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AP. 25 September 2002. Anti-Capitalists Say IMF Protests Annoying, Needed. WASHINGTON -- Anti-capitalist activists planning a day-long traffic blockade during this week's IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington said on Wednesday they believed their tactics were annoying but necessary. The Anti-Capitalist Convergence unveiled plans to ride bicycles around the city, block major intersections and gather in parks on Friday to disrupt "business as usual" in the U.S. capital. "When people are annoyed by this they have to know it's just a drop of spit in the ocean, compared to the annoying things the capitalist system creates in the world every day," organizer Andrew Willis told Reuters. Willis said several thousand activists would join the demonstration against what he called the collusion of the U.S. government and big business. They would work in groups of three to 10 people who design their own forms of protest, he said. Although the ACC has endorsed the idea of nonviolent protests, organizers said they could not control the activities of individual groups. "We support whatever tactics they feel comfortable with to portray their message," Willis said. Anti-capitalist groups came under fire last week for a Web site advertising an "anarchist scavenger hunt," offering points for breaking windows, puncturing police car tires and throwing a pie in the face of a corporate executive. ACC organizers said they did not endorse the Web site. "We are not condoning property destruction and not endorsing it either," said Mike, an ACC member who declined to give his last name. "Peoples' personal definition of violence varies. A common view (of ACC members) is there is a difference between violence against people and damage to property." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ##### ##### ##### ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ##### ##### ##### ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu 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 ==^================================================================
