Madrid protest

[Doug Henwood]

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>Subject: Madrid Protest
>Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 14:46:35 -0400
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>Published on Sunday, May 19, 2002 by the Associated Press
>Over 100,000 Protest Globalization
>
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>MADRID, Spain -- Some 100,000 anti-globalization demonstrators rallied
>peacefully through the center of Madrid on Sunday, chanting against
>capitalism and war and dancing to the beating of drums.
>Organizers said nearly 200,000 protesters marched behind banners that read:
>"No against the exploitation of Latin America" and "Against war and the
>Europe of capitalism." Many chanted "Another world is possible."
>
>Police placed the figure at 100,000.
>
>Some Palestinian and Cuban flags could be seen as well as a reproduction of
>a caravel with "Colombia. State terrorism. No to the paramilitarism" written
>in the sail.
>
>It was the last and the biggest of three demonstrations that were held over
>the weekend in the Spanish capital to protest European-Latin American
>summit, which gathered some 50 government leaders from the European Union,
>Central and South America and the Caribbean. The summit ended Saturday.
>
>"I'm here to protest the way the first world treats the third world," said
>Rodolfo Martinez, a 26-year-old lawyer from Madrid. "Three-quarters of the
>world population are suffering from hunger and just one-quarter live like
>kings."
>
>There were no incidents of violence reported during the nearly three-hour
>rally, held under tight security.
>
>The rallies were called by the Social trans-Atlantic Forum, which includes
>some 60 to 70 social and political groups.