Now called the Midnight Special Law Consortium, the group of mostly Seattle lawyers will be the legal team for April's event. The team and others will also teach protest techniques used in Seattle, including stringing huge banners from buildings. David Solnit, a Seattle leader of Direct Action Network, flew to Washington, D.C., to plan events soon after the tear gas at WTO cleared the week of Nov. 29. He expects several hundred from this area to make the trip next month, some to protest, others to help train. Much has been learned, he said, to make the next action more effective.
People know what to expect and how to deal with it.
Dozens of smaller demonstrations are also planned around the country. Protests are planned for three days and include a march on the plant. The WTO started a lot of conversations. Large groups of people can be very hard to control, and police officers from around the country came to Seattle during the WTO to see how it's done first-hand. The Los Angeles Police Department sent several officers to Seattle as part of its planning for August's Democratic Convention.