Last Week Review (end Sept 17th)

This week we looked at the OKA Crisis and one of the most (in)famous protests there was in the last ten years (it is actually celebrating its 10 year anniversary!) -the WTO protests in Seattle in Dec. 1999.  No matter what you think of the WTO, one has to look at:

1. the protest techniques (the carnival atmosphere, the lock-down of the intersections, etc.), 
2. how the "Corporate" Media vs. "Independent" Media reported the events, 
3. the policing techniques (it should be remembered that the police were working long hours- 36-48hour shifts) etc.

To get our information we looked at two different sources:

1. Deep Dish TV : a source for independent news that put together footage of the WTO protest.
2. Battle in Seattle: A "Hollywood" treatment of the events that took place in 1999... 

Further sources that you can look at are:

1. The Real BAttle in Seattle with a long list of different organizations that you should check-out
   
2. Adbusters