Shut Em Down / WTO Seattle 99

[kidballistic]

I used to want to be a cop. From what I have seen lately I would be embarrased to be one now. Cowards, ego maniacs, insecure, low intelligence, thughish, criminal, programed douchebags.

[fibbersfan]

@lukepetti I think the kid was not an archist.....with or without the shoes! He was just an angry kid looking for an excuse to exert some aggression! There was no message conveyed by many of the "Kids" at the WTO Protest. That is why it just reminded me of a frat party that got out of hand. Not much different than some of the college riots you see occur every now and then!

[fibbersfan]

There were many people at the WTO protest who understood the issue and were trying to make a statement. Then it turned into a party/riot. Reminded me of frat kids acting out. I worked at a homeless shelter and protesters wouldn't let our residents into the facility. The people who acted up just make a joke of the event and their message was lost. My favorate image of WTO/Seattle was a "Anarchist" wearing NIke shoes jumping on a burning dumpster. Dumb... very dumb. Message lost!

[lukepetti]

@fibbersfan man, you surely dont know a thing about politics and living in the world of capitalism. If somebody is wearing nike shoes and stands up as an anarchist, thats not even wrong. Do you think that if he took out those shoes the ENTIRE WORLD WOULD BE ANARCHIST? grow up, seriously.

[18wheeler76]

wow this seemed kinda non confratational compared to the g20 in pittsburg and toronto,and the rnc.now the police will just beat your ass do snatch and grabs and arrest you,and then drop the charges when the whole thing is over.good vidoe

[HovitoYO]

wow



[bxymox]

If I hit 'em high, you can hit 'em low! Wait, can there be a "low-hit" on the WTO!? Sub-human fuckers! My future will never be led into slaughter!

[teflonKONG09]

in 5:31 did that bitch get stabbed

[workingclasssociety]

G20 sept. 24th-25th Pittsburgh

[GrizzlyRecoveryZone1]

This day in which the usually sheep-like American people stood up against something made me proud.

[neverwillitstop]

20% of the worlds richest people use 86% of this worlds resources, the other 80% use 14%. I doubt any of you are apart of this 20% so everyone of you should be upset and should realize the harm thats been caused from the W.T.O.

[lilou1808]

Even if we march the streets every day it won't matter for the "Big Heads" of every country.

People with knowledge of the whole political system and with the belief of a better world should be more influential politically maybe to access such vital and radical matters.

I agree with peaceful marching in the streets but the next day everything will be the same,i' m against violence though, it never brings the right results.

[ranger25able]

@lilou1808

I can understand how you can feel that way, but people told MLK Jr that nothing he did would change anything, people told Gandhi the same thing. Throughout history people have been told that the power of the people is just a fallacy that it will never change anything, this is a lie. founding fathers admitted that the power of the government is directly connected to the willingness of the governed and that if that government becomes corrupt, the people have the right to oppose it

[Gr33nd0g]

great sign on the crane @ 8:02 ;)

[dagbokdagbok]

People walk on their knees in third world countries just because the industrial world use their upper hand for the benefit of already wealthy countries.

Help them instead of using them!

[soylentgreenb]

Give the useless hippies 5 minutes to get the fuck out of there, then just shoot them.

[Redpill729]

shut up! stop proving your ignorance to the world with such stupid statement

[Jackel313]

:) im smiling cause fucks like you end up tryin to be a fuckin cop. and you get there cause your subservient and retarded enough to do it....

well people like you see here will be cutting you fucks throats. and your gonna wish they were hippies

[bigsuse]

its a violent System...

so why you demonstrate peacefully against it ???

Get up and fight...

[Jackel313]

I fully agree.... I am so happy to see that someone else is saying that... what the hell makes people think they can beat something like this peacfully....

[kannibees]

sumtimes u dont get noticed until u burn sumthing down.

[pax2171]

Kill more babies!

[pax2171]

Cheney/Bush 2012!

[monksy69696969]

they cant drop bombs if we dont make them. they can't shoot me with bullets if we dont make them. They can't drive cars if we dont make them. They can't inprison us if we dont make them.

These Corparate gods. are powerless with out Your and i sweat. Just stop. Just dont contribute. Stop going to your jobs, Stop worrying about money. Stop Listening to tv and radio. Just resist and Exist, Money doesn't mean anyhting because its not real. Money is not a nessiciety of life.

[pax2171]

Money is not a necessity to YOU. It is to some people.

[Jackel313]

your a joke

[spartencamp]

until you and your kids starv to death beacause you can't buy food. or pay the unconstitutional taxs they make us all pay and kick you out of your home and make you homeless.

