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AP; Reuters. 15 March 2002. Protesters at EU Summit in Spain; EU Wrestles with Free Market as Riot Police Wade In. BARCELONA -- Police fired rubber bullets and clubbed anti-globalization protesters who threw rocks and garbage cans and rampaged through downtown Barcelona as EU leaders met inside a heavily guarded compound outside the city. The rioters were among about 2,000 protesters who marched through Barcelona's central shopping district Friday, trailed by the wail of sirens and a police helicopter. Police said 24 people -- including six Basque nationalists who overturned a car -- were arrested for public disorder and resisting authority, but no major injuries were reported. A photographer for Barcelona's La Vanguardia newspaper was struck by officers when he got in the way but was not wounded, police said. Dozens held a candlelight memorial for a protester who was shot and killed by police last summer at a Genoa, Italy, summit of the world's richest nations. "An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth" was painted on the wall of a nearby apartment building. Hundreds of young activists who accuse their governments of selling out to global big business ran from baton-swinging officers as they tried to gather in Barcelona's downtown port area, several km (miles) from where EU leaders were meeting within the fortress-like confines of a suburban congress center. Though the first flare-up of violence was quickly quelled, some 8,500 police remained on alert as darkness fell, wary of a repeat of rioting at an international summit in July at Genoa in which a young Italian, Carlo Giuliani, was shot dead by police. "Carlo vive!" (Carlo lives) yelled some young activists as they ran down Barcelona's historic Ramblas Avenue. Organizers said there were 10,000 demonstrators in town, but not all participated in Friday's rallies. A larger protest was planned Saturday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
