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action medic groups  

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  • The enduring scenes from the 1999 Seattle protests against the World Trade Organization include photo after photo of police using clubs, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and tear gas against anyone who was on the street. Protesters, shoppers, businesspeople, students, children, all were targets. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Action Medic Groups]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MSMKZ5BZ-9

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