-003	Volunteers	11/28-12/3/99
3/46	5177-003	Women, Development, Democracy Day at WTO	1999
3/47	5177-003	WTO Ministerial	1999
		Publications
Box/Folder	Accession
3/48	5177-003	Belltown’s Regrade Dispatch	12/12/99
3/49	5177-003	The Spectator (Seattle University)	12/2/99
Box/Folder	Accession
3/50	5177-003	Newsletters
3/51	5177-003	News Releases
3/52	5177-003	Maps
tube:oversize
18	5177-003	Map OVERSIZED General Notes: Large map of downtown Seattle used by the Direct Action Network in planning the shut-down of downtown Seattle Nov. 30, with the Convention Center at the epicenter and "pie slices" radiating outward; each of these slices was adopted by an "affinity group" or "cluster" of affinity groups and it was their responsibility to blockade their particular slice.
Box/Folder
3/53	5177-003	Photographs
3/54	5177-003	Financial Records
3/55-57	5177-003	Ephemera
		Artifacts
Box/Folder	Accession
11/2	5177-003	Armband, black, reads: “City-Wide Walkout”
11/3	5177-003	Bumper Stickers
11/4	5177-003	Buttons
11/5	5177-003	Cigarettes (presented to people released from jail)
11/6	5177-003	Hat, Parade Marshall’s
		Particulate Mask
Box/Folder	Accession
11/8	5177-003	Photograph of Dee Dee Rainbow, autographed
11/9	5177-003	Police Tape (false) reads: “Unseen Crimes”
11/10	5177-003	Swim Goggles
11/11	5177-003	T-Shirt, black, torn piece
11/12	5177-003	Item list, with notes, by Jeremy Simer
		Posters OVERSIZED
Box/Folder	Accession
13/1	5177-003	Calendars
13/2	5177-003	“Fremont/Ballard Neighborhood”
		Handmade sign announcing opening of Network Opposed To World Trade Organization offices
		Agenda (Handmade sign)
		“Showdown In Seattle”
		“Congratulations, Seattle”
		“The Golf War”
Box/Folder	Accession
13/3	5177-003	Miscellaneous Posters distributed by Dana Schuerholz
13/4	5177-003	Sierra Club
		“The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”
		“Make Trade Clean, Green, and Fair”
		“No Globalization”
13/5	5177-003	“Tell Schell”
		“Stop the Corporate World Takeover”
		“Benefit!”
		“Beyond the WTO Ministerial”
		“Do You Know?”
Box/Folder	Accession
13/6	5177-003	“That’s Right, Tiffany”
		“Nine Things to Do”
		“Shhhhhh”
		World Trade Organization (Turtle)
Box/Folder	Accession
13/7	5177-003	“Defend Free Speech” (Handmade Poster)
		“Fair Trade”
		“Food and Agriculture Day”
		“Stop the WTO!”
		“We Believe in Fair Trade, How About You, Al Gore?”
Box/Folder	Accession
Tube 16	5177-003	Banner OVERSIZED
		“WTO Hurts Working Families--Seattle Center Rally and Meeting Nov. 30/1999 8 am” (street banner—white with red Letters—airflow cuts)
		Part 3: Post-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
3/58	5177-003	Minutes	12/13/99
3/59	5177-003	Incoming Letters	12/7/99-7/28/00
3/60	5177-003	Outgoing Letter
3/61	5177-003	Speeches and Writings - Atkin, Jerry, Jobs With Justice	undated
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
3/62	5177-003	N30 Mural Project
3/63	5177-003	Views on Food and Agriculture Day
Box/Folder	Accession
3/64	5177-003	Newsletter - World Affairs	12/99
		Publications
Box/Folder	Accession
3/65	5177-003	Bringing Democracy Home	4/2000
3/66	5177-003	Rebuild the Balkans	7/1999
3/67	5177-003	Standing	3/2000
Box/Folder	Accession
4/1	5177-003	Report - Seattle International Peoples’ Assembly—Report from the Secretariat	1/00-2/00
		Web Page Printouts
Box/Folder	Accession
4/2	5177-003	Eat the State
4/3	5177-003	Pure Food
4/4	5177-003	World Socialist
4/5	5177-003	World Trade Organization
Box/Folder	Accession
4/6	5177-003	Ephemera – re: Celebration of Victory
4/7-8	5177-003	Ephemera
RECORDS SUBGROUP VII		PUBLIC CITIZEN'S GLOBAL TRADE WATCH
		Part 1: Pre-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
4/9	5177-003	Organization
4/10	5177-003	Outgoing Letter	8/31/99
4/11	5177-003	Contact Lists – Environmental and Health Day
