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Washington A16, 2000

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.[1][2] The annual IMF and World Bank meetings were the scene for follow-on protests of the 1999 WTO protests. In April 2000, between 10,000 and 15,000[3] protesters demonstrated at the IMF, and World Bank meeting (official numbers are not tallied).[4][5]

Washington A16, 2000

April 15–16, 2000

More than 678

Planning[edit]

The International Forum on Globalization held non-violent civil disobedience training at Foundry United Methodist Church.[6] The Convergence Center at 1328 Florida Avenue was an activists’ meeting hall where the nonviolence training and prop making occurred (such as signs and puppets).[7] The protests were planned for April 16 and 17, concurrent dates as the planned meetings between the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.[8] Many of the protesters wanted to see accountability put in place for the globalization process.[9]


The United Steelworkers of America president George Becker was a participant at the protest, alongside environmental activists Julia Butterfly Hill and Mike Roselle.[10]

April 16, 2000[edit]

On April 16 and 17 the demonstrations and street actions around the IMF that followed, the number of those arrested grew to 1,300 people.[11] Between April 15 and April 16th, more than 600 people had been arrested.[9]

List of demonstrations against corporate globalization

"Beyond Seattle ~ Focus on the International Monetary Fund & the World Bank teachin", International Forum on Globalization

"In Protest of the IMF and World Bank", Philippe C. Larochelle

Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

"A 16 and Beyond", Hermes, May 2000, Adam Hurter

interview with United Steelworkers boss George Becker about the A16 protests (April 18, 2000) from Salon.com

"Labor meets the granola crunchers"

Video: (April 16, 2000) from CSPAN

IMF/World Bank Protests