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1) The battle in Seattle. On
November 30, 1999, the regular round of negotiations of the World Trade
Organization (WTO) began in Seattle, which is dubbed by many journalists as the
"Battle in Seattle" [5]. This event is considered the first major anti-globalization
action. It marked the beginning of an era in which mass protests accompanied
all major international events for some time, marking the emergence of a new
generation of radical activists on the political scene.

On the eve of the WTO summit, thousands of
demonstrators took to the streets of Seattle to protest the "globalization
of capitalism" and the "dominance of corporations". The
protesters marched to the building surrounded by police, where the summit was
to begin. Demonstrators argued that the free trade advocated by the WTO is not
fair and that the organization’s activities are harmful to the environment. In
their opinion, the WTO supported transnational corporations and does not care
about ordinary people.

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2) Anti-globalists. Proponents
of anti-globalization are generally united by the idea of opposing the
political power of transnational corporations at the expense of state
sovereignty, which manifests itself in the form of trade agreements and the
influence of international economic organizations. This process, in their view,
is detrimental to democracy, human rights, the environment and especially the
societies of developing countries [4].

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3) The course of the protest.
The speeches were rather harsh. A group of demonstrators smashed one of the
symbols of American capitalism, the McDonald’s restaurant, just four blocks
from the building where the WTO summit begins. Demonstrators shattered windows,
ripped off restaurant posters, and waved their posters at the same time
demanding a ban on "Frankenstein food" — genetically modified
ingredients used at McDonald’s. Representatives of a wide variety of groups
took to the streets: human rights and turtle rights activists, representatives
of the banned Falun Gong movement in China and American trade unions.