4/12	5177-003	Packet – “WTO: What Are We Trading Away?”	undated
4/13	5177-003	Subject Series - Michael Moore, Director of WTO	10/1/1999
		Newsletters
Box/Folder	Accession
4/14	5177-003	Eco WTO Watch	4/99
4/15	5177-003	Harmonization Alert	11/98, 6/99-7/99
Box/Folder	Accession
4/16	5177-003	News Releases
		Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
4/17	5177-003	Nader, Ralph & Lori Wallach, “GATT, NAFTA, and the Subversion of the Democratic Process”	undated
4/18	5177-003	Parrish, Geov, “Shutting Down Seattle”	8/19/99
4/19	5177-003	Wallach, Lori M., International ‘Harmonization’ of Social, Economic, and Environmental Standards	7/98
4/20	5177-003	Wallach, Lori M., Testimony of Lori Wallach, Global Trade Watch, Re: U.S. Preparations for the WTO’s 1999 Ministerial Meeting	8/5/99
4/21	5177-003	“Comments of Public Citizen…”	10/22/98
4/22	5177-003	“Five-Year Record of WTO Reveals Disturbing Trends: Food Safety, Environment Undermined, Accountable Governance Eroded”	10/13/99
		Statement of Joan Claybrook on WTO	10-13-99
Box/Folder	Accession
4/23	5177-003	Miscellaneous
		Publications
Box/Folder	Accession
4/24	5177-003	Anderson, Alfred F., Challenging Newt Gingrich	1996
4/25	5177-003	A Citizen’s Guide To The World Trade Organization	7/99
Box/Folder	Accession
4/26	5177-003	Ephemera
4/27	5177-003	Miscellany
		Part 2: During WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
4/28	5177-003	Schedule
4/29	5177-003	Newsletter - Mobilization Against Corporate Globalization	11/29-12/3/00
4/30	5177-003	News Releases
RECORDS SUBGROUP VIII		ALAN RABINOWITZ
Box/Folder	Accession
9/1-8	5177-003	E-mail On Floppy Disk With Printouts—“65 Files Plus Early Newspaper Clippings.” Includes Copy Of The Fake Seattle Post-intelligence Of 11/30/99	7 – 12/99
		Part 1: Pre-WTO
		Incoming Letters
Box/Folder	Accession
4/31	5177-003	International Forum on Globalization	10/22/98-11/17/99
4/32	5177-003	Miscellaneous	2/20-11/21/99
Box/Folder	Accession
4/33	5177-003	Outgoing Letter	4/12/99
4/34	5177-003	Audiocassettes:
		Making Contact, Democracy for Sale	7/7/99
		World Trade Watch Demo Tape	undated
		Subject Series – Institute For Agriculture and Trade Policy
Box/Folder	Accession
4/35	5177-003	Incoming Letters	1/27/99-8/10/99
4/36	5177-003	Annual Reports	1996-97, 98-99
		Newsletters
Box/Folder	Accession
4/37	5177-003	Agriculture Biodiversity News	11/98-3/99
4/38	5177-003	The Road to Seattle Issue VII	9/10/99
4/39	5177-003	IPR---info: Information About Intellectual Property Rights	5/95-7/98
Box/Folder	Accession
4/40	5177-003	Proceedings - Meeting on the WTO Agreement on Agriculture	9/30-10/4/98
		Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
4/41	5177-003	Dawkins, Kristen, “Defending Biological Diversity and Food Security in the Face of Globalization”	11/97
4/42	5177-003	Dawkins, Kristen, “Trade Strategy of U.S.: Analysis of Current Agricultural Policy”	1/8/99
4/43	5177-003	Dawkins, Kristen & Steve Suppan, Sterile Fields: The Impacts of Intellectual Property Rights and Trade on Biodiversity & Food Security	11/96
4/44	5177-003	Hausknost, Daniel, “In Europe, Consumers Think Twice: A look at the Uproar Over Genetically Engineered Food”	7/10/98
4/45	5177-003	Kraker, Daniel & Kristen Dawkins, “The Continuing Threat From Trade Negotiations”	3/99
4/46	5177-003	Lehman, Karen, “Alternatives To The Global Trading System For Agriculture”	5/16/96
4/47	5177-003	Murphy, Sophia, “Trade and Food Security—An Assessment Of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture”	1999
4/48	5177-003	Murphy, Sophia, Trade-Related Agenda, Development and Equity (Trade) Working Papers	11/99
4/49	5177-003	Teitel, M., Fund, C.S., and H. Shand, The Ownership of Life, When Patents and Values Clash	6/97
