Photos from Washington, DC Anti-WTO Protests


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Confrontation at 4th and Pike 3:30pm PST
by gazette webcam 4:54pm Tue Nov 30 '99

anarchy vs. the machine

King County sheriff deputies stand in front of writing painted on the wall of a building in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning, Nov. 30, 1999. Thousands of protesters took to the streets in a successful effort to disrupt the opening ceremonies of the 135-nation World Trade Organization. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 5:55 PM ET)

A protestor breaks the window of a downtown Seattle Starbucks Coffee shop smashing it with the garbage he's holding as WTO protests continued to clog city streets and cripple the conference Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 30, 1999. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 5:55 PM ET)

Demonstrators set off a dumpster fire, as seen on KIRO-TV.

Police fire teargas and pellets at protesters while trying to clear a road outside the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference in Seattle Tuesday. The World Trade Organization meeting was delayed on Tuesday because protesters had stopped the U.S. and other delegations from attending the opening ceremony at a downtown theater, officials said. (Andy Clark/Reuters)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 4:00 PM ET)

Seattle police clear an intersection of World Trade Organization protesters at Sixth and University Streets, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999 in Seattle. Thousands of protesters took to the street to try and stop the WTO meeting. (AP Photo/Stevan Morgain)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 3:55 PM ET)

Seattle police arrest a protester in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning, Nov. 30, 1999. Thousands of protesters took to the streets in a successful effort to disrupt the opening ceremonies of the 135-nation World Trade Organization. (AP Photo/Itsu Inouye)

Protesters joined hands on a downtown Seattle street, blocking the path of buses that were on their way to the convention center where World Trade Organization delegates met today.

Police Tuesday attempt to clear downtown Seattle streets of protesters outside the World Trade Organization (WTO) Conference. Police used force along with pepper spray and teargas to move the demonstrators. Thousands of protesters blocked streets preventing delegates from reaching the Convention Center and Paramount Theater where WTO Opening Ceremony is to take place which delayed the scheduled start of the meetings. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

KING-TV captured footage of demonstrators smashing windows at a downtown jewelry store.

A man rubs his eyes after Seattle police sprayed him and other World Trade Organization protesters with red pepper gas during demonstrations in downtown Seattle Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. The protests delayed the opening of the WTO third ministerial conference. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 3:35 PM ET)

Sondra Williams, a member of Longshoremen union local 10, holds a sign outside San Francisco's Ferry Building protesting the World Trade Organization meeting taking place in Seattle Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Dockworkers stopped some cargo movement in solidarity with groups protesting WTO policies. (AP Photo/Dan Krauss) - (Tuesday 30 November, 3:40 PM ET)

John East, a Local 10 longshoreman, yells "No WTO" to passing drivers on the Embarcadero during the early morning commute in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Dockworkers shut down some cargo movement on the West Coast, which contributes to half the nation's waterborne trade, in solidarity with groups protesting World Trade Organization policies. About 9,600 workers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union were expected to take part in a work stoppage at about three dozen West Coast ports, including the nation's largest, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Max Whittaker)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 3:35 PM ET)

A protester watches the crowds rallying in downtown Seattle. Among the protesters are Wiccans, feminist neo-pagan lovers of nature and magic, who say the WTO values free trade over the Goddess.

SEATTLE - Several thousand protestors march down Pike Street in downtown Seattle to protest the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, November 29. Officials estimate more than 30,000 protestors will converge this week in Seattle. Photo by Loren Callahan (Reuters)

Cops tussle with protesters
by IMC 11:56am Tue Nov 30 '99
Cops tussle with protesters outside the site of the WTO Ministerial

Blood runs down the face of a woman after Seattle police sprayed tear gas on World Trade Organization protesters on a downtown Seattle street Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Police fired tear gas Tuesday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in an effort to disrupt a meeting of the World Trade Organization. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 2:30 PM ET)

A woman is given a drink of water after Seattle police sprayed her and other World Trade Organization protesters with tear during demonstrations in downtown Seattle Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Police fired tear gas Tuesday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in an effort to disrupt a meeting of the World Trade Organization. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 2:35 PM ET)

Seattle police spray tear gas on World Trade Organization protesters on a downtown Seattle street Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Police fired tear gas Tuesday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in an effort to disrupt a meeting of the World Trade Organization. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 2:30 PM ET)

World Trade Organization protesters react to tear gas fired by police on a downtown Seattle street Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Tear-gas rounds were fired into groups of demonstrators who had chained themselves together and were lying in the streets in an attempt to prevent the delegates from 135 countries from making it to the opening sessions. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 2:10 PM ET)

Protesters get behind a trash container they had overturned on a downtown Seattle street during World Trade Organization demonstraions Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. The protests which began peacefully became increasing more confrontational delaying the opening ceremony of the WTO conference. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A woman yells at World Trade Organization protesters as she tries to break through the large crowds in order to get to work in downtown Seattle Tuesday. Nov. 30, 1999. The WTO third ministerial conference was set to open Tuesday amid massive protests. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 2:05 PM ET)

Chemical terrorism used by violent cops

Chemical terrorism used by violent cops

A police officer confronts World Trade Organization protesters on a downtown Seattle street Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Thousands of protesters braved a cold rain to march through Seattle streets Tuesday in an effort to disrupt a meeting of the World Trade Organization, which unions, environmentalists and human rights groups hold responsible for the failings of global capitalism. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 1:45 PM ET)

Using a thirty-foot "ear of corn" and "monarch butterfly wings" as props to reinforce their message, environmental protesters demonstrate against the Food and Drug Administration's position on genetically-engineered foods near the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. The props are a reference to their claims that genetically engineered corn could be toxic to the monarch butterfly. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 1:25 PM ET)

