WTO protest
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charged civil disobedience and
protest as well as a call to action
for continued work on behalf of
the environment, labor, trade and
human rights.
Charles Gray of the Eugene Al
liance for Democracy said his or
ganization recently was awarded
a grant from McKenzie River Gath
ering to be used for on-going edu
cational WTO work in Eugene.
“I think that Seattle really
opened people up to this, opened
their eyes,” he said. “Most Ameri
cans hadn’t even heard of the
WTO before then, and now it’s a
chance to raise consciousness
even more.”
The program began with cos
tumed skits illustrating corporate
greed, economic incentives for
third world countries and the pit
falls of such, interspersed with
raucous political commentary.
A provocative slide show of
black-and-white photographs
showed protesters and police in a
battle of wills from the front lines
of the conflict. Accompanied by
audio slicing of actual voices from
the streets that day, music and nar
ration, the 20-minute presentation
incited loud cheers and applause
all throughout.
“I thought it was really mov
ing,” senior environmental stud
ies major Alison Purcell said. “It
brought up the feelings of being in
Seattle, and in a better way than
some of the media. You saw peo
ple from the beginning, organiz
ing, going up there, not just ‘these
crazy hippies protesting.’”
Next, a five-member dance
troupe recreated an interpretive
piece originally performed in a
Seattle intersection Nov. 30 by a
group of women from Oakland,
Calif. Joined by a small band of
musicians, the dancers and audi
ence chanted, “The people united
will never be divided,” over and
over to the rhythmic lead drum
beat.
Emily Dietzman, who had also
seen the dance as a protester in
Seattle, said Tuesday’s rendition
reminded her of the real message
of the people involved.
“There was so much peaceful
protest on the streets that day —
not just the violence you saw in
the media,” she said. “It was very
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Unger, Gabbe and Larson also
were under the impression they
would not be the only candidates
speaking that evening. They said
they thought their fellow execu
tive ticket of Jay Breslow and Hol
ly Magner would speak after the
coffee hour was done.
“We sponsored and spoke from
4 p.m. to 5 p.m. We expected Jay
and Holly just to speak like we
did after us at 5. We took down
our posters and put away all our
campaign materials,” Unger said.
Breslow said he would not
comment on the issue and his
campaign manager, Jennie Bres
low, could not be reached for
comment.
international students Associa
tion spokeswoman Monica
Malpezzi Price said she let Jay
Breslow know Gabbe and Larson
were sponsoring the event, and
Breslow then decided to come
back and speak at this Friday’s
meeting.
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Price said usually other interna
tional groups sponsor the events
to get information out to the ISA
about their programs.
“We only recently became
aware that what [Larson and
Gabbe] did might be against the
rules,” she said.
Unger said she is preparing a
statement to turn over to the
ASUO Elections Board in re
sponse to the grievance.
Elections Coordinator Ken Best
said the entire elections board
will meet either today or Thurs
day and decide whether Gabbe
and Larson will remain on the
ballot.
Until then, Gabbe asserts that
he and Larson didn’t do anything
wrong.
“I don’t feel like we’re violating
the rule. We never said ‘vote for
us,”’ Gabbe said. “We just wanted
to tell people who we are, to
check out the other candidates,
get people out to vote, and we saw
this as a really good forum to do
that.”
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ally opened people up to
this, opened their eyes.
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Democracy
powerful for me to have that mo
ment recaptured.”
Concluding the evening’s var
ied presentation were the personal
photographs of Robert Bolzman,
which, shown in couplets on a
large screen, often juxtaposed the
faces of children from Nicaragua,
Mexico and Cuba with scenes of
opulent wealth in the United
States or mass environmental
degradation.
“These are the faces of the ene
my, folks,” he said sardonically.
Eugene resident Carol McBrian,
whose two sons were among the
WTO protesters, said she thought
the program effectively drove
home the message that people
united can make a difference.
“The message, I think, was loud
and clear that a bunch of little peo
ple can stop a big monster. ”
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