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A Day in the Life of a Protester From a news story by CNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp December 3, 1999

I. Carmen Nogales is an actress from Los Angeles.

A. She came to Seattle to protest the WTO.
B. Nogales says WTO policies harm her friends.
C. Her intention was not to get arrested.
D. After one day, she was already a veteran.

II. Many protestors were taken to jail.

A. Protestors sat down and refused to move.
B. They were sitting in a "no-protest" area.
C. Police arrested many of the protesters.
D. Nogales was upset to see her friends arrested.

III. Jerry Madsen leads the Citizens Trade Campaign.

A. Madsen’s group worked for five months planning protests.
B. His group helped organize sixty demonstrations.
C. A "teach in" was part of the training.
D. Then people were put on the street every day.

IV. The protest had both good and bad results.

A. Police "beefed up" their forces after a defeat.
B. Vandalism by a few hurt the protesters’ cause.
C. Sheet metal workers helped clean up the streets.
D. Protesters had different approaches.

 

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