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Anti-Capitalists gathered in Washington Circle and began an un-permitted march through Georgetown Friday night. Georgetown was chosen, because it represents "excessive wealth and privelege." This march was held in protest of the IMF/WB meetings being held in Washington DC. Statement by some Georgetown March participants: "For a brief period, people in Georgetown, playing host to delegates from the IMF and World Bank, who force poverty on millions across the world, were hopefully forced to stop, if only for a second, and think about the suffering that they perpetrate, both abroad, and right here in Washington, DC, in their exclusive enclave. DC residents in working class communities of color are consistently denied access to public services, including health care, education, and the right to basic human dignity. Meanwhile, the desires of well-connected, largely white, wealthy residents of Georgetown are consistently prioritized over the needs of hundreds of thousands of low-income DC residents. We appreciate that the fear generated by the Metropolitan Police Department forced many large, corporate, exclusive stores in Georgetown to close, but recognize that the World Bank and IMF continue to force poverty on millions around the world...Yet, no matter how successful we could have been in forcing Georgetown residents to think about the consequences of their actions on working class people in DC, Georgetown unquestionably still remained a far safer place than those places on which the IMF and World Bank force their policies of poverty, misery, and destruction." Infoshop Article | Youtube Video: "october rebellion -imf/wb - georgetown 10/19/07" IMC-US Indymedia '07 IMF/WB protest page | calendar of events | Georgetown Protestors Threatened With Arrest on M Street | Georgetown is Boarding up windows! | URGENT UPDATE-Georgetown is Boarding up windows! | IT BEGINS! Over 150 protest at ICE | http://octoberrebellion.org | DC Demands "Justice for DeOnt? Rawlings" at MPDC HQ, inJustice Dept.
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