By gathering to honor the spirit of the WTO protests, we hope to empower the labor community with practical tools and renewed inspiration to advocate for a fairer, more transparent trade system that values people, not just profit.
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"Have You Been To Jail For Justice" performed by self-described "performer, producer, hell-raiser" Anne Feeney at the Seattle WTO Protests in 1999. Feeney died from Covid-19 this week at age 69.
This month marks the 15th anniversary of the “Battle in Seattle,” the historic protest against the World Trade Organization in 1999. The author, a labor and community organizer for 31 years, was at the time director of Seattle Union Now, a joint project of the King County Labor Council and the AFL-CIO. He remembers Tyree Scott, a quiet presence in the labor movement who urged unity when it mattered most.
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