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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the Independent Media Center Materials Regarding the WTO 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protests 1999-2001<date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1999/2001" type="inclusive"/></titleproper>
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        <date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="2015/2020">© 2015 (Last modified: 4/13/2020)</date>
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          <addressline>Allen Library</addressline>
          <addressline>BOX 352900</addressline>
          <addressline>Seattle, Washington 98195-2900</addressline>
          <addressline>Business Number: 206-543-1929</addressline>
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      <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">Materials gathered in creating a documentary on the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference protests</abstract>
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      <p>The Independent Media Center is an an international network of journalists that report on political and social issues. It was founded during the Seattle anti-WTO protests in 1999, employing an open publishing and democratic media process that allows anybody to contribute.</p>
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      <p>Materials include ephemera from the WTO protests, marketing materials for the documentary.</p>
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      <p>Ed Escalona Materials left behind by IndyMedia when they moved out of the ScanTV public access building in Seattle. Ed Escalana gathered these materials and donated them to the UW Libraries, 2011-11-11.</p>
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      <p>The Independent Media Center Seattle gathered these materials in creating a documentary on the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference protests. The resulting documentary was called "Showdown in Seattle : five days that shook the WTO." These materials were left behind by IndyMedia when they moved out of the ScanTV public access television building in Seattle. Ed Escalana gathered these materials and donated them to the UW Libraries.</p>
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