Think Globally - Act Locally

Seattle, US, Dec 1999: 70,000 demonstrate against WTO
Nigeria, Dec: 5,000 strike against deregulation of oil prices
Argentina, Dec: strike wave against IMF/World Bank plans
Vienna, Austria, Jan 2000: 250,000 demonstrate against Nazis
Cochamba, Bolivia, Jan: thousands demonstrate against water privatisation
Quito, Ecuador, 15 Jan: 40,000 march against IMF 'reforms'
Quito, Ecuador, 22 Jan: 10,000 march against IMF 'reforms'
La Paz, Bolivia, Feb: 1,000 demonstrate against IMF 'reforms'
Ochomogo, Costa Rica, March: demo against electricity privatisation
Hamilton, NJ, US, March: 600 demonstrate at IMF/World Bank meeting
La Paz, Bolivia, April: 3,000 demonstrate against IMF 'reforms'
Washington DC, US, April: 30,000 demonstrate against IMF/World Bank
Buenos Aires, Argentina, April: demo against IMF/World Bank
San José, Brazil, April: 10,000 demonstrate against IMF/World Bank
Lusaka, Zambia, April: demo against IMF/World Bank plans
Nairobi, Kenya, April: march against IMF/World Bank plans
Salsa region, Argentina, May: demos and roadblocks against IMF/World Bank plans
Quito, Ecuador, May: 5 week teachers' strike against pay cuts and IMF/World Bank plans
Honduras, May: hospital workers' strike against IMF/World Bank plans
Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May: 5,000 demonstrate against IMF
Argentina, May: 80,000 strike against IMF
Ecuador, June: general strike against IMF/World Bank plans
Millau, France, June: 50,000 demonstrate to free José Bové
Nigeria, June: general strike against IMF/World Bank plans
Ascunsion, Paraguay, June: general strike
Philadelphia, US, June: 20,000 demonstrate at Republican convention
Okinawa, Japan, July: 5,000 demonstrate against IMF/World Bank
Los Angeles, US, July: 20,000 demonstrate at Democratic convention
Bogotá, Colombia, August: general strike against IMF/World Bank plans
Honduras, August: general strike against IMF/World Bank plans
São Paolo, Brazil, September: 100,000 demonstrate against IMF/World Bank plans
Melbourne, Australia, September: 5,000 demonstrate against IMF/World Bank
Prague, Czech Republic, September: 20,000 demonstrate against IMF/World Bank
Dakha, Bangladesh, September: demo in support of Prague
Capetown, Durban, Johannesburg, South Africa, September: demos in support of Prague
Boston, US, October: 12,000 join demo at presidential debate
Mexico City, October: 10,000 join demo with anti-capitalist themes
This list, which was compiled by John Charlton from figures provided by the World Development Movement, does not include hundreds of smaller actions on the theme of anti-capitalism
Neither does it include activities in the Indian subcontinent or South East Asia. For more see page 7.

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