1999 wto protests
'Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist' Is a Gutsy Protest Novel for Right Now
We spoke with Sunil Yapa about his debut novel set during the infamous 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle.
Seattle's Former Police Chief Speaks Out About Ferguson and Police Brutality
Ferguson isn’t the first time a local police force has turned an American city into something resembling a war zone.
Seattle's Former Police Chief Speaks Out Against Police Brutality
Norm Stamper ordered a brutal crackdown on WTO protesters in 1999, when he was Seattle's chief of police. Now, he's a vocal opponent of the militarization of cops—and says his mistakes are being repeated in Ferguson.
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