"The Battle in Seattle" analysis

1. Deluca and Peeples certainly emphasize the appearance of the people protesting. Seattle contains huge corporations who were all involved in one way or another. WTO and other corporations provided corporate sponsorship for the supposedly peaceful protests. Because of the presence of such important world leaders, the protesters knew the world would be watching.

2. Corporations invested over $250,000 to gain "access to heads of state, ministers, and delegates" (193). Additionally, the WTO meetings received 10:40 and 13:10 minutes of airtime (195). Again on 197, Deluca and Peeples emphasize how much media perpetuated and changed the public's view of the protests as they "provoke in an instant the shock of the familiar made strange." In terms of the actual effect of the exposure, they use a quote from the trade commissioner: "What's happening outside is having an effect on the negotiations" (197).

3. Yes -- the coverage of the news helped the protesters, and Deluca and Peeples have plenty of evidence to support that. They use a combination of numbers, quotes, and other evidences to get across the same point.

4. In addition to the main points from #1, the publicly perceived elements of Seattle as a "progressive haven" were drastically changed by the protests that took place there (197). Full quote: "Finally the symbolic violence and uncivil disobedience of protesters exposed the violence of the state and transnational capital as the allegedly progressive haven of Seattle cracked down with a show of force worthy of 1960s Birmingham or Los Angeles" (197-198)

5. None of us knew anything about this situation before reading this article, so it was especially persuasive for us. Although Deluca and Peeples use a bit of hyperbole, it's done obviously enough that this article was quite effective. Our feelings are summed up in the quote from the end, "You stare at a television and you see logos and you're in a daze and these symbols pop up everywhere in your life. When that is shattered, it breaks a spell and we're trying to get people to wake up before it's too late" (198).