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Anna-Louise Peniiand
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BEING at the
World Trade
‘Organization __
(WTO) protests in
Seattle was'a surre-
al experience — a
bit like being i ina

being tear- .

gassed afew times, you sort
of get used to it.

- Maybe i it was’ maivete, this
being my first major protest
and all, but I never felt in any

hysical danger once]
fc gured out the rules of
the game.

The. first .time 1'y was
‘gassed, at. about 16:30 a.m.,

was cautious encugh to
stay, on the edge of the
crowd and. stay. far. enough
ahead ‘of the noxious white

cloud, ‘so it did me minimal

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HANDSWORTH students Jonathan Por insite, front, and Milan linychj (rear), with social studies teacher Jim Adams, have been studying.
the polltics of protest in the classroom and on the street. They travelled to Seattle on Tuesday to take part ina WTO protest march.

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ad‘. been “seduced. by the
images and stayed a little ‘tox
g photos.
‘as overwhelmed by the
rotten ¢
skin- on ‘my face and
tongue ‘was raw as 1 was
blinded by burning tears,

As Tstumbled away from
the worst of it and- collapsed
near 2 building, I was helped

" by twa. well-dressed : protest-
ers in their 50s. :” ‘

One. man, obviously an’
expert in such things, held
my. face “and. poured .water
into my eyes, instructing me
to keep them open as much
“as possible and then to wash
out my mouth.

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: Katharine Hamer

News Reporter katharine@nsnews.com

BY the time the entire Seattle police
force was unleashed in riot gear on
unruly protesters Tuesclay night,
Jim Adams was safely back home.

The Handsworth teacher had taken two of his

‘social studies 11) students to the World Trade
. Organization (WTO) protest as an extension of their

class work.

Adams, Jonathan Morissette and Milan Inyckyj
travelied to Seattle on a bus with the Council of
Canadians and the Raging Grannies.

“We sang some songs(with the Raging Grannics),”
Adams said, “about free trade and species extinction.”

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NV teacher, students take
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trade meeting protest

The North Vancouver social studies class had
recently been investigating the politics of protest. The
trip was a chance for the boys to get 2 perspective not
available in books.

Delegates from over 130 countries are in Seattle tor
this weck’s WTO conference, which was organized to
help set an agenda for international trade.

Key areas of concern include agriculture and service
industries such as banking und telecommunications.
The WTO has the political clout to set trade regula-
tions and has waded into the fray when international

disputes have arisen.

Protesters in Seattle believe the WTO's very exis-
tence undermines national sovercignty, and that its
attempts to encourage tree trade are driven by corpo-
rate greed and little consern for individual Workers 01
the environment.

Peaceful marchers have had the support ‘of. US.
President Bill Clinton. While speaking at a press con-
ferenc: in Seattle on Wednesday he reflected on the

ar “ordinary citizens” to have a voice. :
ut hundreds of people: were: arrested after. an
aggressive core of protesters battled. with police -
Tuesday night. Riot officers cordoned off the centre of
Seattle and sprayed demonstrators with tear gas, while
others, clearly taking advantage of a chaotic situation,
smashed store window's at Starbucks, Radio Shack, and

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