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Hong Kong WTO photo series
The World Trade Organization met in Hong Kong during the week of December 12, 2005. A key theme was the unjust practice of first world agriculture subsidies which cause undue suffering in the colonized countries due to flooding of the cheap goods.
Feel free to add to these photos as the week proceeds. Many of these are from the yahoo.news searchable archive, or are copyrighted by Reuters.
So far, it seems like South Korean workers and farmers are among the most spirited protesters, with energetic and punchy interactions equalling or exceeding the nature of what occurred in Seattle 1999 happening
Feel free to add to these photos as the week proceeds. Many of these are from the yahoo.news searchable archive, or are copyrighted by Reuters.
So far, it seems like South Korean workers and farmers are among the most spirited protesters, with energetic and punchy interactions equalling or exceeding the nature of what occurred in Seattle 1999 happening
Here, a police officer is detained by S. Korean protesters.
During the previous week, there was a general strike and protests in Seoul over somewhat similar issues. Here, one of the issues was truck drivers protesting unfair laws which hold them accountable for unsafe conditions in trucks owned by their employers. Some recommended photos can be found here.
http://riotporn.blogspot.com/2005/12/south-korean-dump-truck-drivers-vs.html
http://riotporn.blogspot.com/2005/12/south-korean-workers-and-farmers-march.html
During the previous week, there was a general strike and protests in Seoul over somewhat similar issues. Here, one of the issues was truck drivers protesting unfair laws which hold them accountable for unsafe conditions in trucks owned by their employers. Some recommended photos can be found here.
http://riotporn.blogspot.com/2005/12/south-korean-dump-truck-drivers-vs.html
http://riotporn.blogspot.com/2005/12/south-korean-workers-and-farmers-march.html
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