1999 Seattle WTO protests

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1999_Seattle_WTO_protests

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event protest
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Battle_of_Seattle
gptkbp:cause	opposition to WTO policies opposition to globalization
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	1999-12-03
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1999 Seattle WTO protests
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:anti-globalization_movement future global justice protests
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Seattle
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	international
gptkbp:notableFor	police response large-scale civil disobedience coalition of labor, environmental, and social justice groups
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Earthjustice gptkb:Public_Citizen gptkb:Rainforest_Action_Network gptkb:Naomi_Klein gptkb:President_Bill_Clinton gptkb:aircraft gptkb:media gptkb:religious_organization gptkb:Jubilee_2000 gptkb:Global_Exchange gptkb:Greenpeace gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union gptkb:U.S._Border_Patrol gptkb:Friends_of_the_Earth gptkb:Seattle_Police_Department gptkb:Black_Bloc gptkb:David_Solnit gptkb:Direct_Action_Network gptkb:Earth_First! gptkb:Global_Justice_Movement gptkb:Indymedia gptkb:International_Forum_on_Globalization gptkb:International_Longshore_and_Warehouse_Union gptkb:John_Sellers gptkb:King_County_Sheriff's_Office gptkb:King_County_Superior_Court gptkb:Mayor_Paul_Schell gptkb:Ruckus_Society gptkb:Seattle_City_Attorney gptkb:Seattle_Human_Rights_Commission gptkb:Seattle_Municipal_Court gptkb:Washington_State_Supreme_Court gptkb:Amnesty_International gptkb:FBI gptkb:NGOs gptkb:Oxfam gptkb:U.S._Customs_Service gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Justice gptkb:U.S._Department_of_State gptkb:U.S._Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service gptkb:U.S._Secret_Service gptkb:Seattle_City_Council gptkb:Teamsters gptkb:International_Brotherhood_of_Teamsters gptkb:National_Organization_for_Women gptkb:Service_Employees_International_Union gptkb:Sierra_Club gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Homeland_Security gptkb:United_Farm_Workers gptkb:National_Lawyers_Guild gptkb:American_Friends_Service_Committee gptkb:Medea_Benjamin gptkb:anarchists gptkb:AFL–CIO gptkb:Human_Rights_Watch gptkb:PETA gptkb:United_Auto_Workers gptkb:José_Bové gptkb:Doctors_Without_Borders gptkb:United_Steelworkers farmers human rights organizations U.S. Marshals Service federal courts labor unions Federal law enforcement agencies environmental activists corporate media business owners independent journalists student activists Governor Gary Locke Seattle residents WTO delegates indigenous groups international observers legal observers media activists
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:Direct_Action_Network gptkb:Teamsters gptkb:AFL–CIO environmental groups student groups
gptkbp:participants	tens of thousands
gptkbp:result	mass arrests curfew imposed declaration of state of emergency in Seattle disruption of WTO conference use of tear gas and pepper spray by police
gptkbp:startDate	1999-11-30
gptkbp:topic	gptkb:World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_1999
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Seattle_Ministerial_Conference_1999 gptkb:anti-globalization_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5