4/50	5177-003	“Building the ‘capacity to trade’ through trade related policy reform: Towards revising the Agreement on Agriculture and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights”	9/8/97
4/51	5177-003	“Strengthening Complementarities Between Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development”	3/17-18/98
Box/Folder	Accession
4/52	5177-003	Ephemera
		Subject Series - International Forum on Globalization
Box/Folder	Accession
4/53	5177-003	Audiotapes - Teach-In	11/26/99
4/54	5177-003	Report - Beyond the WTO, Alternatives to Economic Globalization	11/26/99
4/55	5177-003	Partial Summary of Media Coverage—IFG WTO Campaign	undated
		Speeches and Writings (Publications)
Box/Folder	Accession
4/56	5177-003	Barker, D. & J. Mander, Invisible Government	10/99
4/57	5177-003	Barlow, Maude, Blue Gold	6/99
4/58	5177-003	Newsletters	10-11/99
4/59	5177-003	Publications
		Speeches and Writings by Others
Box/Folder	Accession
4/60	5177-003	Ad Hoc Working Group on the MAI, “ MAI—Democracy For Sale?”	undated
4/61	5177-003	Shrybman, Steven, “The World Trade Organization: The New World Constitution Laid Bare”	undated
4/62	5177-003	Cuernavaca Consensus—Draft	undated
4/63	5177-003	“Solidar Briefing”	11/99
Box/Folder	Accession
4/64	5177-003	Ephemera
4/65	5177-003	Clippings
		Part 2: During WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
4/66-67	5177-003	Audiocassettes - World Trade Watch, Five Days of the WTO (10 tapes total, 2 sets)	11/29-12/3/99
4/68	5177-003	Workshop - Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)	11/30/98
4/69	5177-003	Publications
4/70	5177-003	Ephemera
4/71	5177-003	Clippings
		Part 3: Post-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
5/1	5177-003	Incoming Letters
		World Trade Watch	12/11/99
		International Forum On Globalization	12/20/99
5/2	5177-003	Outgoing Letter	2/1/2000
5/3	5177-003	Newsletters	Feb-Apr/2000
5/4-5	5177-003	Publications
5/6	5177-003	Clippings
5/7	5177-003	Ephemera
		“The Whole World Is Watching, Art, Images & Literature From The WTO Protests” Center On Contemporary Art Exhibit Brochure
		Misc.
RECORDS SUBGROUP IX:		SEATTLE HOST ORGANIZATION: NGO COMMITTEE
Box/Folder	Accession
5/8	5177-003	Organization
		Incoming Letters
Box/Folder	Accession
5/9	5177-003	Wiehoff, Dale e-mail	2/17/99
5/10	5177-003	To Goldman, Patti	8/6/-11/24/99
Box/Folder	Accession
5/11	5177-003	Outgoing Letter
5/12	5177-003	Calendars
		Packets
Box/Folder	Accession
5/13	5177-003	Corporate Hospitality
5/14	5177-003	Delegates’
Box/Folder	Accession
5/15	5177-003	Agenda - Trade And Environment Session	12/2/1999
5/16	5177-003	Ephemera
		Part 1: Pre-WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
5/17	5177-003	Historical Features – World Trade Organization
5/18	5177-003	Incoming Letter – Fidel Castro To Jim Mcdermott	11/29/99
5/19	5177-003	Outgoing Letter – Church Council Of Greater Seattle To Castro	10/1/99
5/20	5177-003	Calendar
		Packets/handbooks
Box/Folder	Accession
5/21	5177-003	Alliance For Better Foods
5/22	5177-003	Body Shop – “Wasting Trade Opportunities”
5/23	5177-003	Global Environmental Protection
5/24	5177-003	Greenpeace International
5/25	5177-003	“A Handbook of World Trade” MinComEx Columbia
5/26	5177-003	Preamble Center
5/27	5177-003	National Wildlife Federation
5/28	5177-003	World Bank Bonds Boycott Campaign
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
5/29	5177-003	Alliance For Democracy
5/30	5177-003	American Lands Alliance	8/6/99
5/31	5177-003	Asia Pacific Center for Justice and Peace	1998-99
5/32	5177-003	Coffee
5/33	5177-003	Falun Gong	11/99
5/34-35	5177-003	Friends Of The Earth	1999
5/36	5177-003	Grassroots International
5/37	5177-003	Green Party	1999
5/38	5177-003	International Federation for Alternative Trade
5/39	5177-003	Manana Coalition	10/5/99
5/40	5177-003	No On I-695 Campaign
5/41	5177-003	Pacific Northwest Junior State
5/42	5177-003	Ruckus Society
