Global Justice Movements |
Abbreviations/Definitions: SAP - Structural Adjustment Program; WB - World Bank; IMF - International Monetary Fund; WTO - World Trade Organization; G8 - Group of Eight; GATT - General Agreemnt on Tariffs and Trade, WEF: World Economic Forum; EU: European Union Austerity protest: protest against austerity meansures that are implemented when a government cuts costs, often increasing prices on food, utilities, education or transportation, or increasing unemployment; likely stipulated by the IMF in exchange for a loan |
1965 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
1965 | Morocco | Austerity Protest, teachers strike, joined by students and unemployed workers. State of emergency declared which lasted until 1977 | Hundreds dead |
1976 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
July 1976 | Peru | 14 Austerity protests | |
1977 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
January 1977 | Egypt | Protest over IMF 30% increase in food and oil prices. 2,000-4,000 participants. Crowds chanted: "there can be no liberalization without food." Protest led to policy reform | At least 600 arrested in Cairo. official death toll was 73, although considered conservative. |
Tunisia | Strikes stop sectors of economy, army presence, continues into 1977 | 800 arrested, 46-200 dead | |
1978 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
September 1978 | Ghana | Austerity protest | |
1978 | Morocco | Austerity protest | |
1978 | Tunisia | Austerity protest led to political reforms | |
1978 | Turkey | Austerity protest, contintued into 1979 | |
1979 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
January 1979 | Jamaica | Three Austerity protests | |
April 1979 | Liberia | Austerity protests | |
1979 | Sudan | Regime overthrown | |
1979 | Turkey | Austerity protest, began in 1978, lead to military coup | |
1980 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
February 1980 | Phillippines | Four austerity protests | |
May 1980 | Zaire | Four austerity protests | |
July 1980 | Turkey | Austerity protest | |
1981 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
June 1981 | Morocco | Three Austerity protests | |
August 1981 | Sierra Leon | Two Austerity protests | |
1981 | Morocco | Austerity protest | |
1982 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
January 1982 | Sudan | Three austerity protests | |
March 1982 | Argentina | 11 austerity protests | |
October 1982 | Ecuador | Five austerity protests | |
October 1982 | Chile | Seven austerity protests | |
1982 | Sudan | Austerity protest | |
1983 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
March 1983 | Bolivia | 13 austerity protests | |
April 1983 | Brazil | 11 austerity protests | |
October 1983 | Panama | Two austerity protests | |
1984 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
January 1984 | Nefzaoua, Tunisia | Austerity protest, specifically focused on food shortage and unemployment | |
April 1984 | Dominican Republic | Three austerity protests | |
1984 | Marrakesh, Morocco | Austerity protest | |
1985 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
January 1985 | Jamaica | Demonstrations against increase in fuel prices, implemented in accordance with SAPs | |
January and February 1985 | DRC (at the time, called Zaire) | Students protest cuts in education budget mandated by IMF. | |
March 1985 | Bolivia | Labor union general strike, widely supported by agriculture workers. Strike is against price hike in food and gasoline mandated by SAP. Riot police and military involved. Government raises minimum wage to be four times higher. | |
March 1985 | Khartoum, Sudan | "Bread riots", 1,000 participants. Tear gas used | 100s injured, 20-30 killed |
April 1985 | Khartoum, Sudan | At least 20,000 participants. Declared civil rebellion. Protesters were largely middle-age professionals and students. Led to regime change. | 5,000 detained |
May 1985 | Haiti | Six austerity protests | |
May 1985 | El Salvador | Four austerity protests | |
August 1985 | Costa Rica | Two austerity protests | |
September 1985 | Guatemala | Austerity protests | |
1986 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
