Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

List of demonstrations against corporate globalization

Demonstration in Warsaw against the 2004 World Economic Forum

This article lists significant demonstrations by the anti-globalization movement against corporate globalization since 1999, including the convergence of anti-globalization actions with opposition to the United States-led Iraq War beginning in 2003 and continuing through the end of George W. Bush's presidency in 2009. The list also includes actions related to the Occupy movement against worldwide economic inequality, which began with Occupy Wall Street in 2011.

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

  • May 1, 2003 – Global May Day protests
  • May 29 – June 3, 2003 – Mass protests in Evian, Geneva, and Lausanne, Switzerland against the G8 summit.
  • June 26, 2003 – Clashes in Odense, Denmark, during EU Summit.
  • July 28, 2003 – Montreal, Quebec
  • September 14, 2003 – Fifth Ministerial of the WTO in Cancún, Mexico collapses[9]
  • October 2003 – regional WEF meeting in Dublin, European Competitiveness Summit, cancelled[10]
  • November 2003 – Paris European Social Forum
  • November 20, 2003 – large Miami Mobilization against the FTAA; notable for first full implementation of law enforcement 'Miami Model' tactics

2004

2005

2006

2007

  • March 9, 2007 – Clashes in Budapest, Hungary against the EU.
  • March 12, 2007 – Anti-EU protests in Ghent, Belgium.
  • March 14, 2007 – Clashes in Kassel against the EU.
  • May 1, 2007 – Global May Day protests
  • May 29, 2007 – Clashes in Yokohama ahead of the G7 Summit.
  • June 2, 2007 – 80,000 protest in Brussels ahead of the EU Summit.
  • September 8, 2007 – Anti-ASEAN protests in Jakarta and Bandung, Indonesia and Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • October 18, 2007 – Anti-APEC riots in Shanghai.

2009

2010

2011

  • September 17, 2011 – Occupy Wall Street protest begins in New York City and continues for fifty-nine days before being evicted.[11]
  • September 17, 2011 – Occupy Shanghai around 100 protesters gathered in the city center
  • October 5, 2011 – Occupy Shanghai demonstrations swelled to the largest yet with an estimated 15,000 marchers joining the protest.
  • October 15, 2011 – The 15 October 2011 global protests
  • October 20, 2011 – Occupy British Columbia demonstrations
  • October 21, 2011 – Occupy Melbourne protest[12]
  • October 22, 2011 – Occupy Tirana protest
  • October 29, 2011 – Occupy Chennai protest
  • November 12, 2011 – Occupy Buenos Aires
  • November 19, 2011 – Occupy Buffer Zone in Cyprus (also known as #OccupyBufferZ )
  • November 27, 2011 – Occupy İzmir

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

  • November 6 – COP26 protests in Glasgow[14]

2022

  • October 25 – G20 protests in Jakarta, Indonesia.

2023

  • December 9 – protests for climate justice and a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates[15]

2024

  • November 11-22 – protests for climate justice at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan[16]

References

  1. ^ "Global Action Day Reports". Nadir.org. June 18, 1999. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Protesters Lift Siege of IMF, World Bank As Demonstrations Continue". CommonDreams.org. Agence France-Presse. April 16, 2000. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "Police, protesters clash at OAS meeting in Ontario". CBC.ca. CBC Radio-Canada. June 5, 2000. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "The 16th World Petroleum Congress and Protests, Calgary". history.alberta.ca. Alberta Culture and Tourism. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Irwin, Jamie (August 13, 2021). "S11: Australians Blockade World Economic Forum". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  6. ^ 3CR (September 8, 2019). "Globalisation unplugged: S11 World Economic Forum Protests". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved September 16, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Civil disobedience the solution to civil flaws and disarray".
  8. ^ "DC agrees to $8.25M settlement for protest arrests". The Seattle Times. The Associated Press. December 15, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  9. ^ "Implications of Cancun (Archived copy)". Archived from the original on February 8, 2004. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  10. ^ "O20- Shut down the WEF! -- October 20th- Direct Action against the World Economic Forum". Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  11. ^ Holmes, Marisa (June 3, 2024). "Organizing Occupy Wall Street: This is Just Practice". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  12. ^ Muldoon, James, ed. (September 8, 2012). "Occupy Reflects: Melbourne October 2012" (PDF). Occupy reflects. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  13. ^ Haroon Siddique (June 12, 2013). "G8 summit protest: riot police arrest 57 in raid of London HQ". The Guadian.
  14. ^ "COP26 climate summit: Here's What Happened at the COP26 Climate Summit on Saturday (Published 2021)". November 6, 2021. Archived from the original on December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  15. ^ "Protests at UN climate talks, from cease-fire calls to detainees, see 'shocking level of censorship'". AP News. December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  16. ^ "Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows". AP News. November 16, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.