The State Is Living In Fear Of The People
by Brenna Wolf
8:27pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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address: 1415 3rd Ave Seattle, WA 98101 phone: 206-262-0721 bwolf@oz.net
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| Demonstrator outside of 14th and
Florida Convergence Space. Raided and closed down by police this
morning, April 15, 2000.
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The State Is Living In Fear Of The People (picture)
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Mobilization Radio is on the air
by a16 radio
8:18pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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Mobilization Radio is now
broadcasting at http://128.253.199.81:8000
and at 97.5FM in
DC
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Mobil
ization Radio is on the air (full story and 2 comments)
128.253.199.81:8000
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Protest Against Prisons Results In Mass Arrests
by Michael A. de Yoanna - IMC
8:05pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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mdeyoanna@hotmail.com
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| America's two million strong
prison population was boosted by about eight busloads of
demonstrators in downtown Washington D.C. on Saturday April 4,
when police arrested at least 350 people, clearly signaling
police intentions for the rest of the weekend.
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Prote
st Against Prisons Results In Mass Arrests (full story)
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| By Mid-afternoon a Free The
Puppets Brigade was dug-in by the old Convergence space demanding
the liberation of any puppets being held hostage by the DCPD and
their minions.
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Free
the Puppets! (full story and one comment)
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WB, IMF & WTO Mission Shift
by Karl Davies
7:49pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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kdavies@igc.org
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| Simply stated, the primary
mission of the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund
(IMF), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) is to continually
and exponentially increase the stock values of transnational
corporations.
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WB, IMF & WTO Mission Shift (picture and story)
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| By Mid-afternoon a Free The
Puppets Brigade was dug-in by the old Convergence space demanding
the liberation of any puppets being held hostage by the DCPD and
their minions.
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Free
the Puppets! (full story)
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Connecticut Global Action Network
by Anna Manzo
7:24pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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| Conn. Global Action Network
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Conne
cticut Global Action Network (full story and one comment)
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| RealVideo, approx. 7mins, of
"Sweatshop Coffee" demonstration, from Dupont Circle
Starbuck's to The Gap shop near the World Bank, 04.13.00
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"No sweatshop coffee!", Wash DC 04.13.00 "No
sweatshop coffee!", Wash DC 04.13.00
flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/wa...
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| RealVideo, approx. 7min, of
Labor rally against "free trade" with totalitarian
Mainland China, 04.12.00
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Labor rally, the Capitol 04.12.00 Labor rally, the Capitol
04.12.00
flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/wa...
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| Erik Brakken, of United Students
Against Sweatshops, on the connections between the student
movement to end sweatshops and the IMF/ World Bank. Students
around the country are working to end sweatshop conditions in
factories that produce clothes for their universities.
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Student Sweatshop Movement and the IMF/World Bank Connection
(sound: realaudio)
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Labor Rally Against "Free Trade" with China, the
Capitol 04.12.00
by Mike Flugennock
7:10pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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flugennock@sinkers.org
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| Video journal of the labor rally
at the Capitol against "free trade" with totalitarian
Mainland China, 04.12.00, RealVideo format.
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Labor Rally Against "Free Trade" with China, the
Capitol 04.12.00 Labor Rally Against "Free Trade" with China, the
Capitol 04.12.00
flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/wa...
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"Jubilee 2000" rally video, Capitol Hill, Wash DC
04.09.00
by Mike Flugennock
7:08pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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flugennock@sinkers.org
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| Video journal of "Jubilee
2000" (or "J2K") rally at the Capitol, RealVideo
approx. 7min. 04.09.00
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"
;Jubilee 2000" rally video, Capitol Hill, Wash DC 04.09.00
flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/wa...
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WHY WE SHOULD ABOLISH THE IMF AND THE WORLD BANK? A Socialist
Perspective
by Socialist Alternative
6:33pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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address: 3311 Mission Street - Suite 135, San Francisco,
California 94110 phone: (415) 452-9992 progress@ix.netcom.com
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After the Battle of Seattle
Comes the Battle of Washington. We are Picking up Where the
Previous Movements Left Out.
There is a Need for a
Socialist Perspective to the Movement.
