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Globalization Protests Redux in Sacramento

By AAN Staff
june 18, 2003  11:09 am
Globalization Protests Redux in Sacramento
Sacramento rolls out the red carpet for a "global food security" summit, as protesters from around the country are laying plans of their own. Ron Curran looks at the first-ever international Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology, which is expected to back global trade in irradiated and genetically modified food. It's also the first World Trade Organization-related meeting in North America since 1999’s confrontational Seattle Ministerial Conference, where police used tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters, and ultimately a curfew shut down the city.
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