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Protest and Action to disrupt international meeting of Capitalists |
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Saturday, 13 November 2004 |
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On Friday 5th of November around 60-80 people gathered in a small Sussex
town called Steyning. Their intention was to disrupt a conference held
at Wilton Park Conference Centre, Wiston House with the title
‘International Rule Making for Global Capital Markets'.
On Friday 5th of November around 60-80 people gathered in a small Sussex
town called Steyning. Their intention was to disrupt a conference held
at Wilton Park Conference Centre, Wiston House with the title
‘International Rule Making for Global Capital Markets'. The
conference was attended by members of the US Treasury Department, the
IMF, the European Commission and the German Stock Exchange with heads
of business and industry and leading academics. The purpose of the
conference was to facilitate informal networking and frank and
"off-the-record" discussion between those with the power to facilitate
the smoother management of the global economy. The action was called by
groups in Sussex
working within the Dissent! Network. The plan was to disrupt the
conference and to challenge the legitimacy of the exclusive gathering.
Hosted in an old English landed estate the assumption of status and
class was in no way subtle. The main group of activists, many finding
commonality in the anonymity created by electric blue masks, made their
way across fields until they were stopped by police lines, dog units
and private security within 50 meters of the building. Attempts were
made to permeate the boundaries erected around the manor house. Whilst
the main block protested near the front of the house other smaller
groups tried to find weaknesses to the security around the back. Some
people were successful in getting into the gardens. Five people were
arrested and later released on bail. As darkness fell fireworks were
fired from wooded cover near the house. Shouting echoed through the
valley and barking security dogs, a helicopter and spotlights created
an intimidating sense of confusion. The delegates were forced to hide
behind extensive security as the estate was attacked. |
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