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WHY
WE SHOULD ABOLISH THE IMF AND THE WORLD BANK? A Socialist
Perspective (full story)
www.sf-frontlines.com
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Raid on A-16 Convergence Space
Part of Weeklong Government
Effort to Squelch Protesters
Constitutional Right to Free Speech
Contact the
Washington DC Police Department and the Mayor's
Office Right
Now to Express Your Outrage and demand they free
ALL the
puppets and return our personal belongings!
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ACTIO
N ALERT - POLICE HARRASSING PROTESTORS (full story and 2
comments)
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Give Your 2 cents to DC's Mayor
by Joe
6:01pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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| Click on the link below to
express your outrage to the mayor of DC, Anthony Willims, about
the outrageous raid on the Convergence Center this morning
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Give
Your 2 cents to DC's Mayor (full story and 9 comments)
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| Who's the artist, here? I shot
the foto, but who's the artist? What a great, simple, elegant
little cartoon! Bravo!
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spotted near Dupont Circle Metro, 04.15.00 (picture and 3
comments)
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Police Return Demonstration Items to IMF/World Bank Protestors
by Joe
5:55pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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| Police Return Demonstration
Items to IMF/World Bank Protestors, Following Closing of Florida
Avenue, NW Building
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Polic
e Return Demonstration Items to IMF/World Bank Protestors (full
story and 5 comments)
www.mpdc.org
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| Police raid on main organizing
space, independent media denied credentials at World Bank.
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IMC Daily Wrapup (sound: mp3 @ 1.8 megs)
IMC Wrapup (sound: realaudio)
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Anti-IMF/WB Banner drop in Vancouver, BC
by imc-dc
5:46pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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| Banner drop against the IMF/WB
in Vancouver
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Anti-
IMF/WB Banner drop in Vancouver, BC (full story)
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More D.C. Street Closings
by Reverend Steve
5:13pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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| D.C. Police shut down more
streets.
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More
D.C. Street Closings (full story and 4 comments)
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More D.C. Street Closings
by Reverend Steve
5:13pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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| D.C. Police shut down more
streets.
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More
D.C. Street Closings (full story and 4 comments)
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| Footage of the convergence raid
done by the DC firemarshall at 8:30am this morning (4/15). Video
is shot by Eddie Becker.
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Convergence Raid (video: realvideo)
read
one comment
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The Spirit of the Movement--Activities Near the World Bank
Building
by Daniesha Laquandria
4:47pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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address: NA phone: NA danieshalaquand@hotmail
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| An account of events going on
near the World Bank Building and the Mexican Embassy, with
special emphasis on the pro-Zapatista demonstrators and their
relationship with the police. Some attention is given to
ideology.
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The
Spirit of the Movement--Activities Near the World Bank Building
(full story)
www.geocities.com/Athens/Pantheon/6867/s...
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Police again lose by winning
by Troy Skeels
4:42pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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troys@eskimo.com
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| What the police must have
imagined to be a devestating blow against the 16 mobilization -
overrunning the headquarters - has proved to be only a minor
setback.
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Polic
e again lose by winning (full story and 5 comments)
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Photos From Washington DC
by Ali & Heidi
4:36pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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at992@bard.edu
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PHOTOS COMIG FROM THE IMC WILL
BE UPDATED (check newswire for updates):
http://dc.indymedia.org/imcphoto/
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Photo
s From Washington DC (full story)
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| Rounder recording artist Stephan
Smith, in conjunction with Direct Action Network, is making a
special, non-commercial release this week of a two-song CD, A16.
The songs, "Merchants of Lies" and "Proclaiming
Jubilee," are available for free online in Real Audio and
MP3 formats.
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A16
Songs to Benefit DAN (full story)
www.skullranch.co
m/merchants1.ram
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Lack of political perspective endangers movement against IMF and
World Bank
by World Socialist Web Site
3:36pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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editor@wsws.org
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| The harsh truth must be told: a
lack of political perspective makes this movement susceptible to
manipulation by the very forces presiding over the system against
which thousands are marching.
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Lack
of political perspective endangers movement against IMF and World
Bank
wsws.org/articles/2000/apr2000/imf-a15.s...
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| Seattle will protest the
IMF/World Bank in solidarity with DC.
