 Aerial Art by Spectral Q
Seattle Human Banner Project
Spectral Q was hired by Rainforest Action Network, Global Exchange, and Public Citizen to create a series of 'Human Banners' as part of the WTO Protests in Seattle.
Labor, Environmental and Social Justice groups were opposed to the WTO as an undemocratic institution which would undermine human rights and environmental protection by favoring corporate profit above all else.
The WTO meeting ended in failure after a dramatic week of tear gas, rubber bullets, Police in riot gear and armored petrsonnel carriers.
The tens of thousands of protesters did not back down and on the final day formed the word DEMOCRACY a block long and chanted the week's refrain "This is what Democracy looks like."
NO WTO
Embarcadero, San Francisco
11/21/99
250 people rally the week before the WTO to make their statement.
Photos by Eric Slomanson/ Aerial Art by Spectral Q
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WTO with circle and slash through it
University of Washington, Seattle
11/23/99
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Rise Up
Seattle community college
11/28/99
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People over Profit
Seattle Stadium
11/30/99
2000 AFL CIO Union members make their message to begin the day dubbed N30. Later the city would erupt into a police riot.
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Democracy
Labor Unity Rally
12/3/99
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