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by Jessica Woodroffe and Mark Ellis-Jones / Worl
Friday, May. 18, 2001 at 6:18 PM
Ignored by the corporate media fixated on "spoiled students," 50 mass demonstrations in the global south took place in at least 13 countries between protests against the WTO in Seattle in November, 1999 and the IMF/World Bank demonstrations in Prague in September, 2000.
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The Strawman's Revenge -
IMC's E-zine Of Media Analysis
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States of Unrest:
Resistance to IMF Policies in Poor Countries
By Jessica Woodroffe and Mark Ellis-Jones.
A World Development Movement Report
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Claims by World Bank/IMF officials and the Western media that protests
against these organizations are led by students and anarchists from the
rich global north demonstrates an insultingly ignorance of mass demonstrations
in the global south, 50 of which have taken place in at least 13 countries between protests against the WTO in Seattle in November, 1999 and the IMF/World Bank demonstrations in Prague in September, 2000.
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SUMMARY
[ Full Report (Revised Jan 2001) ]
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Press Release: "Anti-IMF Riots Sweep Developing World" ]
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World Development Movement Report
Jessica Woodroffe and Mark Ellis-Jones
September 2000
States of Unrest: Resistance to IMF policies in poor countries
Summary
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Since the WTO meeting in Seattle in
November 1999, there have been over a
million civilians protesting across 13 countries
on more than 50 separate occasions.
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