5/43	5177-003	Seattle Anarchist Response
5/44	5177-003	Seeds Of Liberation
5/45	5177-003	Sierra Club
5/46	5177-003	United For a Fair Economy
5/47-49	5177-003	U.S. Chamber of Commerce
5/50	5177-003	U.S. Congress
5/51	5177-003	Women and Trade
5/52	5177-003	Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
5/53	5177-003	WTO Student Ambassador Program
Box/Folder	Accession
5/54	5177-003	News Releases
		Publications
Box/Folder	Accession
5/55	5177-003	The Big Picture, Visualizing The Global Economy
		Compost The Corporations
		The Dispatcher
		Dossier—Medicines
Box/Folder	Accession
5/56	5177-003	Eat The State	3-11/1999
5/57	5177-003	Eugene Weekly
		European Public Health Update
		Handbook For Nonviolent Action
		Infusion
		Instant Planet
Box/Folder	Accession
5/58	5177-003	Real Change	8-11/1999
5/59	5177-003	Seattle Weekly
5/60	5177-003	Storm Warning!
		Street Roots
		Teamsters On The Front Line—Local 174
		Trade Union World
		The World Bank
		Z Magazine
		Speeches And Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
5/61	5177-003	Canwright, Lois, “Action Advice & Globalization and the WTO”	undated
5/62	5177-003	Godfried, Mike, “WTO Talking Points”	undated
5/63	5177-003	History Committee of the General Strike Committee, The Seattle General Strike of 1919	1999
5/64	5177-003	Stanton, Arnold, “Ode: To All Oligarchs And Their Minions”	1998
5/65	5177-003	Japan Proposal, “Toward the Establishment of Trade Rules For the 21st Century that Contribute to the Era of Diversity And Coexistence”	undated
5/66	5177-003	Japan Proposal, “Proposal of Japan on the WTO Negotiations”
5/67	5177-003	Legal Opinion re Child Labor Laws & Gatt	7/15/93
5/68	5177-003	Miscellaneous
		Brochures
Box/Folder	Accession
5/69	5177-003	Consumers International, “Consumer Rights and the Multilateral Trading System”	8/99
5/70	5177-003	Environmental Media Services, “Understanding International Trade and the Environment”	undated
5/71	5177-003	International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, “Building Workers’ Human Rights Into the Global Trading System”	1999
6/1	5177-003	Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals
6/2	5177-003	Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD)	10/99
6/3	5177-003	United States Trade Representative
6/4	5177-003	World Vision
		Newsletters
Box/Folder	Accession
6/5	5177-003	Socialist
6/6-7	5177-003	Miscellaneous
Box/Folder	Accession
6/8	5177-003	Report – U.s. Trade Representative – “accelerated Tariff Liberalization…”	11/99
		Lists
Box/Folder	Accession
6/9	5177-003	Labor & NGO Allies	undated
6/10	5177-003	Seattle Public Library reading list
		Ephemera
Box/Folder	Accession
6/11	5177-003	Revolutionary Communist Party U.S.A. Seattle Branch
6/12-17	5177-003	Miscellaneous
Box/Folder	Accession
6/18-20	5177-003	Clippings
		Part 2:During WTO
		Packets
Box/Folder	Accession
6/21	5177-003	Delegate Packet
6/22	5177-003	Press Pack
6/23	5177-003	European Union Millennium Round Packet
6/24	5177-003	Seattle Round Agricultural Committee Media Packet
Box/Folder	Accession
6/25-40	5177-003	Personal Accounts
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
6/41	5177-003	Citizens For Free Trade	undated
6/42	5177-003	Civil Disobedience
6/43	5177-003	Independent Media Center (incl. Newsletter – Blind Spot, A Daily Bulletin Of Underreported Anti-WTO Activism, Issues 1-5)
		Ephemera
Box/Folder	Accession
6/44	5177-003	Industrial Workers Of The World	11/99-1/00
6/45	5177-003	Seattle, City of
6/46	5177-003	Seattle Police Department	11/30/99,n.d.
6/47	5177-003	United Steelworkers of America
6/48	5177-003	Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist
6/49	5177-003	Washington Toxics Coalition	11/28/99, n.d.
Box/Folder	Accession
6/50	5177-003	Court Paper	12/2/99
6/51	5177-003	Cartoons
12/1	5177-003	Comics Oversized
