French Anti-Globalization Meeting May Have To Turn Away Protesters

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Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Larzac anti-globalization meetingin south-central France may have to
turn away protesters if many more arrive, its organizers said.

``If too many people arrive this evening, we'll have to start turning them away,'' Christine Tellen, one
of the organizers said on Canal Satellite's all-news channel. ``There'll be signs put up explaining
that the site is full.''

The site is running out of water and
space for parking. The event has
attracted more than 100,000 people, she
said. Attendance is estimated at half that
by local officials.

French farming militant Jose Bove, freed
from jail last Saturday, called on the
government to initiate a national debate
on the Cancun round of World Trade
Organization negotiations that take place
next month. Larzac, an annual gathering
that lasts all weekend and uses the
slogan ``The World Is Not For Sale,''
was the site of Bove's first protest 30
years ago.

the WTO is bad for the common average man, working man, an
good for the multi-national corporations efforts to own the
world at the price of cheap labor worldwide.

Now if the understanding just spreads to America!...and organizes
peacefully the way they are doing in France.