The People's Victory at Seattle
--links to some analytical writings[NOTE: See the new Webliography page for an updated and wider range of documents]
Coates, Barry Friends fall out (London Guardian - 8 Dec 1999)
Chossudovsky, Michel Seattle and Beyond - disarming the New World Order - WTO
Comment by Walden Bello on Bill Clinton's Speech to the World Economic Forum, Davos (29 Jan 2000)
Elliott. Larry Byers ultimatum for WTO (London Guardian - 8 Jan 1999)
Mr Byers will insist . . .that reform of the WTO is now realistically the only achievement Mr Moore can expect from his 3-year term, and that unless this happens over the next 12 months, the WTO will find it impossible to win over its many critics among both governments and representatives of civil society.
Fried, Jonathan (Canada) Global trading agenda after Seattle (Vancouver debriefing, 4 Dec 1999)
"...although the media will no doubt want to portray this as a collapse or a failure, in all honesty and without trying to spin or offer a bias, it is in fact a suspension of ministerial discussions..."
George, Susan Fixing or nixing the WTO (Le Monde diplomatique, Jan 2000)
Gray, John The end of another fantasy (London Guardian - 23 Dec 1999)
Global corporations no longer rule the world and the US is on the retreat from its free trade schemesGreider, William The battle beyond Seattle (Nation - 27 Dec 1999)
Hawken, Paul The WTO: Inside, Outside, All Around The World
Jenkins, Brian Defeat of the Cairns Group proposals (letter to the West Australian, 7 Dec 1999)
Birth of 'fair trade' principles (Media release for StopMAI, 5 Dec 1999)
Korten, David Taking on the Corporate and Financial Rulers (Speech at Seattle, 3 Dec 1999)
Hellyer, Paul Letter on the WTO (23 Nov 1999)
Larson, Alan (US State Dept) Worldnet Dialogue on Seattle
Lim Li Lin (Third World Network) Montreal Agreement on Biosafety Protocol (31 Jan 2000)
Mackay, Hugh The real meaning of Seattle (West Australian, 14 Dec 1999)
McCarthy, John Might not right in trade wars (West Australian, 23 Dec 1999)
Martinez, Elizabeth (Betita) Where was the color in Seattle? (ColorLines, Spring 2000)
Mazur, Jay Labor's new internationalism (Journal of Foreign Affairs, Jan-Feb 2000)
Mokhiber, R. and Weissman, R. WTO's Top Ten Reasons organization is flawed (24 Nov 1999)
Monbiot, George Still bent on world conquest (London Guardian - 16 Dec 1999)
Moore, Michael (non-WTO!) Battle of Seattle (7 Dec 99)
Moore, Mike (WTO) Director-general's statement (7 Dec 99)
Mumia Abu-Jamal Just Another Form Of Imperialism (3 Dec 99)
Pruzin, Daniel et al WTO Seattle Ministerial fails (Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington D.C)
Ramonet, Ignacio The year 2000 (December 1999 leader, Le monde diplomatique)
Ricupero, Rubens (UNCTAD Sec-Gen) Statement to the Seattle WTO Ministerial (30 Nov 99)
Schreibman, Vigdor The meaning of "democracy" & Seattle99
Solomon, Norman A Global Pro-Democracy Movement (Disgruntled Magazine)
'Starhawk' How we really shut down the WTO (Direct Action Network)
Stratfor.com - see Defence Systems Daily above
Vandana Shiva The Historic Significance of Seattle (10 Dec 99)
"Free trade is not leading to freedom. It is leading to slavery. Diverse life forms are being enslaved through patents on life, farmers are being enslaved into high-tech slavery, and countries are being enslaved into debt and dependence and destruction of their domestic economies. We want a new millennium based on economic democracy, not economic totalitarianism."
White House Release Joint US-EU Statement on WTO (17 Dec 99)
Zinn, Howard A Flash of the Possible (The Progressive, Jan 2000/Corporate Watch)
Other Seattle analysis links:
Andreas Rockstein (Directory compiled prior to 17 Jan 2000)
Co-Intelligence (Tom Attlee)