February 1986 | Mexico | Two austerity protests | |
May 1986 | Zaria, Nigeria | Protests at universities in Zaria and across the country against SAPs | More than 20 students and other protesters killed |
November 1986 | Yugoslavia | Seven austerity protests | |
December 1986 | Zambia | Two austerity protests | |
1986 | Egypt | Austerity protest | |
1987 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
January and February 1987 | Zambia | People riot in northerm copper mining areas against SAP that increased food prices. In December IMF suspended program. | |
March 1987 | Quito, Ecuador | Students protest against IMF mandates SAP. Police suppression | |
March 1987 | Poland | Six austerity protests | |
October 1987 | Urban centers, Ecuador | Workers go on 24 hour strike against SAP. Firebomb a bank, block streets with tires. | |
October and November 1987 | Khartoum, Sudan | 15,000 protest against IMF mandated price-hikes and currency devaluation. Students at University of Khartoum occupy buildings, leading to the closing of the school. | Street violance and undocumented arrests |
November 1987 | Algeria | Three austerity protests that led to political reforms | |
November 1987 | Romania | Three austerity protests | |
1987 | Egypt | Austerity protest | |
1987 | Lebanon | Austerity protest | |
1987 | Tunisia | Austerity protest | |
1988 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
April 1988 | Nigeria | Two austerity protests | |
August 1988 | Hungary | Two austerity protests | |
October 1988 | Algeria | Six day long austerity protest, live ammunition fired at civilians. Overcrouding in city contributed to protests. | 1,000s arrested, 200 dead |
1989 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
January and June/ 1989 | Benin | University of Cotonou student strike against freeze on financial aid. Teachers strike begins in April against salary cuts and freezes. Both policies mandated by SAP. 401 teachers fired | |
February 1989 | Venezuela | Seven austerity protests | |
April 1989 | Jordan | Protests against food price hikes that led to political reforms | |
May and June 1989 | Lagos, Benin City, Port Harcourt, Nigeria | Strikes and riots against SAPs. Government forced to offer welfare called "SAP Relief Package", establishes mass transit and reviews minimum wage. | Dozens killed and hundreds arrested. |
1989 | Egypt | Austerity protest | |
1989 | Jordan | Austerity protest | |
1990 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
February 1990 | Ivory coast | Austerity protest | |
February 1990 | Niger | Austerity protest | |
March through May 1990 | Nigeria | Students and faculty protest WB proposed university restructuring program, which would close many departments and programs. Many expelled from university system. | Military government assaults and arrests many. |
7/28/90 - 8/2/90 | Port of Spain, Trinidad | Anti-IMF austerity protests and riots. Society of Muslims takes President Robinson and cabinet members hostage. | At least 50 killed. |
December 1990 | Makerere Univeristy, Uganda | Students protest cutting of stationary and travel allowances mandated by WB SAPs. | Police fire at protesters, two killed. |
1990 | Morocco | Austerity protest | |
1990 | Turkey | Austerity protest that began with 50,000 coal miners on strike and spread to hundreds of thousands of workers in all industries. | |
1991 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
August 1991 | Iran | Austerity protest | |
12/29/91 | India | Nation-wide strike carried out by trade unions. Shut down textile mills, Bombay ports and affected other industries. | |
1992 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
February 1992 | Albania | Austerity protest | |
February 1992 | Caracas, Venezuela | Failed coup attempt. Goal of coup was to end SAPs. | |
February 1992 | India | Three austerity protests | |
April 1992 | Nepal | Austerity protest | |
May 1992 | Nigeria | Students protest SAP programs that cut education funding and increase transportation costs. Police respond violantly. IMF changes focus of SAPs to cutting subsidies and increasing the cost of gasoline rather than education. | At least three dead and hundreds wounded. |
