They [the Founding Fathers] were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in
accordance with the principle of self-government.
They were an inspired body of men.
It has been said that God sifted the nations that He might send choice grain into the
wilderness ....
Who can fail to see in it the hand of destiny? Who can doubt that it has been guided
by a Divine Providence.
-- Calvin Coolidge
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Protesters Dump Manure at World Bank Headquarters (Update1)
By Paul Basken
Washington, April 14 (Bloomberg) -- Protesters dumped 4 tons
of manure on the street and police braced for more demonstrations
as tensions heightened over meetings Sunday and Monday by the
World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
The manure was dumped outside World Bank headquarters by
members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, who were
protesting World Bank support for animal agriculture programs in
developing nations.
A few blocks away, police with riot helmets, batons and
plastic shields surrounded about 100 people who were gathered
outside the Treasury Department building to protest U.S. plans to
build a ballistic missile defense system.
Meanwhile protest organizers, faced with a show of force by a
determined police force, downplayed their plans to shut down this
weekend's meetings of the World Bank and IMF.
The looming confrontation between police and protesters
persuaded more federal agencies to close their doors Monday, the
second day of the planned IMF and World Bank meetings, and caused
the cancellation of a major collegiate rowing event this weekend
on the nearby Potomac River.
Protesters said raising awareness of their objections to the
lenders' policies was more important than disrupting the meetings.
`Building a Movement'
``It doesn't matter so much if we shut them down on April 16
because we're going start building a movement to hold them
accountable all the time,'' said Laura Jones, a spokeswoman for
the Mobilization for Global Justice, a coalition of protest groups
gathering in Washington.
Two people were arrested for dumping the manure outside World
Bank headquarters. One of those arrested wore a cow suit and
screamed, ``Meat is murder, meat is murder,'' as he was led off by
police.
PETA targeted the World Bank for making loans for agriculture
projects in countries that have no animal welfare regulations and
no environmental regulations, said Bruce Friedrich, a spokesman
for PETA.
Police continued to prepare for protests by placing metal
pedestrian barricades around streets surrounding the White House
and the Treasury Department building. Inside, Treasury workers
installed plastic sheeting on windows to keep out tear gas.
The streets surrounding the World Bank and IMF headquarters
remained closed to traffic, and police plan to shut down more
streets tomorrow, said a city police spokesman, Quintin Peterson.
``They're going to make sure they have the area reinforced
when it's time for those demonstrations,'' Peterson said.
Outgrowth
The planned protests were initially described by organizers
as an outgrowth of demonstrations in December in Seattle at the
summit of the World Trade Organization that erupted into sporadic
rioting. The Seattle protests prevented some WTO delegates from
attending the session, which ended without agreement on a new
round of worldwide trade talks.
With Washington police demonstrating more preparation and
experience in containing protests than their counterparts in
Seattle, Jones said the strategy against the IMF and World Bank
involves increasing public awareness of the protesters complaints
against the IMF and World Bank.
``Whatever happens on the 16th, we're not as concerned with
shutting down the meetings,'' she said. ``This isn't exactly
Seattle II, you know.''
``It's more that we've gotten lots of people out here and
they're energized and this is an educational activity,'' Jones
said.
The city's police chief, Charles Ramsey, said his department
has had good communications with protest leaders, and does not
believe they are backing down.
``That's not the message we've gotten so far -- they've
continued to say that their goal is to shut down the World Bank,''
Ramsey said.
10,000 Expected
Another spokeswoman for the mobilization, Chloe Frommer, said
the protesters, expected to number at least 10,000 at Sunday's
main rally, will seek some kind of confrontation with police to
grab media attention.
``It could be police and activists, not necessarily violent,
but in maybe a standoff, where one's on one side, and the other
one's not letting the other one pass,'' Frommer said.
The State Department's downtown passport office, and the
offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs announced today they
will remain closed Monday, the scheduled second and final day of
the IMF-World Bank meetings and associated protests.
The George Washington Invitational Crew Classic, the largest
collegiate rowing competition in the Washington, also was canceled
due to concern about the protests, the university announced.
Several schools already had withdrawn from the competition,
scheduled for tomorrow on the Potomac, several blocks away from
the IMF and World Bank buildings.
Share Concerns
The demonstration outside the Treasury building was part of a
weekend of events planned by the Global Network Against Weapons
and Nuclear Power in Space, said the group's coordinator, Bruce
Gagnon.
The rally was planned before organizers of the coming
weekend's protests were scheduled against the World Bank and
International Monetary Fund, although members share the same
concerns, Gagnon said.
Protesters also planned an evening procession in Dupont
Circle, just north of downtown, to protest World Bank and IMF
projects in Guatemala, Argentina and India that they see as
harmful to native people and the environment, Frommer said.
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