The Sierra Club's Executive Director Carl Pope reciprocated during the big Fair Trade rally on Tuesday, Nov. 30. On the streets, a spontaneous call and response chant arose between the Teamsters and dozens of activists who were dressed as sea turtles to protest a WTO ruling against US sea turtle protections. It doesn't get any better than that. We must also turn the corner on bad trade policies and begin advocating positive alternatives of our own. Stay posted for further action alerts.
Lets fight back with letters to the editor explaining the truth about Seattle.
Tens of thousands of trade unionists, environmentalists, and church people joined together in peaceful and legal protests against a US trade policy that hurts working people and the environment. What a shame that the media focused so much attention on the small number of delinquents who broke store windows in downtown Seattle. Despite the deplorable violence, the message of the peaceful demonstrators came through loud and clear. The American people are fed up with a WTO that makes global corporations rich but undermines our hard-won health and environmental standards. Already, the WTO has weakened our clean air standards and sea turtle protections.