Commemorate the 8th Anniversary of the 1999 WTO Protests

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With the imminent release of the major motion picture,"Battle in Seattle", and the City of Seattle's $1 million settlement with WTO protesters, to be distributed this Fall, we will gather to reflect on the legacy of the WTO protests, to inspire the telling of our own stories, and to learn how the work for local and global justice continues in our region today.

Saturday, December 1, 2007
Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave, Seattle
$5 suggested donation - no one turned away for lack of funds.
Light fare and beverages provided.

PROGRAM: Doors open at 6:00
Opening Presentation: 7 - 8pm: The WTO today: are we still winning?
David Korten, Intl Forum on Globalization, author of "When Corporations Rule the World"
Garry Owens, Northwest LELO
Heather Day, moderator, Community Alliance for Global Justice

Workshops 8 - 9:30pm: Stopping the expansion of NAFTA (The Security and Prosperity Partnership); Connecting the local and global fights for food justice; Free trade, forced migration and immigrant rights; Patenting and Access to Medicines; Using escalation to win organizing victories; Ending the debt burden; Building alternatives to Free Trade Agreements; Reclaiming our history and the media; Non-Violent Direct Action; Biofuels - will they solve the peak oil crisis and lead to greater global justice in international trade?

Party 9:30 - midnight! Enjoy music, the People's Space for live performance, and the WTO Protest Installation:
Bring (or wear) your favorite WTO protest memorabilia for collective, temporary installation that night!

(Also, send your electronic images from the protests by Nov 25th to can@drizzle.net to be included in a powerpoint show)

CO-SPONSORS: Allyship, American Friends Service Committee, AnakBayan, A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), Arts Kollective Organizing Committee, Backbone Campaign, BALLE Seattle, BAYAN USA, Community Action Network, Community Alliance for Global Justice, Council of Canadians, Dyke Community Activists, Green Party of Seattle, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, Inland Boatman's Union, Jubilee Northwest, Moving Images, National Lawyers Guild - Seattle chapter, NAWFORD (North American Women for Diversity), Pepperspray Productions, Philippine-US Solidarity Organization, Pinay sa Seattle, Reclaim the Media, Ruckus, Sahng-nok-su, Seattle CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador), Seattle Radical Women, Social Justice Ministries - Church Council of Greater Seattle, Student Labor Action Project, WA Fair Trade Coalition.

GET INVOLVED! *Co-sponsor (we ask that you help publicize and make a donation if possible): Contact Heather Day hrd99@igc.org *Join the planning committee: Meetings Wed Nov 21 and Nov 28, 7-9pm, at CAGJ office - 606 Maynard Ave S. in the ID *Volunteers needed Dec. 1! Contact Erica Kay: can@drizzle.net 206-568-7110, 206-351-2863 *Spread the word! for more info, please contact CAGJ: 206.405.4600