6/16/92 | India | Nation-wide strike against IMF/WB reforms carried out by trade unions. 12 million participants. Peaceful strike, arrests were a "preventative measure." | 1 union member killed, 1,000s arrested in Southern India. |
July 1992 | India | All India Motor Transport Congress truck drivers strike IMF mandated toll to enter specific states. Strike lasted a week until government agreed to union's demand. | |
11/25/92 | New Delhi, India | 250,000-300,000 people protest, demanding end to austerity measures and foreign corporations direct investment in India. Estimated the biggest gathering of workers in post-independence India. Marked one-year anniversary of nationwide strikes. Organized by trade unions/confederations from: government, banks, insurance companies, railways and industrial sector. | |
12/8/92 | Bangalore, India | Hundreds of farmers of Karnataka State Farmers' Association demonstrate against GATT agreement to open up borders to seed production. 500 hundred storm Cargill Seeds India Ltd office burning files and seeds. Militant police response. | |
1992 | Iran | Austerity protest | |
1992 | Lebanon | Austerity protest | |
1994 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
January 1994 | Central Mexico | Zapatista Army of National Liberation begins insurrections against NAFTA and IMF policies of the PRI government. | 150 dead |
1996 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
August 1996 | Karak, and throughout southern Jordan | Riots over increase in food prices, caused by IMF mandated removal of subsidies, and increase in school tuitions also caused by IMF programs. King suspends Parliament for not supporting price increases | |
1997 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
August 1997 | Argentina | General strike against high unemployement caused by privitization | |
1997 | Puerto Rico | General strike against plans to privitize the telephone industry. Strike was successful | |
1999 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
6/18/99 | Global | Global Carnival Against Capital (J18). Organized in London to coincide with G8 summit in Brussels, Germany. Street parties and protests. | 16 arrested in London, 1 in Eugene, Oregon |
June through August 1999 | Ecuador | Indigenous lead protests against austerity programs mandated by IMF/WTO. Massive flooding in coastal areas destabilizes the region further, fueling protests. | |
11/24/99 | New Delhi, India | 300 indigenous protest outside WTO headquarters to deliver a letter to the WTO director of India | |
11/30/99 | Seattle, WA | Battle in Seattle (N30). Day of WTO Ministerial Conference. Over 40,000-50,000 participants obstructed WTO delegates. Popularized term “anti-globalization” in US. | Over 600 arrested |
1999 | Indonesia | hundreds of thousands protesters | |
1999 | Argentina | Nation-wide strike, violance in Corrientes province | |
1999 | India | 100s of thousands protest | 500 cotton farmers commit mass suicide |
1999 | Bolivia | Protests against IMF imposed water privitization which caused a 200% price hike. State of emergency is called and military is deployed | At least 6 killed by military |
2000 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
January 2000 | Ecuador | 20,000-40,000 protest IMF/World Bank reforms, general strike. Leads to resignation of President Mahuad on Jan 22, 2000. | 300 arrested, “several” students beaten of the 100 arrested. |
1/4/00 | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 1,000 protest water price increase as result of IMF policy. | In April, 30 people injured, 11 students arrested |
1/27/00 | Davos, Switzerland | 1,500 protest WEF conference. 1st large showing at WEF conference, inspired by Battle in Seattle. | 2 arrests, 2 injured |
February 2000 | South Africa | Strike and protests against IMF reform | |
February 2000 | La Paz, Bolivia | 1,000s demonstrate against IMF privatization of water. Strikes and protests last until April. | 175 injured, 15 killed |
March 2000 | London, England | 10,000 protesters in London, more in Berlin. May Day has been international Labor Rights Day since 19th century. | Approx 30 arrested, |
