Article: ACTIVISTS ASSEMBLE FOR IMF/WORLD BANK MTGS


United Press International
04-24-2004
Activists assemble for IMF/World Bank mtgs

WASHINGTON, Apr 24, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Activists have been converging on D.C. all week for a series of protests that culminate this weekend during meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Many of the protest this week against the IMF/World Bank have been organized by umbrella group 50 Years is Enough which calls for these multilateral lending institutions to cancel the debt payments owed them by the third world.

At a Thursday evening symposium entitled, "Resist Market Fundamentalism: Retirement Planning for the IMF & World Bank at 60," activists from ...

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