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Interview with Jane Cover
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| Title | Interview with Jane Cover |
| Creator | Interviewer: Gillian Murphy
Interviewee: Jane Cover
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| Publisher/Affiliation | National Lawyer's Guild
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| Place of Publication | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | 2000-11-22 |
| Notes | Text of this interview can be found at the following url: http://depts.washington.edu/wtohist/interview_index.htm People discussed in interview: Paul Richmond, Anarchists, King County Sheriff, Seattle City Councilwoman, Eric Nelson, Seattle City Council, David Walker.
Places discussed in interview: Safeco Field, Kingdome, Seattle Convention Center, United Methodist Church, Seattle Center, (Corner of) Fourth Avenue and Pike Street, University of Washington.
Organizations discussed in interview: National Lawyers Guild, Steelworkers, Direct Action Network (DAN), American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Seattle Police Department.
Summary of interview: Jane Cover became a legal observer with the National Lawyer's Guild. She believes this role allowed her to witness the protests objectively and to base her opinions on first-hand experiences. She describes the training and duties of a legal observer, as well as the events she observed and recorded during the days of the protests. Although her main job was to watch the police, Cover refers to the variety of groups present during the protests (ranging from "hoodlums" to "people practicing excellent disobedience") and the overall sense of nonviolence among the demonstrators. Cover also details her initial shock at seeing Seattle policemen in full riot gear, the unique difficulties of being an impartial observer in the "no-man's land" between demonstrator and police officers, and her perception of the anti-protestor bias in the WTO media coverage. |
| Timeline | After WTO |
| Intended Purpose | Oral History
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| Issue Area | Law
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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 | National Lawyers Guild, Steelworkers, Direct Action Network (DAN), American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Seattle Police Department
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