		Publications
Box/Folder	Accession
6/52	5177-003	Seattle Post Intelligence (Parody)	11/30/99
6/53	5177-003	Washington Free Press	11-12/99
6/54	5177-003	Miscellaneous
		Publications (WTO Week Accounts)
Box/Folder	Accession
6/55	5177-003	Labor Press
6/56	5177-003	Socialist Press
6/57-7/1	5177-003	Miscellaneous
		Newsletters
Box/Folder	Accession
7/2	5177-003	Bridges, Daily Update On The Third Ministerial Conference	12/3/99
7/3	5177-003	The Current	7/99-8/99
7/4	5177-003	Environment & Climate News	2/2000
7/5	5177-003	GovLink WTO Traffic Alerts	12/1-8/99
7/6	5177-003	Puget Sound Council Of Senior Citizens	10/99-1/00
7/7	5177-003	WTO Watch	12/99
		Speeches And Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
7/8	5177-003	Clinton, Wm. J., Remarks by the President at the Signing of ILO Convention 182	12/2/99
7/9	5177-003	Miscellaneous
Box/Folder	Accession
7/10	5177-003	News Release - Caribbean Community
7/11	5177-003	Programs
		“GMOs and the World Trade Organization: Food For Thought”	12/1/99
		“Seattle Symposium On International Trade Issues In The First Decades Of The Next Century”	12/1/99
7/12-13	5177-003	Photographs
		Conferences And Conventions
Box/Folder	Accession
7/14	5177-003	ICFTU Conference on Globalisation and Workers’ Rights: Core Labour Standards in the Global Economy	11/28-29/99
7/15	5177-003	LELO—Workers’ Voices Coalition	12/4/99
		Ephemera
Box/Folder	Accession
7/16	5177-003	Events
7/17	5177-003	Miscellaneous
Box/Folder	Accession
7/18-20	5177-003	Clippings
		Artifacts Oversized
Box/Folder	Accession
12/2	5177-003	Plastic WTO Rain Ponchos
12/3	5177-003	Black & Yellow “Insurrection” Banner
23	5177-003	Turtle Costumes
		Picket Signs Oversized
Box/Folder	Accession
19	5177-003	Darth Vader, on a stick
20	5177-003	“Reclaim The Streets”, on a stick
21	5177-003	Tear Gas Canister, on a stick
22	5177-003	Tree, on a stick
		Posters Oversized
Box/Folder	Accession
15/4	5177-003	WTO Octopus
12/4	5177-003	“First Amendment”
		“Expose & Oppose the WTO”
		“Nov. 30 No To WTO! People’s Assembly March & Rally”
		“WTO Basta!”
		“Junk WTO”
Box/Folder	Accession
14/2	5177-003	“Congratulations Everyone” with Post-Intelligencer Front Page	12/4/99
		No To WTO
Box/Folder	Accession
14/3	5177-003	“Stop the Global Gamblers,” Foamboard
		Union-Related Posters
		“Labor Says WTO Ends Democracy”
		Firefighters Logo, Foamboard
		Teamsters Local 174—“No To WTO”
Box/Folder	Accession
14/4	5177-003	Sweatshops (GAP)
		Make Trade Green, Clean, and Fair (3)
		Trade/Debt “Boomerangs”
		Economic Institutionalized Racism
		Seattle Police Department Training
Box/Folder	Accession
14/5	5177-003	Stop the WTO
		Art and Revolution Convergence
Box/Folder	Accession
14/6	5177-003	Horsey 1999 Post-Intelligencer Cartoon (enlarged photocopy)
		Poetry Event
		Poem by Eric Larson
		Training Posters
		Part 3: Post-WTO
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
8/1	5177-003	China Admission To WTO	12/99
8/2	5177-003	Seattle. City Council Hearings	12/99 – 1/00
Box/Folder	Accession
8/3	5177-003	Speeches And Writings
		“Funder’s Network On Trade Globalization, Background Information”	3/00
		Publicatons
Box/Folder	Accession
8/4	5177-003	Eat The State	12/99-2/00
		Fifth Estate	Spring 2000
Box/Folder	Accession
8/5	5177-003	Leschi News	12/99, 1/00
8/6	5177-003	People’s Weekly World	12/99 – 1/00
8/7	5177-003	Washington Free Press	Jan-Feb. 2000
8/8	5177-003	Z Magazine	1/00
8/9	5177-003	Spanish Language
8/10	5177-003	Miscellaneous
Box/Folder	Accession
8/11-14	5177-003	Ephemera
8/15-16	5177-003	Clippings
		Posters Oversized
Box/Folder	Accession
12/5	5177-003	Jubilee 2000
		N30 “We will not be silenced”
		N30 Whose Day? Our Day!
Box/Folder	Accession
14/7	5177-003	Anarchist Teach-In Handmade Posters (2)	3/2000
Box/Folder	Accession
12-23	5177-003	Oversized Material (as Described Above)

