WTO Protests: Seattle (3/3)

[zodiacchiller]

13 years later. We haven't forgotten you WTO / G20 / IMF. Peace and love from SF, CA.

[homatekk]

what is the DnB track in this video??

[wdonald2013]

if you're going to protest illegally and participate in violent civil disobedience in the united states then you should expect the police to use riot control tactics. these morons vandalize property and then cry about how they got pepper-sprayed or gassed. the police are just doing their jobs by protecting the people and property in Seattle. take some responsibility for your actions

[turdsamm1ch]

@wdonald2013 Have you watched all three parts of this video?

1. How is vandalism/property destruction violent? Last time I checked, buildings were inanimate objects.

2. If you watch the first video, the guy in front of the camera states that the police's equipment is purely for their own protection while they try to contain the situation. Organized protesters are not stupid, they know exactly how it works.

3. If police DID violate the constitution, they NEED to be held accountable.

[22912129113]

@wdonald2013 collective punishment, everyone weren't "disobedient" and still got shot/maced.

[kukishop]

read No Logo

[sertox12345]

every state should do this at same time 

[ZachHinsonCountry]

to the people burning the flag in this video.... you deserve to be shot dead in the street... you are burning the symbol that men and women have fought for, for years. that flag is the reason that you had the opportunity to make a statement that day.... i hope you realize that families have been torn apart, mothers who lost sons, and children who have lost parents, for your freedom, and your right to assemble. i hope you burn in hell.

[ImamAlMehdi]

@ZachHinsonCountry That's a bit Hitlerian. The United States Constitution is the reason they had opportunity to make a statement that day. People need to salute the flag by choice not force. Democracy not fascism. I hope you repent and also study the history of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The flag is a symbol of national unity, but our Constitution is the instrument of democracy.

[whambola]

@ZachHinsonCountry I think that burning the flag is very American. Being a member of the WTO takes away sovereignty. By America doing this shows loss of our freedom, therefore since America is not doing what it is supposed to do in theory, the symbol of the flag does not matter because the government does not stand for what the flag symbolizes

[Ballsinger]

i can understand the thought process and arguments behind the riots, but i can't get over one thing:

it's the janitorial employees that have to clean that shit up, the damage will indirectly punish the very people the protestors wanted to protect.

[Kmcyle]

@Ballsinger Yeah and now the janitor's have something to do so they can make money and feed there family's its called job security what's wrong with that?

[ImamAlMehdi]

@Ballsinger That's called job creation. Despite that I do understand their argument, property destruction is what allowed the city to declare martial law. Otherwise it was a lawful, Constitutionally protected protest. In mass protest, it is important that peace keepers (example, the people protecting Nike Town in this vid) challenge those who want to do property damage. Agent provocateurs are often sent by the opposition to do this as it gives excuse to clamp down on the protest.

[Kaalifornia]

What's the name of the song in 1:41 ?

[TextFreeley]

This is why the Chinese have become a threat. We were defending our own country.

[techtrify]

Waiting for G20 to come to Kansas City..

[INTENTIONPEACE2]

we should spray paint the clear parts of the pigs masks black so they must take them off next time...AND I "M GUESSING THIS WASNT THE LAST OF RIOTS WE"LL SEE////POWER TO THE POPLE

[MrRashBone]

Peaceful protests are fun and all but they will never work. Peaceful protesters need to turn into less peaceful protesters if you really want to get anything done. That's just the way it is...

[lolocaust15]

@MrRashBone Oh that's right Martin Luther King Jr failed with his peaceful protest you're right. That's just the way it is right?

[Dem640]

this isn't working, we need something bigger...

[anarchy167]

Here's a tip, get a big SUV, weld some steel over the windows with just some slits to see out, make it airtight or get gasmasks, bring plenty of food, medical supplies, and fuel. When the cops show up, run their asses over, or, shoot fireworks at them, take your pick

[lolocaust15]

@anarchy167 Holy shit you figured out a way to outsmart the police force. You're fucking amazing man you're a true Anarchist. Do you have twitter or a blog so I can follow your genius plans as an anarchist?

[Hellscope1]

Lol the stupid liberal is like "Its my duty as an American to help the people in other countries" then the burn the flag. Lol Nobody knows what the fuck they were doing there.

[beatngo710]

Ok...people saying them breaking windows isn't destructive...look at it from this view point.

Them breaking windows is an instigator to violence, as well is them turning the American flag upside down and burning it. Provoking others into violence is still a form of violence itself. I'm not saying they deserved what they got, but it's just another way of looking at things. :)

I am for the WTO. They have made great contributions and achievements lately, so I applaud them.

[schmucker1989]

If people of America wants to stand against capitalism and their tycoons, all wars you 're included, you need to bound a strong liberal organisation that icludes every anarchistic, communistic, socialistic and liberal organisations, and fight against them with their own weapon "PROPAGANDA" ... if you really want to winn, the mass of U.S. popularity that fight against capitalism have to be major ... i have no power anymore to wright :) sorry for my bad english PEACE

[schmucker1989]

Open your eyes America, you sleep for too long. The people of USA have the power to help the World to advance, so many people can live in peace and without fear for his existance. You must learn, you got to be critical, so you can resist to the falce propaganda and socilal manipulation of the U.S. government. They manipulate the mass with religion and nationalism, and make you be their slaves. STAND AGAINST ... POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!! PEACE

[dav1disradical]

property damage isn't fucking violent.