Taipei delegates are stuck between Seattle police officials and World Trade Organization protesters on a downtown Seattle street Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. The delegates were headed to the convention center where the WTO meetings are being held when their path was cut off by protesters. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 1:45 PM ET)

Protesters gather along downtown Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization meetings Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Police in riot gear fired tear gas and red pepper spray Tuesday at demonstrators who blocked streets and forced cancellation of the opening ceremonies of the largest trade event ever staged in the United States. (AP Photo/Joe Brockert)

A protester is sprayed by a Seattle police officer during World Trade Organization protests in downtown Seattle Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Police in riot gear fired red pepper spray in plastic pellets Tuesday at demonstrators who blocked streets and forced a delay in opening ceremonies of the largest trade event ever staged in the United States. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 9:10 PM ET)

Demonstrators march through downtown Seattle in an AFL-CIO sponsored demonstration Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. The union throngs stayed to their designated parade route and returned to the staging without incident. Other protesters succeeded in delaying the opening session of the World Trade Organization. (AP Photo/Itsu Inouye)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 8:40 PM ET)

A protestor climbs through the window of a downtown Seattle Starbucks Coffee shop after smashing the window with the garbage can lying on the sidewalk as WTO protests continued to clog city streets and cipple the conference Tuesday afternoon Nov. 30, 1999. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) - (Tuesday 30 November, 5:45 PM ET)

A protester yells in front of a anti-World Trade Organization banner in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 6:15 PM ET)

Seattle police arrest a protester in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning, Nov. 30, 1999. Thousands of protesters took to the streets in a successful effort to disrupt the opening ceremonies of the 135-nation World Trade Organization. (AP Photo/Itsu Inouye)

Police arrest protesters in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning, Nov. 30, 1999. (AP Photo/Itsu Inouye)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 6:20 PM ET)

A woman covers her face with an American flag after Seattle police sprayed her and other World Trade Organization protesters with red pepper gas during demonstrations in downtown Seattle Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. The protests delayed the opening of the WTO third ministerial conference. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 3:30 PM ET)

Dock workers Leal Sundet, left, and John Perry are the last two to leave the docks at Port of Portland's Terminal 2 in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999, as their union organized a three-hour walkout to show solidarity with labor protestors in Seattle. Docked in the background is freighter Ja Rainbow. Up and down the West Coast, dockworkers began shutting down cargo movement in solidarity with the anti-WTO protest. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 3:30 PM ET)

World Trade Organization protesters react as Seattle police spray red pepper gas during demonstrations in downtown Seattle street Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Police fired red pepper spray and red pepper gas Tuesday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in an effort to disrupt a meeting of the World Trade Organization. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 3:25 PM ET)

World Trade Organization protesters fill the street on their way to the convention center where WTO delegates were meeting Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. In the background is a giant blow-up whale set-up by demonstrators. The protests delayed the opening of the WTO third ministerial conference. (AP Photo/Itsu Inouye)

Office workers look out the window of a downtown Seattle high-rise building as police officials and World Trade Organization protesters clash Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. The protests delayed the opening of the WTO third ministerial conference. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 3:25 PM ET)

SEATTLE - Protestors like Cash (L) and Griffin (last names not given) and several hundred protestors have moved-in to an abandoned building in downtown Seattle to take shelter while they protest the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, November 29. The owners of the building have allowed the protestors, who have come from all over the world, to stay in the building during the WTO conference week. Officials estimate more than 30,000 protestors will converge this week in Seattle. Photo by Loren Callahan (Reuters)

World Trade Organization protesters react to tear gas fired by Seattle police on a downtown Seattle street Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Police fired tear gas Tuesday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in an effort to disrupt a meeting of the World Trade Organization. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 2:30 PM ET)

A police officer prepares to fire tear gas on a crowd of World Trade Organization protesters on a downtown Seattle street Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Police fired tear gas Tuesday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in an effort to disrupt a meeting of the World Trade Organization. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 2:20 PM ET)

An unidentified delegate is confronted by World Trade Organization protesters on his way to the convention center where WTO meetings are being held Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999, in downtown Seattle. The protests delayed the opening of the WTO third ministerial conference. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 2:15 PM ET)

A photographer equipped with a tear gas mask, foreground, takes pictures of demonstrators on a downtown Seattle street during World Trade Organization protests Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Thousands of protesters braved a cold rain to march through Seattle streets Tuesday in an effort to disrupt a meeting of the World Trade Organization, which unions, environmentalists and human rights groups hold responsible for the failings of global capitalism. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)

An officer directs Seattle riot police prior to a demonstration in downtown Seattle Monday. Seattle police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of angry anti-trade demonstrators on Tuesday in their first use of force to quell massive protests against the World Trade Organization meeting. (Andy Clark/Reuters)
- (Tuesday 30 November, 1:42 PM ET)

Anti-World Trade Organization protesters chant and wave signs as they sit on the street downtown in Seattle Tuesday. Nov. 30, 1999. Thousands of protesters braved a cold rain to march through Seattle streets Tuesday in an effort to disrupt a meeting of the World Trade Organization, which unions, environmentalists and human rights groups hold responsible for the failings of global capitalism. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)

SEATTLE - Several thousand protestors march down Fifth Avenue from the First United Methodist Church in downtown Seattle to protest the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, November 29. Officials estimate more than 30,000 protestors will converge this week in Seattle. Photo by Loren Callahan (Reuters)

SEATTLE - Protesters jump atop a Metro Bus outside a downtown Seattle McDonald's restaurant on November 29 on the eve of the official opening of a World Trade Organization (WTO) conference. Officials estimate more than 30,000 protestors will converge this week in Seattle against the WTO. Photo by Anthony P. Bolante (Reuters)