Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Sunday, October 04, 2009 2:06:39 PM
On November 30th of this year will be the 10 year anniversary of the wild protests at the World Trade Organizations in Seattle in 1999.
At
BeyondTalk.Net (a group of environmental Activism supporters) want you to sign up for demonstrations at the summit this year to promote more awareness of climate change.
Reading through their site, I came across this statement:
On November 30, on the 10th annniversary of the non-violent shut-down of the WTO meeting in Seattle, and one week before the beginning of the Copenhagen climate negotiations, we are calling for a full activation of the campaign. Are you getting ready?
SEATTLE (CNN) -- A curfew went into effect late Tuesday, as Washington Governor Gary Locke called up unarmed units of the state's National Guard to help keep a lid on anti-World Trade Organization protests that turned violent. Police from cities as far away as Spokane also are being sent to help.
Seattle Mayor Paul Schell has declared a state of civil emergency and imposed a 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m (10 p.m. EST - 10:30 a.m. EST) curfew on downtown areas of the city after violent scenes during street protests scuttled the planned opening ceremonies of the conference.
"It was chaos in the streets," said Jerry Jasinowski, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, who is attending the conference.
"I was struck by how loopy some of the protesters were," he told CNN. "I expected a more serious group that had some message ... but they didn't. They were sort of dancing in the streets, pushing people, acting crazy, breaking windows and throwing things. So it looked like a group that was out of control."
It's possible that this type of activism lies somewhere between violence and civil disobedience. And that is what it is about; more so than trying to change climate legislation anyway.