Accession No. 5177-004: World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 1999Return to Top

2.33 cubic feet (2 boxes )

includes 5 videotapes

Scope and Content: Posters, videotapes, ephemera, and published material. Videotapes include the four-part video "Labor Beat: WTO Seattle."

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Rights in artwork and videos not transferred. Materials may be loaned for exhibits in secure locations.

Acquisition Info: Donated 2/22/2001.

Accession No. 5177-005: World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 1998-2000 December (bulk 1999 August-2000 December)Return to Top

.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Ephemera, publications, clippings, relating to the April 16, 2000 protest against the IMF at World Bank meeting in Washington D.C.,and the WTO demonstrations in Seattle; minutes of one post-WTO mtg, People for Fair Trade, transcript of radio program of a teach-in, 11/99, "The Day the WTO Stood Still," and a report by the ACLU of Washington on official responses to the Seattle protests.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Donated 3/26/2001.

Accession No. 5177-006: World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 1999 October-2000 December (bulk 1999 November-December)Return to Top

1.42 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Includes 14 videocassettes (VHS) and 1 compact disc sound recording

Scope and Content: Ephemera, videotaped speeches, independently produced videotapes of programs prior to and programs following the 1999 meetings in Seattle, compact disc recording of protest songs, T-shirt, publications, press releases.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Some restrictions exist on copying, quotation or publication. Contact Repository for details.

Acquisition Info: Donated 7/5/2001.

Accession No. 5177-007: World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 1999-1999 (bulk 1999)Return to Top

.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Ephemera, publications, clippings, email, newsletters, news releases, documenting various opposition groups' preparations for the WTO round in Seattle, WTO week protests and events, and the aftermath.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated 8/16/2001.

Accession No. 5177-008: World Trade Organization, 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection, 2000Return to Top

.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Oral history transcripts of the WTO History Project.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated 9/25/2001.

