Some were there simply to attend it, and others came to protest various aspects of the organization and its policies. On the protest side, most were peaceful demonstrators who took to the streets to express their concern that increasing global trade would hurt labor unions, the environment, and developing nations.

Seattle WTO protests of 1999, a series of marches, direct actions, and protests carried out from November 28 through December 3, 1999, that disrupted the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Seattle, Washington.

What is the WTO? It is the international organisation dealing with the global rules of trade between nations in a global or near a global level. What is the main function of the WTO? Its main function is to liberalise trade so it ensures that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and as freely as possible.

Why might protesters refer to using genetically modified foods as "science experiments"? Genetically modified foods have been around for more than a decade, but very little is known about the effects of eating these foods.