Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Washington D.C. on Friday morning to protest the disasterous, neo-imperialist policies of the International Monetray Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, which are holding meetings in D.C. this weekend. Rather than protect the demonstrators right to free speech, the
D.C. Police have responded with overt, violent repression. By midday, already 600 demonstrators were arrested.
On Saturday many thousands more (Rueters estimated the crowd at 20,000) joined in a rally and march to protest IMF/World Bank policy. That same day Hundreds-of-Thousands marched in London against Bush and Blair's War on Iraq (the largest anti-war march in london since the early seventies), while an estimated 150,000 marched in Rome aginst the war. Hundreds rallied in St Louis, MO for peace; and up in San Francisco, 20,000 more demonstrators protested against the U.S. War Machine and its role in Palestinian oppression.
On Sunday thousands filled the streets on D.C. again, this time in an anti-war march. While tens-of-thousands filled the streets of Madrid, Spain, marching for the same cause.
For in depth coverage of the D.C. events go to dc.indymedia.org; and for feature stories on all the weekend's actions check out www.indymedia.org.
Police State Repression in D.C.: Hundreds arrested at anti-IMF/World Bank Demonstrations