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Interview with Victor Menotti
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| Title | Interview with Victor Menotti |
| Creator | Interviewer: Miguel Bocanegra
Interviewee: Victor Menotti
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| Publisher/Affiliation | International Forum on Globalization (IFG)
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| Place of Publication | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | 2000-10-27 |
| Notes | Text of this interview can be found at the following url: http://depts.washington.edu/wtohist/interview_index.htm People discussed in interview: African groups, Americans, Asian groups, Barbara Norton, Caribbean groups, Charlene Barshevsky, Chileans, Europeans, Ian Bowles, Indonesians, Japanese, Latin American groups, Malaysians, Martin Kohr.
Places discussed in interview: Benaroya Symphony Hall (Seattle, WA), Europe, Geneva Switzerland, Japan, Malaysia, Mozambique, Pacific Northwest USA, Persian Gulf, Qatar, San Francisco CA, Seattle municipal building, South Africa, Third World (in general), United States.
Organizations discussed in interview: APEX, Bretton-Woods Act, Direct Action Network, European Union (EU), Free Trade Area of the Americas, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), International Forum on Globalization, International Labor Organization agreements, International Monetary Fund (IMF), MEChA, Mountaineers, Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), New York Times newspaper, North American Free Trade Agreement, Rain Forest Action Network, Third World Network (TWN.org), United Nations' Human Rights Conventions, United States Trade Representatives advisory committees, United States Trade Representatives Office, United States Wood Products, White House Council on Enivronmental Quality.
Summary of interview: Victor Menotti of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG) discusses his early involvement with the San Francisco-based Rainforest Action Network (RAN). Menotti views the WTO as an agreement that undermines democracy and allows the interests of corporations to go unchecked. Menotti helped organize conservation leaders from around the globe, as well as local forest protection groups. Their campaign planning and education helped prevent the WTO from making disastrous environmental and forestry decisions, Menotti says. Menotti describes how police tackled and arrested him during the protests, and criticizes news media for focusing on the chaos in the streets rather than detrimental environmental actions by the ministerial. Menotti says the protests were effective, and helped prevent passage of the Free Logging Agreement. |
| Timeline | After WTO |
| Intended Purpose | Oral History
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| Issue Area | Development
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| Subjects | World Trade Organization. Ministerial Conference—Personal narratives |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Object Type | Interview
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| Physical Description | Computer file |
| Collection | WTO History Project
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| Contributor | WTO History Project |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Organizations Mentioned | APEX, Bretton-Woods Act, Direct Action Network, European Union (EU), Free Trade Area of the Americas, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), International Forum on Globalization, International Labor Organization agreements, International Monetary Fund (IMF), MEChA, Mountaineers, Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), New York Times newspaper, North American Free Trade Agreement, Rain Forest Action Network, Third World Network (TWN.org), United Nations' Human Rights Conventions, United States Trade Representatives advisory committees, United States Trade Representatives Office, United States Wood Products, White House Council on Enivronmental Quality
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