March 2000 | Argentina | 80,000 protest IMF policies across nation. | |
March 2000 | Costa Rica | Strike against IMF imposed privatization of telecommunications sector. 10,000 protest at presidential residence | 1 killed, 60 injured, 50 arrested. |
4/18/00 | Washington DC | 20,000-30,000 protest IMF/World Bank meeting. Police used smoke grenades, and repeatedly pointed guns at protesters. Large solidarity protest in South Africa and world wide. | 1,300 arrested, 2 journalists struck by police in Washington DC, 600 arrests in Istanbul and elsewhere. |
April 2000 | Lusaka, Zambia | Thousands protest IMF SAPs and IMF meeting in Lusaka. Riot police involved. | |
April 2000 | Argentina | Thousands protest IMF backed labor reforms | 30 arrested, 50 injured |
May 2000 | Chiang Mai, Thailand | Several thousand protests Asian-Development Bank meetings. | |
May 2000 | Nairobi, Kenya | Anti IMF/WB protests | 63 arrested |
June 2000 | Paraguay | General strike | |
June 2000 | Nigeria | General strike | several killed |
June 2000 | Ascunsion, Paraguay | Protest IMF/WB privatization reforms, general strike | 20 injured, 5 arrested |
August 2000 | Colombia | 15,000 participate in 24-hour strike against IMF imposed wage cuts | |
August 2000 | Honduras | General strike, universities closed down in protest of IMF austerity measures | |
September 2000 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 100,000 demonstrate against IMF reforms. Thousands more in other cities of Brazil. More than a million people vote against IMF reforms in a mock referendum. Demostration called "Cry of the Excluded" (translated from portugese) | |
Septebmer 2000 | Melbourne, Australia | 20,000-30,000 protest and successfully blockade WEF meeting. Police reportedly covered their faces and removed nametags in order to get away with violence rather than arrests. | Roughly 200 arrested, injured and beaten by police. |
9/26/00 | Prague, Czech Republic | 12,000-26,000 against World Bank/IMF meeting. Successfully shut down meeting. | 860 arrested, extreme police brutality, 465 injured (123 of these were police, the rest were activists) |
11/1/00 | Argentina | Nationwide general strike, 7,200,000 strike | 1 killed |
December 2000 | Nice, France | 100,000 protesters at EU summit. | 30-60 arrests, |
2000 | India | 50,000 farmers and 1 millions electric workers protest, large scale farmer suicides, average 600 farmers per month | |
2001 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
1/27/01 | Davos, Switzerland | Thousands protest WEF. Tens of thousands in solidarity protest in Ecuador. | 4 injured, 70 arrests |
1/26/01 | Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil | 1,200 protesters from MST (Brazilian Landless Workers) stormed Monsanto plant, organized with Davos protesters. | |
1/27/01 | Davos, Switzerland | Annual WEF conference. Several hundred. Protests were illegal, but protesters surrounded the 500 meter barrier. More than 100 people blocked from entering Switzerland. Largest Swiss security project since WWII. | No serious injuries reported, tear gas used to suppress protesters. |
2/1/01 | Mumbai, India | Farmers attempt to protest liberalization of food imports at port, stopped by police | 51,000 arrested and immidiatly released |
2/20/01 | Mali | Thousands protests IMF/WB reforms | |
3/3/01 | Napoli, Trieste, Italy | 10,000 protest G8 meeting | 329 arrested, 400 protesters 100 police injured, 2 killed |
3/4/01 | Seoul, South Korea | 15,000 protest IMF reforms | Dozens arrested, approx 300 injured |
3/17/01 | Naples, Italy | 20,000 protest Global Forum | More than 100 injured, 100 arrested, |
March 2001 | Bolivia | Anti IMF/WB reform | 13 killed |
4/1/01 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Over 10,000 protest FTAA | 2 killed |
April 2001 | Istanbul, Turkey; Seoul, South Korea | Global wave of anti-IMF protests | |
April 2001 | Quebec City, Canada | 50,000-60,000 protest FTAA. Massive police involvement. | 450 arrests, 1,000 injured |
5/1/01 | London, England; Sydney and Melbourne, Australia | May Day marches. Central London is shut down. | 50 arrested, 15 injured in London |
