Challenge the Underpinnings of the Global Sweatshop

Global Peoples' Protest of the World Trade Organization
November 29 - December 3 Seattle

The World Trade Organization will be holding a Ministerial Summit in Seattle from Nov. 29 through Dec. 3, 1999, on the eve of WTO's fifth anniversary. This summit meeting will determine the WTO's agenda for negotiations for the coming decade. Trade Ministers from 100-plus nations will be welcomed by President Clinton, who supports initiating a new round of "free trade" negotiations. Citizen activists need to gear up now to make sure that in November there will be "No new round!"

Recently, 80 Seattle-area activists formed an ad hoc steering committee to organize logistics and secure venues. Hundreds of hospitable activists are preparing to welcome you and tens of thousands of your closest friends to Seattle. The Coordinator of the Washington Fair Trade Campaign has set up a toll-free number: 1-877-STOP-WTO. Meanwhile, in Washington, DC, the Citizens Trade Campaign formed a WTO working group to coordinate action leading up to the Seattle events.

The International Forum on Globalization <http://www.ifg.org> is planning an ambitious Seattle globalization teach-in the weekend prior to the Ministerial. Our allies to the North, the Council of Canadians <http://www.canadians.org> (604) 688-8846, are planning to mobilize in
Vancouver for a conference immediately prior to the Ministerial and then proceed to Seattle. Peoples Global Action <http://www.agp.org/agp/index.html> will dispatch delegations - including a caravan <http://www.dsl.nl/icc/ICC-en/ICCframe-en.htm> across North America.