|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Here are just a few of the events that took place around the world on May Day 2001... |
|||
|
for more Global Mayday 2001 links see the IndyMedia May 2001 Archives
CZECH REPUBLICMore than 200 Czech anarchists demonstrated in Prague, handing out leaflets and food.COLOMBIASeveral thousand turned out for the May Day march in Medellin, including an anarchist bloc chanting "Against the state and the bosses!" and "Anarchy and revolution!".AUSTRALIAActions took place in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, where thousands attempted to blockade the country's stock exchanges.GERMANYProtesters in Berlin got one up on the cops by starting protests in the early hours. Barricades were erected, and running battles fought. Anger was increased by the banning of the annual demo, while a march by the far-right NPD was allowed and then protected by cops.NETHERLANDSMay Day celebrations in Amsterdam were marked by clashes between demonstrators and police.ZIMBABWEThe Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions rally was invaded by Mugabe's War Veteran henchmen under police protection. Lucky for them, as the thousands of workers threatened to explain to the "veterans" in no uncertain terms exactly what they thought of them. Union leaders ended the rally early to avoid confrontation (as they do!).MOZAMBIQUEThousands of workers marched through Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, in protest at mass redundancies. Workers in the important cashew nut industry held banners saying "Down with the bureaucrats of Washington and Maputo".SOUTH KOREA20,000 workers turned out in the South Korean capital Seoul to protest against economic restructuring and police attacks against striking Daewoo workers. Several hundred broke through cop lines.POLANDIn Warsaw, 1,500 people joined one of the largest anarchist demonstrations in years called by, among others, the Polish Anarchist Federation.ENGLANDThousands of demonstrators in London were corralled into intersections and detained by police for several hours.
|
CONTENTS
|
||
