Associated Press
SEATTLE — More than 200 protesters rallied Friday to mark the opening of the World Trade Organization meeting in Qatar — the WTO’s first ministerial meeting since delegates failed to launch a new round of trade talks amid raucous protests here two years ago.
The crowd was a tiny echo of the 50,000 protesters who shut down Seattle’s downtown in 1999. But activists said it was crucial to keep attention focused on WTO actions. Several linked corporate globalization to the terrorist attacks.
"There’s a war going on. I’m not talking about just the action in Afghanistan," said community college teacher Lynne Dodson. "I’m talking about an ongoing war, a war whose generals are meeting in Qatar today. It’s the international war on workers."
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