June 2001 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Tens of thousands protest EU meeting, specifically directed at George W. Bush. | 3 protesters shot in back by police. 1,300 arrests |
6/25/01 | Barcelona, Spain | 3,000 protest World Bank meeting, meeting canceled due to preliminary protests. | |
June 2001 | Papua New Guinea | Anti IMF/WB reform | Six shot by police, 4 students killed |
7/1/01 | Salzburg, Austria | Anti-WEF protests | Although I found many calls to action and police warnings issued prior to this protest, there is nearly no news reporting what happened. |
July 2001 | Genoa, Italy | 200,000 against G8 summit. | 279 arrested, 400 injured, Police kill 1 |
11/1/01 | Doha, Qatar, Global | WTO meeting in Doha, protesting is largely banned in Qatar | |
12/20/01 | Argentina | 100,000 protest IMF imposed pay cuts | 2 killed |
2001 | Costa Rica | 10,000 protest | 1 killed |
2001 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 600 arrested, 150 injured | |
2001 | Sweden | 20,000 protest EU leaders meeting | 600 arrests, 65 -130 injured |
2001 | India | Large scale farmer suicides, average 600 farmers per month | |
2002 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
1/9/02 | Bangladesh | Nationwide half-day general strike to protest fuel and other untilities' price increases. Strike led by Awami League | |
1/8/02 | India | New Government Electric Factory employees protest privatization | |
1/14/02 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Over 1,000 protest government plans to raise fuel prices, telephone fees, elecricity fees | |
2/1/02 | New York, USA | 20,000 protesters, Anti-WEF | 150 arrests |
3/15/02 | Honduras | 2,000 protest IMF policies, specifically wage cuts | |
3/15/02 | Barcelona, Spain | 300,000 protesters, Anti-EU protests | 50 detained by police, ‘several dozen’ injured |
4/16/02 | India | 10 million workers strike nationwide against privatization plans and reform to 55-year-old labor law reducing workers' rights | |
4/20/02 | Washington, DC, USA | 40,000-75,000 protest IMF/World Bank summit. | 65 arrests. |
4/20/02 | Seattle, USA | Over 1,000 in solidarity with protesters in Washington DC. | |
4/20/02 | San Fransisco, USA | 15,000 protest in solidarity with those in Washington DC. | |
6/26/02 | Argentina | Anti-IMF protest | 50 arrested, 15 injured, 2 killed |
6/24/02 | Oslo, Norway | 10,000 protest World Bank | One arrested prior to protest, |
6/26/02 | Kanaskas, Canada | Protest against G8 summit | Largely contained by police |
7/9/02 | Argentina | Argentinian independence day. 15,000 protest IMF reforms | |
8/3/02 | Colombia | 700,000 state employees go on 24-hour strike against the US's "Plan Colombia". | On December 15, one killed and two injured after protesting Plan Colombia |
9/27/02 | Washington DC, USA | 2,000 protesters Anti-IMF and WB protests | 649 arrested |
9/1/02 | Brazil | Approx 12,000 strikes across 23 states against IMF economic policies. Organized by the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), unions and other grassroots organisations. | |
September 2002 | Bangladesh | 500 members of Bangladesh Power Development Board Employees Union protest the Power Development Board's privitization | |
December 2002 | El Salvador | Health care workers go on nine-month long strike (December 2002-June 2003) to prevent privitization of health care. President Flores was forced to compromise with labor unions. | |
September and October 2002 | Columbia | Nation-wide anti-IMF strikes | |
2002 | Angola | Students and faculty protest at Agostinho Neto University. Nurses strike in December | |
2002 | Benin | Rolling 72-hour strikes to protest IMF austerity measures | |
2003 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
January 2003 | Mexico | 10,000 farmers protest NAFTA agriculture reforms that unfairly favor US agriculture over Mexican agriculture. President Vincente Fox instisted there was no problems with NAFTA's policies on agriculture trade. | |
1/15/03 | Ecuador | Coup de'etat overthrew president Lucio Guitierrez for supporting IMF/WTO policies that led to increase in price of food | |
