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Seattle Apology Seattle Apology: A Seattle resident offers public apology to WTO countries for the allegedly spoiled and uncivilized activists who disrupted the city in 1999. (World Trade Organization) http://sorry-wto.8m.com/ What's wrong with the WTO? What's wrong with the WTO?: Non-commercial site by independent journalist explaining how WTO principles subordinate other social and environmental values, including democracy, to maximizing trade with alternative proposals for fairer trade rules. (World Trade Organization) http://www.speakeasy.org/~peterc/wtow/ The Force of Ethics--& Seattle: Contempt Causes Insanity The Force of Ethics--& Seattle: Contempt Causes Insanity: An Aesthetic Realism commentary defining economic freedom--what does it mean for the world and its wealth to be owned in a way that is free? (World Trade Organization) http://www.EliSiegel.net/seattle-ethics-Tro1394.htm Use WTO Process to Push China on Rights Use WTO Process to Push China on Rights: Human Rights Watch believes that WTO membership won't itself reform the Chinese system or lead to political changes, but it could be an important catalyst over the long run if combined with consistent pressure from outside China. (World Trade Organization) http://www.hrw.org/press/1999/nov/china1025.htm CorpWatch.org - Issues - WTO CorpWatch.org - Issues - WTO: Critical perspectives on corporate influence in the WTO. (World Trade Organization) http://corpwatch.radicaldesigns.org/article.php?list=type&type=112 Trade Policy Analysis WTO Briefings and Forecasts Trade Policy Analysis WTO Briefings and Forecasts: Contains sample trade policy analysis articles about the WTO and international trading system. (World Trade Organization) http://www.thunderlake.com/arch.html The Real Threat to U.S. Sovereignty The Real Threat to U.S. Sovereignty: Heritage Foundation article defending the WTO, addressing many criticisms like the loss of national sovereignty to an unalleged world government which keeps its hearings and "trials" secret. (World Trade Organization) http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/HL497.cfm Domestic Constituencies Domestic Constituencies: Noam Chomsky analyzes and criticizes the World Trade Organization and other aspects of modern State-run markets. (World Trade Organization) http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/articles/z9805-domestic.html Globalize This Globalize This: A number of activists, educators and organizers expose and critique the WTO. Book edited by Kevin Danaher and Roger Burbach. Common Courage Press, 2000. (World Trade Organization) http://www.commoncouragepress.com/index.cfm?action=book&bookid=196 Globalization and the World Trade Organization Globalization and the World Trade Organization: Provided by International Forum on Globalization, a NGO critical of the WTO. (World Trade Organization) http://www.ifg.org/wto.html WTO Protests at Seattle WTO Protests at Seattle: Critiques of press coverage of Seattle WTO meeting and links to information about WTO. (World Trade Organization) http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Seattle.asp Foreign Policy In Focus: World Trade Organization Foreign Policy In Focus: World Trade Organization: An analysis of the WTO by a cooperative of policy institutes. (World Trade Organization) http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol2/v2n14wto.html The Rumble in Seattle The Rumble in Seattle: Article by Stephen Van Esch looking at the arguments of "saner minds" concerning the WTO. (World Trade Organization) http://www.spark-online.com/february00/esociety/vanesch.html WTO pages at thefactz WTO pages at thefactz: A general introduction and evaluation of the WTO and Globalization with particular emphasis on economic analysis. (World Trade Organization) http://www.thefactz.org/WTO/wto_index.html Model WTO Model WTO: Simulation of trade negotiations within the WTO ruleset by about 60 students from all over the world. (World Trade Organization) http://www.model-wto.org/ The Passion for Free Markets The Passion for Free Markets: Noam Chomsky introduces the WTO, and the drive to export American values through it. (World Trade Organization) http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/articles/z9705-free-markets.html The Structure of WTO The Structure of WTO: An outline of the structure and function of the WTO. (World Trade Organization) http://www.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ355/choi/wtoworks.htm The Law of Subsidies under the GATT/WTO system The Law of Subsidies under the GATT/WTO system: New comprehensive book about the law of subsidies under the GATT/WTO system. (World Trade Organization) http://www3.sympatico.ca/mbenitah/backcover.htm GATT, NAFTA, and the Subversion of the Democratic Process GATT, NAFTA, and the Subversion of the Democratic Process: Analysis of WTO and erosion of democracy, environmental safeguards, and labor protections. Written by Ralph Nader and Lori Wallach. (World Trade Organization) http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/WTO_MAI/WTO_CAGE.html WTO - The Facts! WTO - The Facts!: Promoting free trade in light of resistance in Australia to the Sydney meetings in November 2002. (World Trade Organization) http://www.wto.com.au/ AFL-CIO: Global Economy--What is WTO? AFL-CIO: Global Economy--What is WTO?: Introduction to the WTO, and other information on how the WTO affects labor and working families. (World Trade Organization) http://www.aflcio.org/globaleconomy/whatiswto.htm Whose Trade Organization?: Corporate Globalization and the Erosion of Democracy Whose Trade Organization?: Corporate Globalization and the Erosion of Democracy: A book by Lori Wallach and Michelle Sforza, Public Citizen 1999. (World Trade Organization) http://www.citizen.org/publications/release.cfm?ID=7081 FBI Raids Independent Media Center FBI Raids Independent Media Center: Security plans intended to protect Western leaders attending a trade summit were posted on a Seattle-based web site. On Saturday night, FBI agents raided the offices of the Independent Media Center in downtown Seattle. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] (World Trade Organization) http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/19980_security24.shtml Freedom to Trade: WTO's Promising Anniversary Freedom to Trade: WTO's Promising Anniversary: One of the foremost policy institutes analyzes the dangers and potential benefits of the World Trade Organization (World Trade Organization) http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg20n1e.html Third World Traveler: World Trade Organization (WTO) Third World Traveler: World Trade Organization (WTO): Articles offering an alternative view to the corporate media on the impact of the policies of the United States' democratic government. (World Trade Organization) http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/WTO_MAI/WTO.html WTO Action WTO Action: Historical note on a internet campaign promoting the Cross-Canada Caravan to the Seattle 1999 Protests. (World Trade Organization) http://www.openconcept.ca/index.php/wtoaction Hell, no. We won't trade Hell, no. We won't trade: Dori Jones Yang looks at how the WTO became a lightning rod for protest. [U.S. News] (World Trade Organization) http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_hidethis=yes&p_product=UW&p_theme=uw&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=19991101002243&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(%2219991101002243%22)&p_perpage=10&p_s