So here's the update. Up to 20,000 total protesters have convened on DC this weekend to protest the policies of the IMF and the World Bank.
I was hoping to go, but it couldn't be helped. Unfortunately, it looks like the few bad apples have made for arrests and that is making the news. It angers me that peaceful protests like the jubilee one don't get any news, and the rowdy, anarchist ones do.
Anyway, Jubilee USA is holding a march tomorrow, and
here is the info for any of the locals wanting to participate:
WHAT: Stop Global AIDS and Drop the Debt March
WHERE: Beginning at the US Department of Treasury (15th & G Streets NW) in Washington, DC and finishing at the Sylvan Theater (near the Washington Monument), joining thousands of people at the MGJ rally.
WHEN: Saturday, September 28th at NOON
WHO: Hundreds of people fed up with the effects of IMF/WB policies around AIDS and Debt
WHY: IMF/WB policies are responsible in large part for the persistence of the Global AIDS and Debt crises