So, trade activists, don't make the same mistake. Whatever overtures are made and accepted, never cease to speak publicly and bluntly. For it is on your own turf' - the streets, the TV screens and in headlines and on your own terms that you assert influence. The minute you agree to work on their turf', on their terms, you lose whatever ground you gained in Seattle. And that would set back the struggle for a new 21st century politic's for another decade.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.