From BBC: Tuesday, 30 November, 1999, 11:47 GMT
In pictures: The WTO protests
Anarchists, environmentalists, union members, human rights activitsts and religious groups have descended on Seattle with a common purpose - to protest against the World Trade Organisation, which is meeting in the American city this week.
An estimated 50,000 anti-WTO activists want to get across their message that free trade is not fair trade.