WTO: A Perspective From Seattle
by Bob Russell
Protest for April 16-17, 2000 Announcement!
"Why You Should Come to Washington to Protest the IMF andWorld Bank, April 16-17"
50 Years Is Enough:
http://www.50years.org
U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice is a coalition of 205 grassroots, faith-based, policy, women's, social- and economic-justice, youth, solidarity, labor, and development organizations dedicated to the profound transformation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).International Forum on Globalization
http://www.ifg.org
Formed in response to the worldwide drive toward a globalized economic system dominated by supranational corporate trade and banking institutions, the San Francisco-based IFG advocates equitable, democratic and ecologically sustainable economics.WTO Watch News
http://www.wtowatch.org
The future homepage of WTOWATCH.org, the site currently offers subscriptions to two e-mail news bulletins: "WTO News: The Road to Seattle," and "BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest." The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy provided a twenty-four-hour feed from Seattle at this site.World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org
The official site of the WTO.Tradewatch
http://www.tradewatch.org
A division of Ralph Nader's Public Citizen that deals with international trade and investment policies.Jubilee 2000
http://www.j2000usa.org
A movement in more than forty countries to cancel the debts of the world's poorest countries.Center for the Study of Globalization and Regionalization
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/csgr
Located at the University of Warwick, Britain.50 Years Is Enough: US Network for Global Economic Justice
http://www.50years.org
A coalition of 205 faith-based, policy, women's, justice, youth, labor and development organizationsInstitute for International Economics
http://www.iie.com
Devoted to the study of international economic policy.Third World Network
http://www.twnside.org.sg
Involved in North/South, development and Third World issues.GATT-guide
http://www.ciesin.org/TG/PI/TRADE/gatt.html
Text of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.US Trade Representative
http://www.ustr.gov
The official site.Corporate Watch
http://www.corpwatch.org/
The Corporate Watchdog on the Web. A good article on this site about the WTO is: "The Historic Significance of Seattle" By Vandana ShivaStudent Alliance to Reform Corporations
http://www.corpreform.org
Seeks to make corporations more socially and environmentally responsible.National Family Farm Coalition
http://www.nffc.net
The National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) was founded in 1986 to serve as a national link for grassroots organizations working on family farm issues. The organization currently consists of 33 grassroots farm, resource conservation, and rural advocacy groups from 33 states.the Ruckus Society
http://www.ruckus.org
The Ruckus Society provides training in the skills of non-violent civil disobedience to help environmental and human rights organizations achieve their goals.the Nation
http://www.thenation.com/
The December and January issues of the Nation have had several good articles on the WTO that are worth a visit. The latest is "Global Agenda After the WTO Protest in Seattle, It's Time to Go on the Offensive. Here's How." by William Greider January 31, 2000. (Note: this link is a frame URL which may change, so you may need to go back to http://www.thenation.com/ )AUDIO/VIDEO on the INTERNET
WebActive
http://www.webactive.com/
Source of independent media radio programs, including links to RadioNation, Jim Hightower, Democracy Now and more.FreeSpeech.org
http://www.freespeech.org
Steaming video of the events in Seattle around the WTO.back to the top