Accession No. 5177-009: WTO Seattle collection, 1999Return to Top

0.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: This accession includes newsletters, flyers, and pamphlets relating to issues and events surrounding the WTO conference in Seattle in 1999 that were sent to lawyers at Earthjustice. Earthjustice was a registered NGO at the WTO conference, and specialized in environmental law. Some lawyers had published articles in the newsletters and were supposed to give lectures on Nov. 29, 1999, the day of the rally.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Acquisition Info: Earthjustice, March 26, 2007

Accession No. 5177-010: WTO Seattle collection, 1999Return to Top

6 cubic feet (1 box, 2 bundles)

Scope and Content: Picket signs and other oversize material related to preparation for and participation in the WTO protests of 1999. Created by various organizations, including SPEEA (AFL-CIO), Inland Boatmen's Union, Direct Action Network, and the Sierra Club.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Accession No. 5177-011: WTO Seattle collection, 1996-2000Return to Top

1 cubic foot (1 box)

Includes 7 video recordings

Scope and Content: Booklets, pamphlets, flyers, documents, and videos pertaining to Seattle's WTO protest of 1999. See printed email contents list in box.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Acquisition Info: Hans Nesse, July 10, 2008

Accession No. 5177-012: WTO Seattle collection, 2000Return to Top

.03 cubic feet (1 folder)

Scope and Content: Cops of the WTOwall calendar featuring photos and commentary about the protests.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Acquisition Info: Dan Halligan, April 10, 2013

Accession No. 5177-013: WTO Seattle and global justice collection, 1998-2011Return to Top

1.64 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Contains publications, fliers, and ephemera relating to the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, as well as other materials on related issues of global justice, and the Occupy Olympia movement.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Trevor Griffey, August 29, 2013

Processing Info: Processed by A. Demeter, 2013.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Before WTO protests
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	5177-013	IISD, The World Trade Organization and Sustainable Development: An Independent Assessment: A Report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development	1996
1/2	5177-013	Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, The World Trade Organization (WTO) at 39 Months: A Sampling of the Damage and Dangers So Far	1998 March
1/3	5177-013	Booklets, fliers, etc. about WTO and/or promoting protests	circa 1999
1/4	5177-013	Handbooks, Action Packet	circa 1999
2/1	5177-013	Newspapers – Seattle Weekly OVERSIZE	1999 November 25
		During WTO protests
Box/Folder	Accession
1/5	5177-013	Publications, articles, clippings	1999 November
		Newspapers OVERSIZE
Box/Folder	Accession
2/2	5177-013	Seattle Post Intelligencer	1999 November 28-December 3
2/3	5177-013	Seattle Times	1999 November 29-December 4
2/4	5177-013	Seattle Gay News	1999 December 3
2/4	5177-013	Seattle Weekly	1999 December 2
2/4	5177-013	The Stranger (clippings)	1999 December 2
Box/Folder	Accession
1/6	5177-013	Ephemera – Press badges, small fliers, stickers, parking tickets, ACLU rights cards, button	circa 1999 November
1/7	5177-013	CD – Christopher DeLaurenti, N30, “Live at the WTO November 30, 1999”	1999 November 30
		After WTO protests
Box/Folder	Accession
1/8	5177-013	ACLU of Washington, Out of Control: Seattle’s Flawed Response to Protests Against the World Trade Organization – A Special Report	2000 July
1/9	5177-013	Articles, clippings	circa 2000
1/10	5177-013	Claims against police	circa 2000
		Newspapers OVERSIZE
Box/Folder	Accession
2/5	5177-013	Seattle Times	1999 December 5-16
2/6	5177-013	Seattle Weekly (clippings)	1999 December 9-30
2/6	5177-013	The Stranger	1999 December 9-16
2/6	5177-013	Waging War on Dissent: A Report by the Seattle National Lawyers Guild WTO Legal Group	2000 Winter
Box/Folder	Accession
2/7	5177-013	Poster - N29 benefit show OVERSIZE	undated
		Global justice
Box/Folder	Accession
1/11	5177-013	Magazines – In These Times; The Nation; Dollars and Sense; Left Turn	1998-2001
1/12	5177-013	Jubilee 2000 Coalition, The New Jubilee 2000 Debt Cutter’s Handbook: Breaking the Chains	1999
1/13	5177-013	Booklets, small publications	2000-2002
2/8	5177-013	Newspapers – Eat the State OVERSIZE	2002 April 24
1/14	5177-013	Occupy Olympia	2011

Accession No. 5177-014: WTO Seattle collection, 1999-2003Return to Top

0.18 cubic feet (1 box)

Biographical/Historical Note: Marjorie Van Cleef is a teacher and musician with the Bryn Mawr Peace Coalition. She has worked as the Program and Action Chair of the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom.

