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STRIKES! Past and Present—And The Battles in Seattle

Between November 30 and December 3, 1999, demonstrations against the World Trade Organization (WT0) precipitated a four-day closure of the retail core of Seattle. Militant non-violent protesters attempted to block the access of delegates to the meeting, while upwards of 40,000 workers, students, environmental activists, and concerned citizens marched through the streets of downtown in a peaceful and legal march organized by the AFL-CIO. At the end of a long day, November 30, the first official day of the WTO Ministerial meetings, small roving bands of black masked, black clothed, self-proclaimed anarchists—linked by walkie-talkies and cell phones—began smashing windows while the peaceful and non-violent protestors begged them to stop. The government’s response to the anarchists turned Seattle into a police state, marked by battles in the streets of downtown and nearby neighborhoods. The Seattle police in full riot regalia, looking more like mockups of Darth Vader than Officer Friendly, used tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and percussion grenades to break up the growing crowds that turned out in defiance of city officials, the police and the WTO Ministerial. The Seattle 580 became the nom de guerre of the protesters arrested in these actions.