[cryinvain1]

RobLarson7

What the fuck is wrong with u ?

Capitalism is NOT good, but hey i guess u dont give a FUCk about rest of the world because u live in a country that has everything stupid fuck

[wvertical]

yeahhhhhhh

[pax2171]

Yeah, I don't care about the rest of the World, because I was born in a country that has everything. I also love abortions.

[buddybleau]

I said it before, I'll say it again. The only way to hurt these traitorous corporations is in the pocket book! If it ain't made in America, "DON'T BUY IT"!!!

[hararboi]

i was there and i didnt kno what wto was lol

[doofinovi]

lol country of the free haha

[RobLarson7]

capitalism is the best. If you dont believe in capitalism then get out of my beloved country. God bless the capitalist police that take control back away from those liberal hippy homos that hate America and they hate God. Get out of my country and move to Canada you liberal commy homos

[DPRKLiberator]

What we have is not capitalism. They have capitalism in Ireland and in the Baltic States, but not here. I want real free markets. Laissez-Faire! END THE WTO!

[RobLarson7]

youre stupid. No really you are. Capitalism is exactly what we are. I know a number of business onwers that started their own business and because they were better and offered a better product they shut down other weaker businesses. that my friend is capitalism. That is what America is. And if you dont like it find somewhere else to live.

[DPRKLiberator]

No it really isn't. When government gets involved in the economy it's called socialism. That's what out government did with Bear Sterns, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac. The government placing a limit on the amount of sugar that can be imported is not capitalism. You're stupid.

[MarxBakuninMe]

"No it really isn't. When government gets involved in the economy it's called socialism"

No, it isn't. Socialism does not necessitate government and it is just an idea about producing things to meet human need instead of for profit. America *is* capitalist; the state and the WTO are capitalist precisely because they aid a system that operates for profit. Get it?

[DPRKLiberator]

Profit = capitalism? Profit is good. Thus capitalism is good, not this corporate socialist state we live in where the Wall St. fat cats have bought off our politicians (Obama received $3M in campaign donations from commercial banks). Let's light a fire under their fat pig asses and open up the market and bring in more competition.

[jackriter]

Keep talking your libertarian, Ayn Rand toe-sucking bullshit. But every day we come closer to abolishing this shit system. Your class will no longer dominate mine.

[SilverNrGy985]

stop fuckin cryin! the cops protect you, you get packages and receive mail, those are elements of socialism in the US that your not even aware of! so stop pretending to be scared of this shyt! CAPITALISM is Made in THE USA! why do you think so many people are in homeless shelters and are struggling nowadays? because capitalism was the root and cause of this bullshyt economic crisis! FUCK CAPITALISM!

[PGDNwPGUP]

oh this looked like a good party... ya!! party!! whew!! ya...im sorry that's what i got from this...just imagery of "culture". cant take seriously when the same tactics of the thing your against are being used.. :/ disappointment.

[BainbridgeHopper]

Most of these douchebags didn't even know what they were protesting about.

[killingtime15]

we've already lost

[stumblein9]

great video

[chrismighton]

Hippies? lol hippies were from the 60's dude. There will never be hippies ever again. Anyone who claims to be a hippie nowadays is a fuckin' liar. Most of these so called "hippies" are just smart educated people who know whats really going on and are pissed off about it. I like how you put up your address lol classic!! Good luck with your fighting of hippies...maybe you can tape it and put it on youtube? I think that would probably get about a billion views in one day.

[lightprincess89]

I agree with your point. But you think hippies weren't educated?

[rayban5016]

Yeah you're frekin hippies! Hippies on steroids, pot, meth and a brain full of worthless propaganda. If you want to help the 3rd world countries protest the UN. Capitalism will save your soul. Viva Adam Smith, death to Marxism.

[2119chris]

Lets not forget the British Empire (arguable the inheritors of Rome and the predecessors of American economical imperialism) was brought to it's knees by the civil and non violent disobedience of Mahatma Gandhi. Revered "Farther" of the largest (by populous) democracy in the world. Founded on peace not power.

[IveRullezzz]

But how blaim them i live in belguim so i dont now of its ok beacause why some peopel agains the WTO ?

[lustpunk]

Trade representatives from other countries will decide to overturn YOUR laws through the process of the WTO. You tell me if that is bad.

[IveRullezzz]

indeed its sounds good but why there is i riot can peopel not be peacefull ?

