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Beyond the wildest hopes of the street warriors, five days in Seattle have
brought us one victory after another. The protesters initially shunned
and denounced by the respectable "inside strategists", scorned by
the press, gassed and bloodied by the cops and national guard: shut
down the opening ceremony; prevented Clinton from addressing the
WTO delegates at Wednesday night gala; turned the corporate press
from prim denunciations of "mindless anarchy" to bitter criticisms
of police brutality; forced the WTO to cancel its closing ceremonies
and to adjurn in disorder and confusion, without an agenda for the
next round.
last updated: December 29, 2004
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