arch/ive/ief (2000 - 2005)

Genevra: No-border Demonstration
by (posted by Guido) Friday May 30, 2003 at 03:18 PM
pannekoekrobert@hotmail.com

At twelve olock has the demonstration against the IOM (International Organisation for Migration) started.

About 4000 peoples joined the meeting-point at hte border of the lake. There were diffenrent kinds of people, anarchists, pazifists, fanilies, ...
In a first speech they showed how the IOM really acts. After that, the demonstration moved to the WTO.
There wasent much police seen that moment.

12.15
A couple of hundred people run for the WTO and tried to brake the door. The police did not remain inactiv, but defendet the WTO with teargas - and the door is colsed again.
The demonstration itself moves a bit above in direction of the IOM.

13.15
The Demonstration arrived at the IOM.Speeches, kind of small riots and lots of strong teargas. There is no panic because of this, but the demonstration moves on.

13.50
At the Place des Nation, a speecher called for building up own networks and civil disobedience.
The Demonstration moved to the trainstation where it endeted. Passing the Centre du Commerce ant the Shell-Shop their windows had been broken.I think I do not need to write why they did...

video
by Guido Friday May 30, 2003 at 03:20 PM

http://germany.indymedia.org/2003/05/52778.shtml