March 2003 | Argentina | 34 of 37 state universities are halted in a protest organized by the deans and supported by the students, teachers and administrative staff unions in a strike against under-funding of Universities | |
February 2003 | Bolivia | Protests against IMF dictated budget bill proposing to increase personal income taxes on poor and middle class, cut spending by 10% in order to secure $4 billion in new credits. | 200 injured, 33 killed |
5/1/03 | Global | Over 15,000 protesters, May Day protests | 104 arrests, |
5/29/03 | Evian, Geneva, Italy; Lausanne, Switzerland | 100,000 protest G8 summit | Many injured 2 hospitalized, |
June 2003 | Geneva, Switzerland; Annemasse, France | Protests to WEF in Evian, France. Approx 50,000-120,000 protesters. 10 mile guarded border surrounding Evian, protests near perimeter. Solidarity protests in Barcelona, Berlin and London. | 2 British men injured directly from police |
6/26/03 | Thessaloniki, Greece | 100,000 protests EU summit | 13 arrested, 3 of the arrested were injured by police while incarcerated. |
6/28/03 | Montreal, Canada | Anti-WTO protest | Largely contained by police |
9/14/03 | Cancun, Mexico | 150,000 anti-WTO protesters succeed in collapsing 5th ministerial of the WTO. | Low police violence rates in response to Lee Hae’s demonstration. Lee publicly committed suicide to demonstrate his belief “WTO kills farmers.” |
10/3/03 | Dublin, Ireland | Regional WEF meeting/European Competitiveness Summit. Protesters succeed in cancelling meeting. | |
2003 | Brazil | Landless Workers Movement (MST) occupies Monsanto seed production facilities on three separate occasions. The workers were protesting the development of genetically modified (GM) seeds. GM foods, at the time, were illegal. | |
2003 | Honduras | Anti-IMF protests. Roads closed overnight due to burning barricades | |
2003 | Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, India | 7,000 protest loss of water rights to Coca-cola bottling plant | |
2004 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
7/23/03 | Teixeira de Freitas, Brazil | 35,000 from the Landless Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil repossess a eucalyptus farm for 10 days. Protesting the environmental degradations caused by non-native eucalyptus and land privitization. | |
4/29/04 | Warsaw, Poland | 3,500 protest European Economic Forum | none |
March 2004 | Near Buerarema, Brazil | 150-450 members of the MST block a highway with tires and pieces of wood multiple times. The protesters also block train tracks. Over 33,000 families showed up in the state to push for land reform. | |
5/28/04 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Summit of Heads of State and governments from Latin America, the Caribbean and the EU | Over 100 arrested, 20 injured, much police brutality to incarcerated |
November 2004 | Santiago, Chile | 50,000 protest APEC summit. Protests specifically directed at President Bush. | 40 arrests, at least one hospitalized |
2004 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Protests agains Rodrigo Rato, the managing director of IMF meets with Argentinian government leaders | |
2005 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
March 2005 | Guatemala | Protests against passing of CAFTA, an extension of NAFTA | 10 injured, 2 killed in colotenango, Huehuetenango |
July 2005 | Edinburg, Stirling, Gleneagles, Scotland | Protest at G8 Summit. London police assisted with security. London was left with a weaker police force, leading to the 7/7 London underground bombings, killing 56. Bombing was not orchestrated by G8 protesters. | About 700 arrested, 350 charged. Only injury reported was bicyclist hit by Bush’s car. |
December 2005 | Hong Kong | 10,000 protest 6th WTO Conference. | 910 arrested, 9 arrested |
2006 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
4/18/06 | Teixeira de Freitas, Brazil | 1,000 members of the Landless Workers Movement of Brazil occupy eucalyptus farm in protest of privitzation and land use policies | |
May 2006 | USA | Nationwide protests primarily targeted at immigration reform. Largest protest was Los Angeles, California, on 5/25 with 500,000 protesters. Other notable protests were Dallas, Texas, with 400,000 protesters on 4/10 and 100,000 in Chicago, Illinois on 5/10. | Approximately 10 arrests total. |
