WTO Protests, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1999


Photo: Barry Wong, © Seattle Times

On 30 November 1999, the World Trade Organization attempted to hold a ministerial conference in Seattle. Somehow unbeknownst to law enforcement officials who were not smart enough to read the alternative press or posters on walls, several thousand people showed up to protest.

Safe in a bunker in the Belltown area, and in possession of radios and scanners, several Muppetlabs Drones gathered together on IRC to share information in real time.

These are the transcripts of three days of protest reporting along with any side comments and other conversation. The transcripts are edited only to remove non-disclosable information of certain drones' employers.