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Filmmaker Ian Bell On ‘WTO/99’ And The Legacy Of The Battle In Seattle
16 Dec 2025 19:47 GMT
… early December 1999, the World Trade Organization convened in Seattle for a … the response to the WTO protests comes from an episode … more vicious than ever against protesters, regularly employing tactics like … . Once we got the WTO protest footage, we had a …
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New film on 1999 Seattle WTO protests offers lessons on resistance and police violence
11 Dec 2025 14:04 GMT
… of Seattle in 1999 to protest the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference.
The film … the WTO protests were also used in 2020 against Black Lives Matter protesters … after the 2020 protests that “hands up or not,” protesters were a …
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‘WTO/99’ Review: A Chilling Archival Documentary Captures the End of the 20th Century on Camera
05 Dec 2025 19:51 GMT
… to protest the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference. The large-scale anti-globalization protests were … the criticisms leveraged against the WTO protests is the vagueness of … of these commentators viewed the WTO protests as an activist showcase …
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Seattle filmmaker Ian Bell talks haunting historical documentary ‘WTO/99’
04 Dec 2025 23:25 GMT
… of protesters who have come out to protest the World Trade Organization. In “WTO… , ”WTO/99” focuses on seeing the protests as they … addition to capturing the protests themselves, that meant also … first seen during the WTO protests were also being used …
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“WTO/99” Filmmaker on Anti-Corporate Globalization Movement: “These Issues Haven’t Gone Away”
03 Dec 2025 19:35 GMT
… the historic 1999 protests in Seattle against the World Trade Organization, corporate power and … , in addition to the WTO. The film shows protesters targeting Starbucks’ flagship … seconds, we just covered a protest outside Starbucks in Brooklyn, tomorrow …
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The WTO/99 protests, filmed by those who were there
03 Dec 2025 05:14 GMT
… came to Seattle to protest at the World Trade Organization's ministerial … anti-democratic elements of the WTO, and the profound risks … businesses.
A new documentary called WTO/99 tries to … .
GUEST: Ian Bell, director, WTO/99
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‘WTO/99’ Review: Ian Bell’s Unsettling, If Blinkered, Look at the 1999 Seattle Protests
01 Dec 2025 14:44 GMT
… protest the then-nascent World Trade Organization. Through archival footage, Ian Bell’s documentary WTO … images perpetuate the myth of protests as leaderless, spontaneous expressions of … spirit of rebellion between protests. Neither does WTO/99 take time …
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WTO protesters and police clash in Seattle, Clinton signed the Brady Bill: Today in history, Nov. 30
30 Nov 2025 14:45 GMT
Today in history:
On Nov. 30, 1999, an estimated 40,000 demonstrators clashed with police as they protested against the World Trade Organization as the WTO convened in Seattle.
Also on this date:
In 1782, the United States and Britain signed preliminary …
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Korea protests Canada’s steel quota cuts
01 Dec 2025 05:29 GMT
… -sung delivered Seoul’s formal protest during a meeting in Seoul … law and contradicts both the WTO’s rules-based trading system …
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Today in History: Nov. 30, WTO protesters and police clash in Seattle
30 Nov 2025 05:36 GMT
Today is Sunday, Nov. 30, the 334th day of 2025. There are 31 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Nov. 30, 1999, an estimated 40,000 demonstrators clashed with police as they protested against the World Trade Organization as the WTO convened in …