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Have the Sept. 11th Attacks Derailed the Global Social Justice Movement? |
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by Interview by Between the Lines' Scott Harris.
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25 Nov 2001
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Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with author and spiritual activist Starhawk. Starhawk, who led non-violence trainings at the Ottawa actions(A RealAudioVersion of this interview may be found At http://www.btlonline.org). |
Have the Sept. 11th Attacks Derailed the Global Social Justice Movement?
Interview by Between the Lines' Scott Harris.
Plans for a massive demonstration against the policies of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund scheduled to coincide with the financial institution's annual meeting Sept. 30 in Washington D.C. were called off when the summit itself was canceled in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The growing global social justice movement had expected 50,000 to 100,000 activists to participate in a variety of actions calling attention to economic policies that protesters say exacerbate poverty around the world and enrich wealthy corporations.
After canceling their Washington gathering, the World Bank and IMF rescheduled their summit to meet in Ottawa Nov. 17th and 18th. With short notice, activists from Canada and around the hemisphere pulled together a number of demonstrations to greet delegates of the financial institution. But police reacted to the several thousand protesters that came to Ottawa with what many describe as excessive force. Rubber bullets, pepper spray and water cannons were fired at demonstrators, with many suffering bites from police dogs used for crowd control. In the end some 50 activists were arrested, with only a few held on serious charges.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with author and spiritual activist Starhawk. Starhawk, who led non-violence trainings at the Ottawa actions, and was briefly detained with dozens of others at the U.S.-Canadian border, she says, due to her activist past. She reports from Ottawa on how the Sept. 11th terror attacks have affected the organizing and agenda of the global social justice movement(A RealAudioVersion of this interview may be found At http://www.btlonline.org) ..
Starhawk's books include "The Twelve Wild Swans" and "The Spiral Dance." Visit her Web site at www.starhawk.org
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