- First, Lee Petty dies, April 5, 2000. Another NASCAR legend gone.
- There's going to be some noise made in D.C. this coming weekend. While I'm not in favor of trade protectionism, I don't think more intervention by the IMF, World Bank and WTO is the solution, either. My friend Jim comes to more or less the same point from the left, and he sent me most of the following links. Kari Tauring also endorses the protests.
- ZNet's World Trade Crisis gives background on the IMF & World Bank. Jim's comment: It's pretty academic, but I suspect Dave's Picks readers could plow through it while cleaning their guns. There's a lot of text, so you'll either need to be extra-meticulous or have a lot of guns that need cleaning.
- Mobilization for Global Justice April 16-17, Washington D.C. is the main site of the folks organizing the event.
- 50 Years is Enough of the IMF/World Bank. The 50 Years is Enough Fact Sheets explain (as Jim says) why those pinko hippie weirdoes are protesting in the first place.
- It's not all pinko hippies, either. The AFL-CIO Global Fairness page explains why labor will be there, officially distancing themselves from the pinko hippies.
- indymedia - dc is the Independent Media Center's coverage of the event. Their coverage of the Seattle actions was outstanding. says Jim.
- From the Nation: Seattle Sequel in DC. The article is short, but has a lot of links at the end, including some I hadn't found earlier.
- Protesters aim at IMF, World Bank is Bloomberg's take. Among the tidbits in it: Seattle-based Starbucks is installing shatter-proof windows on its store a block from the World Bank offices on Pennsylvania Avenue.
- The Goldilocks Economy Unmasked, An Imperial President's Moneybags, Russian fundamentals, and Risky business are a four-part serie on the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the international financial system by Anne Williamson and carried in WorldNetDaily in October of 1998.