List of demonstrations against corporate globalization

This article lists significant demonstrations by the anti-globalization movement against corporate globalization since 1999, including the convergence of anti-globalization actions with opposition to the United States-led Iraq War beginning in 2003 and continuing through the end of George W. Bush's presidency in 2009. The list also includes actions related to the Occupy movement against worldwide economic inequality, which began with Occupy Wall Street in 2011.

Demonstration in Warsaw against the 2004 World Economic Forum

1999

2000

2001

  • January 20, 2001 Washington, DC, Mass protests against Bush's inauguration ceremony.
  • January 27, 2001 Clashes in Davos, Switzerland, at World Economic Forum
  • March 17, 2001 Clashes in Napoli, Italy, during the World Global Forum.
  • April 20, 2001 20,000 protest and clash with police at 'A20,' the 3rd Summit of the Americas (FTAA) in Quebec City, Canada
  • May 1, 2001 Global May Day protests in London, Berlin, Sydney, and other cities.
  • June 15, 2001 Riots in Gothenburg, Sweden at EU Summit; three protestors shot by police, 1130 arrests.
  • June 25, 2001 Protests in Barcelona, Spain during World Bank summit.
  • July 1, 2001 Salzburg, Austria World Economic Forum
  • July 20, 2001 250,000 protest in Genoa, Italy against the G8 summit. A protester Carlo Giuliani, was shot dead by police.
  • September 29, 2001 Washington, DC, Anti-capitalist anti-war protests

2002

2003

  • May 1, 2003 Global May Day protests
  • May 29 – June 3, 2003 Mass protests in Evian, Geneva, and Lausanne, Switzerland against the G8 summit.
  • June 26, 2003 Clashes in Thessalonika Greece, during EU Summit.
  • July 28, 2003 Montreal, Quebec
  • September 14, 2003 Fifth Ministerial of the WTO in Cancún, Mexico collapses[7]
  • October 2003 regional WEF meeting in Dublin, European Competitiveness Summit, cancelled[8]
  • November 2003 Paris European Social Forum
  • November 20, 2003 large Miami Mobilization against the FTAA; notable for first full implementation of law enforcement 'Miami Model' tactics

2004

2005

2006

2007

  • March 9, 2007 Clashes in Sao Paulo, Brazil as protests greet the start of President Bush's six-day tour of Latin America.
  • March 12, 2007 Anti-Bush protests in Bogotá, Colombia.
  • March 14, 2007 Clashes in Mexico City, the last stop on Bush's Latin America tour.
  • May 1, 2007 Global May Day protests
  • May 29, 2007 Clashes in Hamburg ahead of the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm.
  • June 2, 2007 80,000 protest in Rostock ahead of the G8 Summit.
  • September 8, 2007 APEC Australia 2007[9]
  • October 18, 2007 IMF/World Bank annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

2009

2010

2011

  • September 17, 2011 Occupy New York City around 100 protesters gathered in downtown Manhattan walking up and down Wall Street
  • October 1, 2011 Occupy New York City protesters set out to march across the Brooklyn Bridge
  • October 5, 2011 Occupy New York City demonstrations swelled to the largest yet with an estimated 15,000 marchers joining the protest.
  • October 15, 2011 The 15 October 2011 global protests
  • October 20, 2011 Occupy British Columbia demonstrations
  • October 21, 2011 Occupy Melbourne protest
  • October 22, 2011 Occupy Antwerp protest
  • October 29, 2011 Occupy Ghent protest
  • November 12, 2011 Occupy Colombia
  • November 19, 2011 Occupy Buffer Zone in Cyprus (also known as #OccupyBufferZ )

2012

References

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  2. "Protesters Lift Siege of IMF, World Bank As Demonstrations Continue". CommonDreams.org. Agence France-Presse. April 16, 2000. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  3. "Police, protesters clash at OAS meeting in Ontario". CBC.ca. CBC Radio-Canada. June 5, 2000. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  4. "The 16th World Petroleum Congress and Protests, Calgary". history.alberta.ca. Alberta Culture and Tourism. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  5. http://host.madison.com/daily-cardinal/news/civil-disobedience-the-solution-to-civil-flaws-and-disarray/article_7630843d-4622-50f4-b4a1-e837f67e096b.html
  6. "DC agrees to $8.25M settlement for protest arrests". The Seattle Times. The Associated Press. December 15, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  7. "Implications of Cancun (Archived copy)". Archived from the original on 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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