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[SOCUNMOD] List of key globalization protests
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Dear friends,
Please find below a list of major anti-globalization and related
protests from around the world (since Seattle). I was originally
compiling this list for a scrolling window on the BGAN site, but
please
feel free to suggest any additions.
- R
November 30 ... Seattle, USA ...
60,000 shutdown WTO negotiations despite martial law and police
repression ...
January 15-22 ... Quito, Ecuador ..
40,000 indigenous citizens march against IMF-imposed policy reforms.
Protests topple government ...
February 12 ... Bangkok, Thailand ...
A thousand protesters call radical changes to the global financial
system, hit IMF chief with pie ...
March 26 ... Boston, USA ...
Largest anti-biotech industry protest held on US soil ...
April 9 ... Washington DC, USA ...
Jubilee rally for debt relief draws thousands ...
April 16 ... Washington DC, USA ...
30,000 rally against IMF and World Bank policies, several thousand
blockade meeting ...
May 1 ... World Wide ...
Renewed resistance, direct actions mark May Day 2000 ...
May 7 ... Chiang Mai, Thailand ...
Thousands of students, farmers, activists march against Asian
Development Bank and other global financial institutions ...
May 11 ... South Africa ...
Over 1,000,000 workers hold national one day strike against poverty,
joblessness, and the greed of capitalism ..
May 31 ... Buenos Aires, Argentina ...
80,000 march to protest IMF austerity plan ...
June 4 ... Windsor, Canada ...
4,000-5,000 protest OAS/FTAA meeting ...
June 8 - 15... Calgary, Canada ...
Several thousand protesters demonstrated against the 16th
World Petroleum Congress with over 3000 delegates
representing the world's biggest industry
June 30 ... Millau, France ...
50,000 rally in support of farmer hero Jose Bove, against
WTO and global
corporate power ...
July 9 ... Durban, South Africa ...
9,000 march for treatment action ahead of international
AIDS conference
...
July 21 ... Okinawa, Japan ...
25,000 form human chain around US military bases, demand
withdrawal of
US military, debt relief ...
July 30 - August 14 ... Philadelphia / Los Angeles, USA ...
25,000 mobilize against politics as usual at Republican and
Democratic
national conventions ...
August 3 ... Colombia ...
15,000 workers stage general strike against IMF austerity
measures ...
August 24 ... Honduras ...
General strike held against privatization and other
IMF-backed economic
reforms ...
September 11 ... Melbourne, Australia ...
Several thousand anti-globalization activists successfully
blockade
World Economic Forum ...
September 26 ... Prague, Czech Republic ...
Protests cause IMF / World Bank meetings to close early ...
October 20 ... Seoul, South Korea ...
Students, workers protest ASEM economic meeting ...
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Rajiv Rawat
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http://bostonglobalaction.org
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