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From: "Lysander Zimmerman" <LAMZ_-at-_sympatico.ca>
To: "anarchism" <anarchism_-at-_yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:19:34 -0500
Come to Ottawa to help abolish big brother and the international loan
sharks!
PLEASE FORWARD:
Ottawa installs an "eye in the sky" camera system to prepare for protests
against the WTO (Nov. 9th), and against the IMF/World Bank/G20 and the war
on Afghanistan (Nov. 16th to 18th).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Morton" <command@interlog.com>
To: <cjazz@interlog.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 6:48 AM
Subject: Ottawa gets ready for international conferences
CBC
Ottawa gets ready for international conferences
Last Updated: Wed Oct 31 04:07:55 2001
OTTAWA - Security forces in Ottawa are gearing up for a busy month in
November, when three international trade organizations hold their annual
conferences in the city.
* INDEPTH: U.S. Striking Back
With the Group of 20 finance ministers, the World Bank, and
International Monetary Fund all coming in the middle of the month,
police are preparing for anti-globalization protests - and worse.
The G-20 was supposed to meet in India. The World Bank and IMF meetings
were cancelled in Washington. All due to fears in the wake of the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks on the United States, and the increased tension of
the military strikes on Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, Ottawa police chief Vince Bevan unveiled the force's new eye
in the sky, a spotter plane that will watch protesters.
"For crowd management purposes, the camera system is such that from high
in the air, you can see exactly what's going on on the ground," he said.
And with demonstrations planned to be held in the city on Nov. 9 to
protest the World Trade Organization meeting in Qatar, the city plans to
use cameras to watch those events, too.
Ottawa city councillor Alex Cullen says the city wants to film its
citizens for no compelling reason.
"It seems so casual, you know, 'What is the harm?'" he said. "But if we
allow these things to happen, then slowly over time we lose our civil
liberties and it's simply wrong."
Some organizations that have been at the forefront of protests such as
those last spring in Quebec City for the Summit of the Americas, say the
tone of protest is likely to change.
"We have to be much more careful in the words we use and the way we
organize our demonstrations," said Ken Georgetti of the Canadian Labour
Congress. "We'll be probably blaming the Americans less than we normally
would."
Georgetti said the labour movement is watching the anti-terror debate
closely, and is worried that some of the clauses could one day be used
against unions, strikers, and lawful demonstrators.
Written by CBC News Online staff
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