[2119chris]

The Police, unfortunately, are often the aggressors because they are ill informed. Why do protesters need to be policed at all? Also, when people are born into debt and a life of mediocrity whilst simultaneously beaten over the head by the "Hypodermic model" of mass media telling them to buy, buy, buy in order to feel fulfilled; they tend to get a little frustrated especially when confronted with police in full riot gear.

[VoodooZombo]

I do believe that the physical picture of riot police,decked head to toe in fully protective gear,does demnstrate a powrfl reminder toward a way of opression of personal opinion similiar to that of a communistic country,but those that ARE born into lives of debt should see these images of black guarded police and find seperate means of passing around them.The physical game of beating these huge numbers of rocksteady behemoths is astoundingly one-sided,but the government side is less withstanding

[LazyHippi]

Kucinich/Paul 08!

[IveRullezzz]

But MangoMawn what is WTO ? is it good are bad ?

[MangoMawn]

WTO - World Trade Organization. Sounds good doesn't it? Some aspects and stated goals are good. But, ultimately, it is undemocratic ... big decisions are made by elites behind closed doors ... The decisions never help average people. They are the King Gorge, The British East India Company of the modern era. Read, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins ... you will understand how Usury works then

[doctorsartorius]

Do you know what your problem is? You want to fight the system.

I say, if you cannot beat them, then join them. Life is not fair. The rich will always exploit the poor. Those who are more fortunate will be leaders. It always has been, and it always will be.

[chrismighton]

Yes, I agree that the rich will always exploit the poor & the fortunate will always be leaders. But who of those rich & fortunate people are rememberd, respected and revered throughout history? People like JFK, Martin Luther King & Gandhi and why is it that these people are remembered, respected and loved? Because they connected with people on a compassionate and true level. As long as there are rich people who lack moral capacity and compassion will the poor hate the rich and fight the system.

[2119chris]

The leaders you mention, I hasten to add, were all shot. Why is it our inspirers are always shot yet we allow the human demons in our societies to prosper and wreak havoc.

[2119chris]

Yes it always will be, if you give in. I find the axiom "can't beat 'em, join 'em" a rather unappealing route. I refuse to live a relative life of luxury (in the west) at the expense of lives of children across the globe. Further, I would rather die on my feet in support of what is right than live on my knees in validation of what is fundamentally wrong. I find your argument defeatist, understandable yes, but had you been born in a country subjected by the west you would not be so quick to quit.

[UTEXASS]

fuck wto fuck wto

[godnamedsushi]

One more thing.. to the police protecting the agendas.. all I ask.. is think of what you are protecting with your authority. I'm not coming down on you, as we need your help. Work with us. Resolution begins with communication. Lets work it out in harmony so that everyone on Earth can be free from slavery.

[a7391546]

3:15 made my heart stop.

[godnamedsushi]

OMG 3:15.. that pooor man :( My heart is with you sir and your family if you are still alive.. i'm in tears. This has to stop.. NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These 'reptilians' are disgusting assholes. Again, sir.. @ 3:15 pulling those items, may you find justice for those who stripped you of your rights and beauty. I love you. I hope this isn't too contradictory, but I want to make a tshirt at a print store with him on it and say on it. "THIS IS REALITY!"

[2119chris]

I believe he may have been pulling Bananas. If so, they were destined, no doubt, for the shelves of one of the rich industrial nations that we are all a part of. We must stop this I agree. But to do so we must stop working immediately for all the companies responsible. We are wage slaves also, we work from nine to five generating profit that we'll never see. What money we make we spend on non-essential curiosities (iPods etc) manufactured at the expense of the Third World.

[VoodooZombo]

But to buy these items,we must 1st SEE THE MONEY WE MAKE.Then it is up to us,as individuals, to purchase these products. Recently Ive declined buying a PS3 to save my $ ansd use it in a more constructive way,and Im 16.Not to mention,a majority of our products are sent to the US come from China,a gargantuan econo power-house.Our trust with China first started with the Open-Door policy under Roosevelt,with that we purchase their products cheapily, reselling them at high stakes, without a 3rd world

[Salvo1313]

This video was put together very well, the clip at 6:11 was crazy and depressing at the same time.

[MangoMawn]

thank you Salvo. So, the slo-mo grenade toss (shot credit goes to Mark M.) is a'bit of a low point. It is the climax of the conflict section. But, that's why we then go to a reflective pause and then, bring in the happy beat with the happy shots - the "we're winning" montage and this brings the energy back up. It's very formulaic, but I still think it works. The artists women who made the giant puppet hands are actually the grandaughters of Cesar Chavez.