Check out "Battle in Seattle"

Posted by Tim Newman, Campaigns Assistant, International Labor Rights Forum

INTERATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FUND BLOG
Posted: 16 Sep 2008 04:58 PM CDT

In 1999, activists took a stand for global justice and stopped the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle, Washington. Tens of thousands of trade unionists, enviromentalists, farmers, students, teachers, faith leaders and many others worked together to challenge the WTO agenda and catapulted the global justice movement forward. It's an exciting example of people power successfully taking on a major international institution. A new film, Battle in Seattle, starring Andre Benjamin, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Rodriguez, Channing Tatum and Charlize Theron showcases this historic movement and it's opening soon near you!

In order to get the film screened across the country, it is critical that it's first two weeks in theaters be successful.

You can order tickets online at: http://www.battleinseattlemovie.com/tickets/ and invite your friends to join at: http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/actnow/biscomewithme.html

You can also demand the film come to your city at: http://eventful.com/performers/battle-in-seattle-the-movie-/P0-001-000139934-4/demand?bg=black&fg=FFFFFF&t=new.

If you use Global Exchange's system to recruit 10 friends, you can be registered to win free fair trade chocolate! You can also spread the word by making this image your facebook or myspace profile photo: http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/seebattleinseattle/bisposter.jpg

You can also push the global justice movement forward and take 5 easy actions at: http://www.5actions.com

The film is not without controversy. Some of the lead organizers of the 1999 WTO protest have created a website "The Real Battle in Seattle" to create a space for participants in the protest to tell their own stories about the protest and the global justice movement at: http://www.realbattleinseattle.org What do YOU think?