Thursday, February 28, 2008

Now that's what you call a protest

By Alison

200,000
protesters
march thru
Mexico City
to protest
NAFTA
Feb 1, 2008










They were demanding that the Agricultural Chapter of NAFTA be renegotiated, the privatization of the energy sector be halted, and that the new Social Security law be repealed.

Common Frontiers Canada :
"The Globe and Mail has a mention of the march in today's Report on Business section where the crowd is described as "Thousands of mexican farmers...".
The Toronto Star didn't carry the story at all."

Cross posted from Creekside

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