Rappelling Against the WTO.

• Position: World Trade Organization - Brief Article

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When the World Trade Organization (WTO) holds its ministerial meeting here November 29-December 2, it will be greeted by a wide array of protests criticizing the free trade group for advancing the interests of giant corporations while bringing down wages and environmental standards around the world.

At a camp teaching nonviolent methods, activists with a group called the Ruckus Society go through drills for scaling buildings as they prepare some unusual...