1, 1999, that typified this view, Thomas Friedman called us “a Noah’s ark of flat-earth advocates, protectionist trade unions, and yuppies looking for their 1960s fix,” and advised us that instead of protesting we should use “the power of trade” to achieve our aims. Others told us that we were naive and idealistic, that there was no alternative to unfettered capitalism - hadn’t we gotten the memo? In a column on Dec. Some commentators called us “violent,” and used the property destruction by some to try to delegitimize the message of the many. ![]() Debates swirled within the movement as to whether the property destruction had overshadowed our message or drawn attention to it - and given the way that the news cycle works, both were probably true. The television cameras swarmed, and the “Battle in Seattle” was underway - with a strict curfew, a dystopic “No Protest Zone,” the National Guard, and hundreds of arrests and injuries to follow. In the middle of downtown, a group of black-clad anarchists began smashing windows and vandalizing corporate storefronts police in riot gear responded by firing rubber bullets, tear gas, and concussion grenades into the crowd.
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