[Marxism] A preview of the recently released film "Battle in Seattle"

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

A preview of the recently released film "Battle in Seattle", about the
1999 Seattle WTO protests, is now posted at:

<http://www3.arts.umich.edu/lounge/viewtopic.php?t=701>

-RC.

October 11, 2008
The New York Times

"For many of the protesters, there is a dreamlike quality to these
days. They were in Seattle in 1999, the Woodstock of the
antiglobalization movement, when they helped stop the World Trade
Organization from starting a new round of trade talks. "

A Bit of "I Told You So" Outside World Bank Talks

By HELENE COOPER and CHARLIE SAVAGE

WASHINGTON — They told everyone this was going to happen, no one
listened, and now see?

As column after column of black Lincoln Town Cars disgorged
international finance officials onto the sidewalk in front of World
Bank headquarters on Friday, a raggedy group of about 20 free-market
protesters gathered across the street to express their sadness — and
in some cases, glee — over the global economic catastrophe that some
said had proved them right.[...]

A steady refrain from the protesters has been that more economic
nationalism is needed, both to protect the poor and to prevent big
corporations from robbing smaller countries of wealth. They have
argued that more regulation is needed to keep big business in check,
and have derided free markets as benefiting only a narrow swath of
society.

For many of the protesters, there is a dreamlike quality to these
days. They were in Seattle in 1999, the Woodstock of the
antiglobalization movement, when they helped stop the World Trade
Organization from starting a new round of trade talks.

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