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
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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