November 2006 | Melbourne, Australia | 3,000 protest G20 summit | 26 arrested, hundreds of injuries |
2007 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
January 2007 | Ecuador | Coup overthrew president Alfredo Palacio for supporting IMF/WTO free trade policies. Led by rural indigenous. | |
3/14/07 | Nadigram, India | 2,000 protest formation of Special Economic Zone | 14 killed, 100s injured by police and the Communist Party of India |
9/8/07 | Sydney, Australia | 5,000 protest APEC Australia | 4 arrested, 1 policeman injured |
10/18/07 | Washington DC, USA | Hundreds protest IMF/World Bank meeting | 2 arrested |
2009 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
1/31/09 | Geneva, Switzerland | Approx 400 protesting WEF held in Davos. Protesters not allowed in the city of Davos. | 16 arrests, 130 detained |
March and April 2009 | London, England | 35,000 protest G20 summit | Over 100 arrested, one killed, 180 injured |
April and May 2009 | Strasbourg, France; Baden-Baden and Kehl, Germany | 10,000 protest 60th anniversary NATO summit in Kehl, Germany. | 300 arrested |
April 2009 | Washington DC, USA | Thousands protest at IMF/WB summit | 8 arrested |
September 2009 | Pittsburg, USA | 3,000 protest G20 summit | 19 arrested, no injuries. |
September and October 2009 | Borebi, Sao Paulo, Brazil | MST reposses an orange plantation owned by transnational corporation, Cutrale. MST claimed farm was government property, illegal possesed by Cutrale. | |
2010 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
4/25/10 | Washington DC, USA | Hundreds protest IMF/World Bank summit. | |
5/5/10 | Greece | Protesters against IMF and EU austerity measures. Protest began on 5/5, ongoing through 2011. | Three killed on 5/5/10 |
June 2010 | Toronto, Canada | 10,000 protest G20 summit | 412 arrests, 3 injured |
October and November 2010 | Washington DC, USA | 1,000 protest IMF/WB summit. Due to mass lawsuits against DC area police in 2000 and 2002, there was a decreased police presence and significantly less violence. | 1 arrest |
2011 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
4/17/11 | Washington DC, USA | IMF/World bank summit. | 2 arrested. |
5/1/11 | Global | May Day protests, largest in France, Iraq, Greece, Egypt and Germany. | |
2012 | |||
Date | Location | Description | Arrests/Injuries/Deaths |
Ongoing | Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal | Anti-austerity protests. | |
5/31/12 | Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, India | 18 hour strike against increase in price of diesel, kerosene and petroleum. Price increase is caused by the decrease in governemnt subsidies as a cost saving technique as India faces inflation and slow economic growth. | |
7/6/12 | India | National protests against increased price of diesel, kerosene and petroleum. Strike shut down roads, transportation and shops. | |
9/20/12 | Hyderbad, Bangalore, New Dehli, India | Tens of millions of protesters shut down schools, public transportation and businesses (everything from locally owned stores to US tech companies like Google). Protesters opposed 14% hike in gasoline prices and the governemnt's desiscion to allow direct foreign investment in the airline industry, multi-brand retaliers like Wal-Mart, the broadcasting industry and the increased privitization in other industries. | |
11/14/12 | Athens, Greece | 80,000 protest EU/IMF parliaments vote to keep the euro. 48-hour general strike. Protesters throw rocks and gasoline bombs. Police spray tear gas, stun grenades and use water cannons for the first time in years. | |
November 2012 | Across Europe | Millions in 23 different European countries protest unemployment and austerity measures imposed by the EU and the IMF. Some protests are in solidarity with other countries. 24-hour general strike in Spain and Portugal. Roads and subway blocked in Madrid, Spain. Flights delayed in Lisbon, Portugal. Trains stopped in Brussels, Belgium and France. | Police fired rubber bullets and used batons in Madrid, Spain where 34 were injured and 70 arrested. |
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