Washington A16, 2000

See also: Anti-globalization movement

Washington A16, 2000 was a series of protests in Washington, D.C. against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, that occurred in April 2000. The annual IMF and World Bank meetings were the scene for follow-on protests of the 1999 WTO protests. In April 2000, 10-15,000[1] protesters demonstrated at the IMF, and World Bank meeting.[2][3][4] (Official numbers are not tallied).

Contents

Planning

The International Forum on Globalization held non-violent civil disobedience training at Foundry United Methodist Church.[5][6][7]

Washington D.C. Police preemptively raided a Convergence Center at 1328 Florida Avenue.[8][9][10][11]

April 16, 2000

Some Anarchists used the cover of non-violent groups, to commit petty vandalism. A George Washington University Police Department vehicle had a window broken.[12]

Mass arrests were conducted; 678 people were arrested,[13] mostly at 20th Street between I and K streets.[14]

Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning, Washington Post photographer Carol Guzy was detained by police and arrested on April 15, and two journalists for the Associated Press also reported being struck by police with batons.[15]

Lawsuits

A class action lawsuit was filed for: conspiracy to disrupt First Amendment rights, the raid on the Convergence Center, mass false arrest, the exclusion zone, and excessive force.[16]

In November 2009, the suits were settled, with $13.7 million damages awarded.[17][18][19][20]

Eyewitness Accounts

Media coverage

References

  1. ^ "A16, Washington DC". Socialism Today (47). May 2000. http://www.socialismtoday.org/47/a16.html. 
  2. ^ Deirdre Griswold (April 16, 2000). "In the streets around the IMF". Workers World. http://www.workers.org/ww/2000/diary0427.php. 
  3. ^ "IMF World Bank Protests" Global Issues
  4. ^ "Newshour", PBS
  5. ^ http://www.ifg.org/events/archive2.htm
  6. ^ http://www.ifg.org/analysis/imf/IMFteach-in.html
  7. ^ "A Movement Begins: The Washington Protests Against IMF/World Bank", New Politics, Jesse Lemisch, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer 2000
  8. ^ http://www.johntarleton.net/a16_shutdown.html
  9. ^ http://www.urban75.com/Action/news108.html
  10. ^ http://www.urban75.com/a16/index.html
  11. ^ "Newshour", PBS
  12. ^ Ashley M. Heher (2000-04-17). "IMF/World Bank Protests: GW takes center stage in protests". The GW Hatchet. http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2000/04/17/News/Imfworld.Bank.Protests.Gw.Takes.Center.Stage.In.Protests-17982.shtml. 
  13. ^ Sarah Sloan (May 4, 2000). "Broad condemnation of police repression". Workers World. http://www.workers.org/ww/2000/dc0504.php. 
  14. ^ Steven Postal (2000-04-17). "Protestors descend upon GW campus". The GW Hatchet. http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2000/04/17/News/Protestors.Descend.Upon.Gw.Campus-17981.shtml. 
  15. ^ http://www.rcfp.org/news/mag/24-2/pah-anderson.html
  16. ^ http://openleft.com/diary/16207/the-empire-strikes-backwashington-dc-april-2000
  17. ^ "$13 million settlement for 680 IMF and World Bank protesters arrested in 2000", National Police Accountability Project, National Lawyers Guild
  18. ^ http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/a7u9e/dc_agrees_to_13m_settlement_over_imfwb_protest/
  19. ^ Robert McCartney (January 7, 2010). "D.C. mass arrest settlement offers needed reminder of rights". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/06/AR2010010604625.html?sub=AR. 
  20. ^ Maria Glod (July 1, 2010). "D.C. agrees to $13.7 million settlement in 2000 mass arrest". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063005200.html. 

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