WTO N30 Seattle: Fighting Back from A Year in the Streets

http://understoryproductions.com/ This is a clip from the WTO Seattle section of the movie A Year In The Streets by Cascadia Media Collective. The events in this section are chronological and show how the destructive rampage that everyone knows about was in response to the brutal assault on protesters by the paramilitarized police force. I made this film in 2001 before forming Under Story Productions.

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[zackis480]

those protesters got what they deserve. dont fuck up my city by being fucken dumb. glad to see them get there asses kicked.

[TheJoker7682]

So, apparently when you fight the NWO your local police force is called out to crush you like the British set out to do to the colonists in 1776? I'd say that you need to fight back, after all, there are always more people than there are police and if they insist on being the tool of a financial oligarchy, then they're siding with they enemy and need to get a traitor's welcome. Fuck nonviolence, fight back and hurt those motherfuckers, make them think twice about enforcing fascism.

[Anarxikospatra3]

@leatherneck134 how can you say that?I really pity you for what youve become...a ROBOT!

[ddboris]

@leatherneck134, you're an idiot,a simple pawn....i think you're ready for the Marines.

when idiot like you talks, it gave us munitions....to stupidity

go on follow order soldier, but what would you do when they'll ask to shoot your own citizen???

[leatherneck134]

fuckin hippies i love how that cop pulled of that persons gas mask and sprayed them in the face

[B1aDK]

So if you cannot have it your way -> Sit down and make sure other people dont get it their way..

Sure, I will keep that in mind even though I did i through out my childhood.

[disinfestator]

The beginning of this video is absolutely appalling, armored police officers casually blasting pepper spray onto human beings as if they were just watering their lawn. How much of a sociopath do you have to be to do that without a second thought?

[victorbarovsky]

That woman at the end of the video was excelllent. She summed up in a few words, why a few broken windows do not invalidate the message of protest against capitalism.

[SilverNrGy985]

shut up and do as your TOLD you fuckin slave!! SMASH CAPITALISM!!

[Kletterator]

Actually, what the police are trying to do here is to provoke a violent response, and the protestors are resisting this tactic by staying calm, still and sitting on the ground, which is how they blocked off the intersections and shut down the WTO meeting. Nothing works better than a calm response - remember that.