Thanks sister Ylva for the update
Habib
Ylva Hernlund wrote:
> Greetings,
> I just came from downtown Seattle which is currently considered a
> "restricted access" zone. that means that no protests are allowed within
> certain streets, but also regular citizens are being stopped, asked for
> ID, searched and in many cases denied access to their city. The National
> Guard is marching down the streets and police in riot gear are arresting
> peaceful protesters by the busload. Many people have been teargassed and
> shot with rubber bullets--this morning I photographed a young man whose
> entire body was covered in bruises from rubber bullets. There is no
> denying that a small number of people went nuts last night and engaged in
> mindless stupid violence, looting and rioting (most do not appear to be
> part of any organized protest whatsoever and some were apparently local
> teenagers looking for an adrenaline high). As these images go out into
> the global media, however, I hope that people will remember that this is
> not all that is happening in our city. Wednesday, thousands of people
> gathered for an interfaith service, organized by Jubilee 2000, calling for
> debt relief and later formed a peaceful human chain around the opening WTO
> reception, then symbolically breaking the chain of debt. Likewise,
> yesterday something in the neighbourhood of 20,000
> activists--environmental, human rights, labor--marched in peace and
> dignity and focused on issues rather than media attention.
> If anyone is interested in more information from "the front" e-mail me in
> private, Ylva
> On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Tony Cisse wrote:
>
> > Jaajef wa G-L
> >
> > Some account of what is happening at the World Trade
> > Organisation in Seattle. I wonder what the Gambia
> > Government position is regarding these trade negotiations?
> > Could anyone enlighten us?
> >
> >
> > Yeenduleen ak jaama
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Salam folks, here's a taste of what's up in Seattle ...I will
> > post more information,and eye wittness reports by the
> > demonstrators themselves later tonight.
> >
> > power to the people!
> >
> > shut down world corporatization!
> >
> > Altaf
> >
> >
> > ------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
> >
> > Date sent: Tue,30 Nov 1999 17:42:25
> >
> > <
> >
> >
> > The people rise... the bosses PANIC!
> >
> >
> > This just in... (Nov.30) THE NATIONAL GUARD TO BE
> > DEPLOYED IN SEATTLE!
> >
> >
> > SEATTLE (Reuters) - Washington state Gov. Gary Locke
> > agreed
> > on Tuesday to send in the National Guard to remove
> > anti-trade
> > protesters as darkness fell on a day of violent
> > demonstrations in
> > the city, local television reported. The governor was
> > responding to a
> > request by Seattle Mayor Paul
> >
> > Schell, who said earlier that he was declaring a 7 p.m.
> > curfew after
> >
> > protesters threw the first day of a World Trade Organization
> > meeting into
> >
> > confusion, KIRO Channel 7 television said.
> >
> >
> > -------------------
> >
> > Earlier...
> >
> >
> > (Nov.30) The Independent Media Center is reporting that the
> > Mayor
> > of
> >
> > Seattle has declared downtown Seattle to be a CIVIL
> > EMERGENCY. Seattle
> >
> > police have attacked demonstrators with tear gas and have
> > fired
> > rubber
> >
> > bullets into the crowds. Armored Personnel Carriers are on
> > the
> > streets. A
> >
> > curfew has been declared!
> >
> >
> > Meanwhile, 75,000 thousand march in France to show their
> > opposition to the
> >
> > WTO's meeting in Seattle, and several thousand protestors
> > attempt
> > to shut
> >
> > down London with their own anti-capitalist protests.
> >
> >
> > The corporate media is under-reporting and distorting events
> > as they
> >
> > continue to build in intensity. Don't listen to the lap dog
> > press...
> >
> > bookmark the Media Center's Web site for full, accurate,
> > details on
> > what's
> >
> > happening on the streets of Seattle;
> >
> >
> > http://www.indymedia.org/
> >
> >
> > -------------------
> >
> > Tuesday November 30
> >
> > Protests Force WTO to Relocate, Delay Opening
> >
> >
> > SEATTLE (Reuters) - Protests forced the World Trade
> > Organization
> > (WTO) on
> >
> > Tuesday to delay its opening ceremony for several hours and
> >
> > relocate to a
> >
> > more secure building.
> >
> >
> > Thousands of protesters took up position in key places
> > around
> > downtown
> >
> > Seattle early on Tuesday, preventing delegates from leaving
> > their
> > hotels
> >
> > and from entering the Paramount Theater, where the opening
> > ceremony was to
> >
> > have started at 10 a.m.
> >
> >
> > Police firing canisters of tear gas, spraying pepper spray and
> > firing
> >
> > small rubber pellets skirmished with protesters as they tried
> > to
> > clear the
> >
> > streets to allow the meeting to get underway. WTO Director-
> > General Mike
> >
> > Moore told a half-empty theater that the decision to postpone
> > the
> > ceremony
> >
> > was taken by the U.S. government as host of the meeting.
> > U.S.
> > Trade
> >
> > Representative Charlene Barshefsky was among those kept
> > in her
> > room by the
> >
> > protests, U.S. and WTO officials said. [MY NOTE: clinton is
> > expected to
> >
> > arrive in Seattle on Wednesday! The ONLY World "leader" to
> > come
> > to the WTO
> >
> > meeting!}-------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <nofill>
> > Islam and Social Justice Page:
> > http://www.wco.com/~altaf/altaf.html
> >
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