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January/February 2002: WEF New York, NATO Summit Munich, WSF Porto Allegre.

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World Economic Forum, New York, Jan 31 2002

04-02-2002 23:00 | WEF/NATO/WSF | Globalisation | World

From Thursday 31st January to Tuesday 5th of February, three large events collided to show the 'anti-corporate-globalisation' movement is certainly not dead! New York saw the lastest in a long series of protests against the World Economic Forum, while 3 days of protest against NATO and militarisation happened in Munich, Germany. Meanwhile on the other side of the world in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the World Social Forum saw a gathering of thousands to discuss alterative social and economic models to prove that Another World Is Possible.

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Nato not welcome in Munich

02-02-2002 23:00 | WEF/NATO/WSF | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

NATO SECURITY CONFERENCE Jan 31- Feb 2 2002

More than 7000 people took to the streets in Munich, Germany, on February 2nd despite a total ban on all demonstrations. They protested against the Nato-sponsored "Conference on Security Policy", which brought government members from all Nato states together with high-ranking army officials and war experts to discuss "security" and "peace" issues - i.e. lay out plans for future military interventions, invent new enemies, discuss costly military programmes.

The city council had attempted to silence any criticism of the meeting by declaring all protest illegal. Thousands of police attempted to block demonstrations and arrested 894 people in total. Despite massive respression, large demonstrations and rallies took place from Thursday evening until Sunday.

Timeline of events | Background on the conference and action plans | Call for action | IMC Germany | Stop Nato campaign | Foto

The very same weekend, 20,000 people protested against the World Economic Forum (WEF) in New York, while even more people met at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Allegre, Brasil, to discuss alternatives to corporate globalisation.

For full coverage of events, images and background information see IMC-UK's special feature page.

For the latests Roundups and Timelines of events in New York and Porto Alegre see:
WEF Breaking News - WSF Breaking News

More info: IMC-New York City - IMC-Brazil


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