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Political Factoid
Battle of Seattle:
a.k.a. the WTO riots
Seattle police began
tear-gassing an estimated
50,000 to 70,000 peaceful
protesters* on November 30,
1999, and initiated a violent
melee in downtown Seattle.
Anarchist groups then
seized on the chaos to
destroy cars and smash
windows, causing millions
of dollars of damage.
WTO = World Trade Organization
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a coalition including environmentalists,
labor unions, indigenous groups,
international NGOs, and students
... all who feared the ill effects
of globalization
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