Three to four thousand dancing, chanting anti-capitalism demonstrators pushed forward to within yards of the Ottawa conference center where world financial leaders met to discuss a sluggish global economy. "Spank the Bank," "Drop debt, not bombs" and "IMF -- Insensitive Murdering Fascists" were some of the slogans in the crowd, some of whom cheered loudly when a few protesters poured gasoline on a pair of U.S. flags and set them alight. |