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Screening and Q&A with writer / director Stuart Townsend. Stay tuned for upcoming screenings.

Despite having never legislated by Congress, corporate power thrives. Ralph Nader addresses the point at which conservative interest becomes corporate interest. The upcoming film Battle in Seattle portrays activists reclaiming power from the WTO in Seattle in 1999.

In the age of globalization, corporations are performing a colonization of labor, subordinating interests of environment and health in favor of international commerce and the dominance of corporate power.

A fabricated report of a Supreme Court decision over a century ago has led corporations to be treated as individuals with rights and protections, but with none of the vulnerabilities. A corporation doesn’t eat, sleep or breathe - but it can exploit and control.

Here Maude Barlow talks about the privatization of water, land, and the creation of debt through the Washington Consensus, and how NAFTA has benefited the wealthy and hurt the working class and the environment.

Amid conflicting opinions on the effects of protectionism on global trade, Maude Barlow makes the case for the prioritization of local economic sustainability. Learn more about how Neo-Liberalism has negatively affected the global economy here.

In what must surely be the height of tragic irony, Kimberly-Clark is using Wall*E, a movie about conservation, to sell Kleenex, a disposable paper product containing absolutely no recycled content. We teamed up with Mark Fiore, celebrated political cartoonist and friend of Greenpeace, to make this animated short. It features a new character called Kleer*E who gobbles up forests and spits out boxes of Kleenex. Join us in telling K-C to stop the Iron*E! Instead of putting money towards looking like they're "green," the company needs to actually become green by improving their environmental practices

At the 2007 Toronto Film Festival the film Battle in Seattle was lauded with a 5 minute standing ovation. Watch video interviews with the writer/director Stuart Townsend and cast members including Charlize Theron and Andre 3000.

When the talks broke down, so did the proposal for new trade agreements. The WTO agenda is now frozen by activist efforts and there has been no move toward expansion. But the WTO still exists. Lori Wallach explains why “we need another Seattle.”

Wallach knew this was a moment that would “change the course of history.” It took a year of planning, extensive preparation, and the coordination of hundreds of people on the ground and on the phones across the US and Europe to organize the protest, but it was worth the battle.

lph Nader reflects on the lack of restraint by the Seattle police. The response to the Seattle talks taught the WTO to exercise greater caution, causing them to hold future talks in secluded and more easily protected locations. Experience the police reaction to the protests for yourself in historic footage from 1999.

Writer/Director Stuart Townsend takes you on an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the making of Battle In Seattle and how it changed his perceptions about America, globalization and what it means to be a true patriot.

Writer/Director Stuart Townsend takes you on an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the making of Battle In Seattle and how it changed his perceptions about America, globalization and what it means to be a true patriot.

Writer/Director Stuart Townsend takes you on an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the making of Battle In Seattle and how it changed his perceptions about America, globalization and what it means to be a true patriot.

t’s November 1999, and five days are about to rock the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators take to the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Meeting. Among them are Django (Andre Benjamin), Sam (Jennifer Carpenter), Lou (Michelle Rodriguez) and Jay (Martin Henderson). Each has a unique story, but they’re united in a common desire to be heard and to make a difference in the world. For these four protesters, this is very personal and the stakes are higher than mere politic

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