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********************************************* Global Action @lert announcements list Number 14, September 13, 2000
>>> IN THIS ISSUE >>>>>>
+ Protesters 'proud of what we've achieved'
+ Call for ombudsman to intervene against police
+ Mass union march a heavy blow to WEF
+ Schwab has 'difficult day'
+ Riot police attack protesters, hospitalise 12
+ Casino to close until Thursday
+ Over ten photo galleries from the front lines
+ S11 events in Melbourne and around Australia
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== GLOBAL ACTION HEADLINES ================== http://www.greenleft.org.au/globalaction/s11/daily/index.shtml === Wednesday, September 13 ===================
Protesters 'proud of what we've achieved' BY SEAN HEALY MELBOURNE -- Organisers of the S11 protests against the World Economic Forum have claimed that they are "extremely proud" of their achievements, after a second continuous day of blockading entrances to the Crown Towers conference site. <http://www.greenleft.org.au/globalaction/s11/daily/000912_09_proud.shtml>
Call for ombudsman to intervene against police BY SEAN HEALY MELBOURNE -- The independent legal observers team at the S11 protests has called on the Victorian ombudsman to investigate the Victoria Police's treatment of blockaders, which it has called "brutal, highly dangerous and provocative". <http://www.greenleft.org.au/globalaction/s11/daily/000912_08_ombuds.shtml>
Mass union march a heavy blow to WEF BY SEAN HEALY MELBOURNE -- Tens of thousands of Melbourne unionists have delivered a stunning blow to the legitimacy of the World Economic Forum and corporate globalisation, filling city streets with noise, colour and people. <http://www.greenleft.org.au/globalaction/s11/daily/000912_07_union.shtml>
Schwab has 'difficult day' BY SUSAN PRICE MELBOURNE - Klaus Schwab, President of the WEF, used his address to the Asia Pacific summit at Crown Casino to launch a broadside against protesters blockading the site. <http://www.greenleft.org.au/globalaction/s11/daily/000912_05_schwab.shtml>
Riot police attack protesters, hospitalise 12 BY SUSAN PRICE MELBOURNE - Two hundred and fifty baton-wielding riot police, including 50 on horseback, charged through a protest blockade at 7.00am this morning, injuring many and hospitalising 12 people. <http://www.greenleft.org.au/globalaction/s11/daily/000912_04_police.shtml>
== NEW GLOBAL ACTION GALLERIES ============== http://www.greenleft.org.au/globalaction/s11/s11_galleries.shtml ============================================= Over ten photo galleries from the front lines
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