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| Demonstrators Converge in D.C. for Anti-War Protests |
| 2001-09-29 |
| The Washington Post, by Christina Pino-Marina Demonstrators began a series of weekend rallies in the nation's capital today, shifting from anti-globalization themes to anti-war protests after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. About 10 a.m., hundreds of protesters organized by the D.C.-based Anti-Capitalist Convergence group started their march toward the World Bank and International Monetary Fund headquarters, at Pennsylvania Avenue and 18th and 19th streets NW. The demonstrators left Upper Senate Park, at New Jersey Avenue and C Street NW, headed down New Jersey Avenue to H Street NW and through Chinatown. D.C. police had estimated that 4,000 people would take part in anti-war events in the city today, but organizers of a noon march have said they expect 10,000 people for that event alone. As many as 100,000 protesters had been expected to converge in Washington this weekend to demonstrate during the IMF and World Bank meetings. The meetings were canceled after terrorists leveled the World Trade Center towers and destroyed. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |