http://www.yesmagazine.org The 1999 WTO protests in Seattle energized an international movement for social and economic justice. 10 years later, that movement has made its power felt from the streets to board rooms, and legislative chambers. YES! Magazine takes a look back at the protests that shook the world. daily 1 2009-11-30T18:02:24Z http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/7-ways-the-battle-of-seattle-changed-the-world Ten years later, the protests of 1999 are still having an impact. No publisher Fran Korten SeattlePlus10 homepage 2011-11-09T22:14:55Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-battle-in-seattle-at-10 WTO+10: Did the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization actually make a difference? No publisher Mark Engler SeattlePlus10 2011-08-19T05:44:49Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/the-myth-of-activist-violence The people who have made our world through direct action have been treated as dangerous, even if they are revered when their radical acts are at a safe distance. No publisher Rebecca Solnit SeattlePlus10 homepage 2011-08-19T05:26:21Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/waking-up-to-the-dangers-of-free-trade WTO+10: When Fran Korten first started warning people about NAFTA, many had never heard of it. But the 1999 protests in Seattle showed that Americans were learning what many in the developing world had known for years: free trade agreements are not just esoteric rules about what goods can cross borders. They are about who rules—corporations or people. No publisher Fran Korten SeattlePlus10 2011-08-19T05:44:53Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-meaning-of-seattle-truth-only-becomes-true-through-action WTO+10: Before 1999, the momentum of globalization seemed to sweep everything in front of it, including the truth. But in Seattle, ordinary women and men made truth real with collective action. No publisher Walden Bello SeattlePlus10 2011-08-19T05:44:51Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/the-world-turned-out-in-seattle WTO+10: The 1999 protests changed America's image in the eyes of the world, crippled the WTO, and energized an international civil movement for social and economic justice. No publisher Anuradha Mittal SeattlePlus10 2011-08-19T05:26:22Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/sarah-van-gelder/one-more-thing-seattles-wto-shut-down-taught-the-world Among the many ripple effects of the successful shutdown of the WTO in Seattle in 1999 is one that few know about. The organizing that went into the direct action, marches, media center, and forums inspired the organizers of the World Social Forums, which have become some of the world's most important centers of people power. No publisher svangelder SeattlePlus10 social forum 2010-05-20T18:02:34Z Blog Entry http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/seattle-10 Time to declare our independence from Wall Street No publisher David Korten SeattlePlus10 2011-08-19T05:44:48Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/purple-america/the-battle-for-reality David Solnit was one of the Direct Action Network organizers for the 1999 WTO demonstrations in Seattle. He looks at what really happened in Seattle, what politicians and the mainstream media have done with the story, and what difference the new movie "Battle in Seattle" might make to public thinking about the 1999 demonstrations. No publisher David Solnit SeattlePlus10 2011-08-19T05:41:37Z Article