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A16
in Seattle! (full story)
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Supporters of Labor Rights in Burma Rally Alongside Thousands of
Unionists
by Free Burma Coalition
3:28pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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address: P.O. Box 19405, Washington, DC 20036 phone:
202-822-1180 x 213 danbeeton@excite.com
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| On Sunday, April 16, Washington,
D.C. - Supporters of labor rights in the Southeast Asian country
of Burma will rally alongside thousands of unionists, students,
environmentalists, and others to demand more attention to forced
labor in Burma and to the plight of victims of labor abuses
worldwide.
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Suppo
rters of Labor Rights in Burma Rally Alongside Thousands of
Unionists (full story)
www.freeburmacoalition.o
rg
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Myopic in Manila: Kobe Bryant, Adidas and Globalisation.
by YearZero Magazine
3:27pm Sat Apr 15 '00
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address: PO Box 26276 London W3 7TW yearzero@flashmail.com
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| An article comissioned but never
published by GQ in the UK. In the end after the journalist in
question left their employ this was taken up by New
Internationalist. Should be interesting to Americans.
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Myopic in
Manila: Kobe Bryant, Adidas and Globalisation. Myopic in Manila:
Kobe Bryant, Adidas and Globalisation.
freespeech.org/yea
rzero/kobe.htm
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| Voices from the global south
speak out against neoliberalist trade policies inforced by the
IMF, WB and WTO. Broadcast quality. 11min.
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The global south speaks out about corporate
domination (sound: mp3 @ 10.6 megs)
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| some reflections on the
atmosphere of "state of seige" here, and abroad.
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Anyth
ing can happen! (full story and one comment)
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| Police are claiming space in
violation, two people arrested.
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Two
People Arested At Convergence (full story and 4 comments)
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Report from Inside the Beseiged Convergence Center
by Eric Galatas
9:27am Sat Apr 15 '00
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indymedia@gurlmail.com
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| Jay Sand, IMC coordinator, gives
a breaking report via cell phone to the IMC in the wake of a
police raid of the Convergence Center, set up to welcome
IMF/World Bank critics.
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Repor
t from Inside the Beseiged Convergence Center (full story and 2
comments)
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Cops attempting shut down Convergence Cntr
by kellan
9:03am Sat Apr 15 '00
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kellan@pobox.com
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| Cops and unidentifed men
attempting to shut down convergence! Don't let them close the
space.
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Cops
attempting shut down Convergence Cntr (full story and one
comment)
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| This article takes a look beyond
all the media hype and cops flexing their muscles, into the
hearts of people who care enough about others to do something
about it.
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Hope
is the Driving Force (full story and 2 comments)
www.pristineearth.com
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| This article takes a look beyond
all the media hype and cops flexing their muscles, into the
hearts of people who care enough about others to do something
about it.
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Hope is
the Driving Force (picture)
www.pristineearth.com
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Labor Takes China Free Trade Battle into the Halls of Congress
by John Tarleton
5:57am Sat Apr 15 '00
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cybertraveler@zilch.net
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| Follow a hardy band of Teamsters
as they move through the hallways of Congress drumming up
opposition to free trade with China.
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Labor
Takes China Free Trade Battle into the Halls of Congress
www.cybertrave
ler.org/a16_labor.html
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April 14th IMC News Report
by Craig Hymson, Jade Paget-Seekins, Andrew Bell
8:32pm Fri Apr 14 '00
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chymson@hotmail.com
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5 Minute Radio Ready Wrap Up of
Weks Events in D.C. through April 14:
IMF Director
Witness for Peace
Mobilization for Global Justice
D.C. Police/Arrests
International Forum on Globalization
Global Exchange/Starbucks
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April 14th IMC News Report (sound: mp3 @ 4.8 megs)
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AFL-CIO Rally: Stop WTO Expansion!
by Adam Kessel
6:20pm Fri Apr 14 '00
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address: 58-62 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116 phone:
617-423-3335 adam@igc.org
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| Thousands of trade unionists
congregate in front of the capitol to urge congress to stop WTO
expansion and prevent China from gaining permanent most favored
nation status. A few pictures from the event.
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AFL-
CIO Rally: Stop WTO Expansion! AFL-CIO Rally: Stop WTO Expansion!
www.mit.edu/people/nrbutler/aflcio/index...
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