Everything WTO

Your comprehensive guide to every public event— demonstrations, gripefests, teach-ins, riots, and tea parties—concerning the WTO. Since the revolution is live, check our Web site (www.seattleweekly.com) for updates.

Ongoing

Visual Arts Show—Protest with a paintbrush. The Alibi Room will reserve its walls for works expressing concern about the WTO and globalization. The Alibi Room, 85 Pike, 623-3180. 11/26-12/5.

Dramatic Protests—Direct Action Network invites you to make giant puppets meant to put the fear of god into godless businessmen. Actually, that's just one of the many creative strategies DAN has come up with to help people have fun and protest at the same time. Other forms of direct action include playing music, dancing, cheerleading, and street theater. And no, you don't have to plan these activities by yourself. Eager activists can attend DAN's week-long protest workshop. Call for location, call 360-943-9159. They'll charge $0-50 on a sliding scale basis. 11/20-28.

European Union Forums—Representatives from the European Union give Seattle citizens a chance to weigh their concerns about WTO. The EU will also express concerns of its own. The Space Needle; call 352-9020. $35. participants must register by 11/19. Call for dates; 11:30-1:30.

Friday, November 26

Teach-in on Globalization—Can we have one smoothly running global economy in which everyone prospers? Dream on, says the International Forum on Globalization, who will send speakers to Seattle to explain what globalization means and what's wrong with the concept. Speakers include economist Martin Khor, Indian physicist Vandana Shiva, former Harvard business professor David Korten, and economist and writer John Cavanagh. Benaroya Hall; Tickets available through Ticketmaster, 628-0888. Each session has a suggested donation of $5 for students and seniors, $10 others. 11/26 7-10; 11/27 8:30-6:30; 11/28 8-11.

Saturday, November 27

WTO On Trial—A lively enactment of judge and jury hearing the case of WTO and multinational crimes against humanity. Sponsored by the Council on International Public Affairs. King County Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave, call 212-972-9790. 11/27-28, 9-5.

Inspiring Documentary—Yes, well-organized protests have stopped corporate evil in its tracks, as this documentary shows. Pressure Point tells the story of the successful Montreal blockade of a hotel where smarty-pants types were to attend a conference on the Multilateral Investments Agreement, a not-so brilliant resolution which would have given foreign investors veto power over the laws we pass. The measure received thumbs down all over the world, including Seattle, where our City Council condemned it. Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Avenue, 11/25 at 7:30. Parlor Room Studio, Direct Action Network, 161 S. Jackson St, 11/27 at 8. Filipino Community Center, 5740 Martin Luther King Way Jr. S, 11/28 at 7. Call 763-9611 for tickets and info.

Sunday, November 28

Solidarity Events—Join anti-WTO activists at the Filipino Community Center for two days of discussions, films, dances, and music. Keynote speakers include Jose Maria Sison, a consultant to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, and Fatima Burnad, of the Madras Task Force on Rural and Indigenous Women. Films include Pressure Point (see above). Night two of the rally will be a "Solidarity Night" of singing protest songs and dancing resistance dances. Filipino Community Center, 5740 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S, call 722-9372. 11/28-30, Mon 9-9, Tue 9-7, Wed at 6:30

Participatory Workshop—A lesson on the growing divide between rich and poor, brought to you by United for a Fair Economy. Musicians Union Local 76-493, call 910-8296. 11/28, 10-12.

Alternative Scenarios—Creative people realize that the WTO approach to increasing prosperity is hardly the only way to do it. Speakers from all over the world will share with the audience their own blueprints for a richer future. King County Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave, call 617-226-8687. 11/28, 1-5:30.

Women Against WTO—Keep in mind that a disproportionate number of the wage slaves the WTO may seek to oppress are females, so women everywhere should demand that the organization take economic justice seriously. These speakers come from Mexico, Brazil, Bangladesh, and other far away lands. Lesbian Resource Center, 2214 S. Jackson, call 322-2168. 11/28, 2-4.

The WTO and War—One angle you may not have thought about: When corporations can use the WTO to rule the world, they can also pressure militaries to silence dissenting civilians. Peace workers are gravely worried about an unchecked WTO and will explain why at this forum. Hildebrand Hall, Plymouth Congregational Church, 1212 6th Ave, call 547-0952. 11/28 2:30-4.

WTO on TV—Steven Shrybman, cofounder of the west Coast Environmental Law Association, will explain the WTO decision that killed part of our Clean Air Act. Seattle Public Access channel 29. 11/28, 6-7.

Cancel Poor Countries' Debt—Religious leaders have little patience with International Monetary Fund policies that punish citizens of poor countries for their poverty. Jim Wallace will preach on the subject at this ecumenical worship service. St. James Cathedral, call 625-9790. 11/28 at 7:30.

Welcoming Party—The Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia welcomes activists to celebrate and resist with reggae, hip-hop, and hard core music, and subversive theater. Museum of History and Industry, call 547-0952. 11/28, call for time.