Naomi Klein: "The G20: A Global Menace Invented by Larry Summers" (with video)

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naomiklein.org, with video:

Here in Toronto we are getting the predictable lectures about how burning cop cars and smashed Starbucks outlets distract attention from “legitimate” protestors and NGOs with “important messages.” It’s a nice theory, except for the fact that the non-violent protests were being completely ignored by the international press until stuff started burning.

But they were taking place all over Toronto, timed with the G20 summit. This is a speech I delivered on Friday night, at a terrific event organized by the Council of Canadians. It is about why the G20 deserves to be derailed, interrupted and, ultimately, shut down.

Howie P.S.: Democracy Now! (with audio, video) looks back at the Toronto G20 held June 26-27, 2010.