Fwd: [Infoshop News] Anti-capitalists shut down Washington, DC; Over 600 arrested

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Anti-capitalists shut down Washington, DC; Over 600 arrested
>
>by Chuck0
>
>This story will be updated throughout the day
>
>September 27 | 3:00 pm EDT
>
>The residents of Washington, DC were treated to a small version of 
>the general strikes which shut down Argentina earlier this year. 
>Thousands of anti-capitalists and concerned citizens converged on 
>Washington, DC this morning in a successful effort to shut down the 
>capital of Empire (the United States).

Only thousands?  (The UK Guardian says 2,000, according to the police 
-- about the same number as last year.)  Has this mode of protest 
reached a plateau in the States?
-- 
Yoshie

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