Wright said she was never read her rights. I have never witnessed anything like this anywhere around the world. Aftermath Predictably, the corporate-owned media glossed over and demonstrated a poor understanding of the important issues raised by the protesters. They treated the protesters' concerns with indifference and often contempt. They also inaccurately depicted them as anti-trade, or linked to right wing extremists like Pat Buchanan.
Many questions remain.
U.S. Army Special Forces chemical warfare experts were on hand in Seattle. Regardless of what else happens, the one outcome of Seattle that seems certain is that the next meeting of the WTO will not be held in some U.S. city, but in some place like Jakarta or Singapore where the police and security forces will not be limited to the use of plastic bullets. The WTO is one of the most important issues facing environmental and human rights activists today. The organization's rules have an impact on all our lives. For anyone with access to the internet, there is abundant information about the WTO out there.