On Aug 21, 2008, at 7:01 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
That might be a fair criticism, ravi, if "Seattle" were, or were
construed to be, a "northern" event; but it wasn't, and there is no
reason to construe it so. It was the culmination of many events and
forces, many of which took place in the South. "Seattle" wasn't just
the protests of Northern activists, but also what went on inside. It
was the resistance of the Southern countries, in large measure, that
broke the WTO round. If the round had gone forward, the story of
"Seattle" would be very different.
That seems a very fair context. Unfortunately, not the one I see in
either the movie trailer or in the claims of Western activists (I
offered Chuck on LBO as an example, but I have seen similar claims on
the web, also). Often, "Seattle" is presented as some sort of
singularity.
--ravi
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