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Protests planned for imf anniversary { April 10 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/10/1081326960436.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/10/1081326960436.html Protests planned for IMF anniversary April 10, 2004 - 8:30AM Anti-globalisation groups announced plans to mark the 60th anniversary of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) with marches, rallies and speeches against the policies of the institutions. Mobilisation for Global Justice (MGJ) called for "Days of Actions" in Washington on April 21-25 to coincide with the spring meeting of the two financial organisations. David Levy, an organiser with the Mobilisation group, declined to estimate how many protesters would participate. "We are expecting a large boisterous, vigorous demonstration and series of events," he said, adding buses would be come to Washington from several cities. Njoki Njoroge Njehu, director of 50 Years is Enough, a coalition of organisations aimed at transforming the IMF and World Bank, said organisers did not expect the number of protesters to reach the levels of the 2000 protests in Washington, when about 1,300 people were arrested. "These are international days of action that are happening around the world," Njehu said. "The protests and resistance to the policies of the World Bank and the IMF have never been really centred in the United States, they have been centred in the countries where people are directly affected, and those are happening in many, many countries around the world." Njehu's group was created in 1994, the 50th anniversary of the World Bank and the IMF. Mobilisation for Global Justice is calling for the IMF and World Bank to hold meetings open to the public, cancel debts from impoverished countries and eliminate certain policies that MGJ claims are destructive. IMF spokesman Thomas Dawson said "Security is certainly a matter of concern whenever you have a meeting of this sort. We are in touch with US authorities who are our hosts and they have indicated they will make the necessary arrangements and precautions". District of Columbia park police did not return a call seeking comment on the protest plans. Njehu's group also is co-sponsoring the March for Women's Lives, which will be held April 25 in Washington.

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