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Instead of Getting Violent, Get Small For Economic Justice
A weekend of Genevan protests turned violent ahead of WTO meetings set to be held from Monday, November 30th, through December 2nd. So far only 33 have been arrested as police had to separate violent demonstrators, including 14 hooded activists members of a violent group known as “black bloc”, from the protests. Some of the approximately 3,000 protesters attacked banks, stores, hotels, and other businesses, and damaged at least 19 vehicles. The violence was done when factions of demonstrators split off from a march, only to rejoin later, pretending to be peaceful. Though by any account, we are fortunate to have avoided a repeat of the Seattle protests from 10 years ago. You can read more details here.
The 153 members of the World Trade Organization are meeting in Geneva to discuss issues surrounding the rapid fall in trade exports, in spite of the era of their long-coveted Doha rounds (DDA). Doha is a development agenda set by the members of the WTO aimed at lowering trade barriers and, in theory, stimulating economic growth through increased global trade relations.