Scope and Content: VHS tapes, fliers, newspapers, and other publications from and about the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle in 1999, as well as Marjorie Van Cleef’s personal recollections from the demonstrations

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Marjorie Van Cleef, 2015-03-12

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Accession
1	5177-014	Marjorie Van Cleef's personal recollections from the WTO demonstrations	undated
1	5177-014	Shut Down the World Trade Organization newspaper	1999
1	5177-014	The WTO and the Global War System forum proceedings	1999
1	5177-014	"Celebrate Resistance to the WTO" flier	1999
1	5177-014	Clippings from The Stranger	1999
1	5177-014	Clippings from the New Haven Advocate	1999
1	5177-014	Storm Warning! Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist newsletter	1999
1	5177-014	Neoliberal Globalization: Cancun and Beyond, An In-Depth Report on the World Trade Organization	2003
1	5177-014	Z Magazine	2000
1	5177-014	The Progressive	2000
1	5177-014	Email print-out with the subject "lessons from Seattle and DC"	2000
1	5177-014	Indypendent newspaper clipping	undated
1	5177-014	"Revolt against Globalization" bumper sticker	undated
1	5177-014	2 VHS tapes of WTO demonstrations 2 videocassettes (VHS)	undated

Accession No. 5177-015: Ruth Yarrow WTO Seattle protests collection, 1999Return to Top

0.18 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Ruth Yarrow's collection of materials relating to the planning and participation in the World Trade Organizational protests in Seattle in 1999. Ruth Yarrow was involved in the planning and overall events of the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Ruth Yarrow, 2015-08-25

Accession No. 5177-016: World Trade Organization 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference umbrella, bag, and media guide, 1999Return to Top

0.52 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: World Trade Organization Seattle Ministerial Conference umbrella, bag, and WTO media guide distributed to reporters covering the 1999 WTO conference in Seattle. This packet was donated by Stacy Sakamoto, a KIRO reporter in Seattle at the time.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Stacy Sakamoto

Accession No. 5177-017: "No World Trade Without Workers Rights" WTO protest banner, 1999Return to Top

0.70 cubic feet (1 box)

Biographical/Historical Note: Blue and gold cloth banner with the text "No World Trade Without Workers Rights". The banner was created by made by Carla Kiiskila and David Reynolds on November 29, 1999, on Vashon Island, Washington and was carried the next day by labor movement protesters at the world conference of the WTO in Seattle.

David Reynolds was a member of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 763 at the time and became Secretary-Treasurer in 2001. Carla Kiiskila was a legal intern on the International Brotherhood of Teamsters organizing campaign "United for Change," a successful effort to organize apple warehouse workers in Yakima and Wenatchee.

The banner was proudly carried by labor union members throught the protest against the WTO.

Scope and Content: Blue and gold cloth banner with the text "No World Trade Without Workers Rights." The banner was carried in the labor march protesting the World Trade Organization Ministerial in Seattle, Washington in 1999.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Lilah Smith on behalf of Carla Kiiskila and David Reynolds.

Accession No. 5177-018: World Trade Organization 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Bus Advertisement Sign, 1999Return to Top

1 oversize bus advertisement

Scope and Content: "Bus card" advertisement for the WTO meeting in Seattle in 1999. The main text reads "Welcome, WTO; King County, Port of Seattle, Greater Seattle Region...a trade-friendly place to do business." The sign was torn off the side of a Seattle bus during the protests that occurred with the WTO meeting.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

This sign is oversize and therefore mostly inaccessible to researchers.

Restrictions on Use: Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

Acquisition Info: Paul A. Schafer

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Anti-globalization movement--Washington (State)--Seattle
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Protest movements--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

World Trade Organization. Ministerial Conference

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Goldman, Patti (creator)
- Rabinowitz, Alan (creator)
- Simer, Jeremy (creator)
Corporate Names
- AFL-CIO. King County Labor Council of Washington (creator)
- Direct Action Network (creator)
- Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund (creator)
- Institute For Agriculture And Trade Policy (creator)
- International Forum On Globalization (creator)
- Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)
- People For Fair Trade (creator)
- Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch (creator)

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