[AZKOJYUN]

Id be glad if i was a war veteran that they were burning the flag: goes to show that there are still some people who won't put up with tyrants, even if the tyrants themselves are in these peoples' country

[leatherman665]

what good are rights that can be suspended

[Fred111000]

destroying a nike shop in nike shoes...oh mon protesters i support this but thats just stupid.

[jesusjil]

kill your leaders!!!!! viva la anarquia

[Zachdudeio2]

fuck nwo, this is one of the few success storiesbut we shall overcome for the answeer to 1984 is 1776

[ratslayerdj]

@pechiqueen I'm sorry but any sympathy , empathy or agreement with yours or any of these peoples cause was lost when the destruction of private and public property was committed. Not interested in the freak show when is appears to just be a cover for mayhem / anarchy in the streets.

[hallnoats4ever]

@pechiqueen NO all i saw was looting, this guy who has nothing to do with WTO gets his windows busted out? WTF

[brockal]

I find that there seems to be as many socialist and communists against globalization as there are capitalists... funny how all those financial philosophies are pitted against one another, and in the end the globalism has continued to march forward.

For those in the union of 50 sovereign states, the penalty for encouraging "globalism" that surrenders US sovereignty is called one thing: TREASON.

CONVENE THE JURIES

TRY THE TRAITORS

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the GUILTY!!!!!

[MilitaryTacticalGear]

I agree hang the guilty!

but we have a passive group of protesters that are not even aware of what they are protesting and the implications on their freedom.

Its just trendy, well NEWSFLASH assbags its also trendy not to pay taxes to the king so you can breathe or burn a woodstove. Wake up! and pull the establishment fist from you rectum and join the awakening!

Death to the NWO, globalism, and all supporters found guilty of treason by the peoples jury.

[undeadpresident]

The problem wasn't the peaceful protesters. The problem was that they permitted other people who were among them in the crowd to vandalize people's property, thus giving justification to for the police to control the situation. Protests are easily rendered inneffective when they either utilize violence or are complacent to it taking place among them.

[s0merand0mdude95]

ANARCHISTS: It's called a franchise. Individual stores have their own owners who pay for the windows you break. You aren't making a dent in the corporation's pocket by wrecking a store, you're just making a dent in the pocket of the owner of he particular store.

[10xSRK]

the owners pay the corporation for the franchise and in most cases, the product they supply. how is it not putting a dent in their pocket?

are you trying to exempt franchise owners? as if they're any better than the corporations they DIRECTLY support.

[hallnoats4ever]

@10xSRK So what the fuck do you want to do go back to the American Indian ways? Look at yourself, you buy stuff that is made by those 8 year old kids getting payed .25 cents a day. Everyone in that video is the reason WTO stays in business.

[10xSRK]

@hallnoats4ever

What a wonderful straw man you've set up. As if my only choices were to "go back to american indian ways" or buy things from companies who exploit underprivileged labor. How about I do neither. How about I pay more for just labor and consume less.

And while we're waxing intellectual about the whole thing, who knows if that building was privately owned. It's possible it could've been corporately owned. Also, "looting" implies they were stealing something.

[BlackMax58]

No justice No peace !!!

[OutRunr47]

Isn't it ironic that the Unions didn't condemn any of the looting, property damage, and extremely violent protesters on the day they marched like the SS.

[terryooooooo]

These punk slugs need to go get a job... ...and take a bath

[tylerhester128]

yeah no shit these guys all live in there mothers basement... stinky hippies

[disqo21]

LOL @ ppl "protecting nike town"

bwahaha

[antifascistmilitant]

I dont get it, these guys destroy all this property & when it comes to police cars, all they do is just spray paint some words, what a shame!

[letsgoforajoyride]

they are working for the city.. the police and these 'anarchists'

[NEDM1991]

Cool ass music for the nighttime battle scenes.

[Distephano]

Ignorance at its best.

[Thedayrecker]

I dont think all police are bad. They were technically doing there job. But still if I was one of them I woulda taken off my armor droped my teargas and walked across the streets and I woulda joined the protesters

[ledvexxa]

a great doc!

[stevo9er]

Your teacher rules!

[boyyy007]

The G20 summit conference in London going to have maybe an even bigger protest than this one and it is happening as I type this. G20 came about after a WTO meeting.....and Obama is going to be there.....makes you think eh

[algiestar]

what are you doing on youtube, a multinational billionnaire corporation????

[elfage1]

its a web site.

[kibal4ish]

this was awesome

[sergey444]

wow, great documentation. I remember as a kid watching this on TV and not knowing what it was all about. Now I wish I could have been there

[shraunbone]

It wasn't a party, it was mayhem. Riots are not fun.

[sergey444]

whoa whoa whoa, i don't mean that it would be fun, I mean I wish I could have been there to be a part of going against the WTO. whats wrong with that.

[shraunbone]

Cool. Who needs the WTO. I knew guys who went down there to participate. They didn't know what it was about. They just went to mess with the cops and break stuff. The people against the WTO were peaceful. It was the Anarchists who turned it into a riot. The main group was from Eugene Oregon I think.

[2innsane]

A bunch of criminals damage large company property. All of these big corporations are insured anyway. We all pay more as a result of higher insurance premiums. Their protest was what again?

[samliffe]

ya mom

[wmarcus1203]

I agree with everything except the US flag burning. Even though the government is fucked up thats our flag Not theirs. Dont Burn it. Raise it. Show it and be proud.

[IrishDroog]

bijitaq, I think I love you. I've been trying to find this seattle footage for ages.

Thank you for uploading this!!

[yuizakisakura]

this is what you do when your stomach is full and own PCs and stuff.