Violent protests at G20 summit

[bemildred]

Anti-globalisation protesters have clashed with police in the streets of Melbourne as the world's most powerful economic leaders began a summit behind a huge security cordon.

Protesters hurled bottles and dustbins at police, attacked journalists and tried to scale barricades in skirmishes around the G20 conference in Australia.

One protester urged supporters to jump barriers and "arrest" Paul Wolfowitz, the World Bank president, for "war crimes".

Police had blocked off streets around Melbourne's business area to prevent any repeat of riots that shook the city when it hosted the World Economic Forum meetings in 2000.

al Jazeera

[acmejack]

1. They don't want the average cable consumer getting access to Al-Jazeera do they?

I wonder why? Real news perhaps?

[Lasthorseman]

2. Only a few months

after the occupation of Iraq al jazzera "changed" into something more like CNN. It became under their control also.

[TheFarseer]

3. what's the matter?

Don't they realize when their jobs are in Bangladesh, tube socks will only be a dollar/sixpack? Six for a f*cking dollar, guys!!!

[undergroundpanther]

4. I wish the G20

Assholes were FORCED to make everything they scheme PUBLIC.I want them to FACE the public they exploit.They are all criminals. I don't care if the angry crowd tired of being beholden to rich criminal people draws and quarters their pampered rich parasite asses in the street'cause they deserve it, I will be laughing too. I hate greedy political pigs. They do not deserve privacy and protection for what they plan is nothing more than world feudalism.The g20 is evil and it hurts people. The market is a LIE.And it is belief that holds us all prisoner to the g20.

[northofdenali]

5. What undergroundpanther said.

Twice!!

[Odin2005]

7. Ditto.

[IntiRaymi]

6. How do you propose to do that?

We have no representation with them.

[Robbien]

8. "The G20 is evil and it hurts people."

So true and cannot be said enough.

The G20 is evil and it hurts people.