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
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]