WEF shuns Austria and chooses Eire

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Thursday January 09, 2003 18:36

by o5st

no World Economic Forum in Salzburg - Austria

this year there's definitely gonna be no WEF in Salzburg. the hosts move their summit to the Irish capital, Dublin.

Klaus Schwab, founder of the WEF, has announced this decision in a letter to Salzburg mayor Heinz Schaden. he did not explain this move Ireland.

the WEF summit w.r.t. Eastern Europe has been held in Salzburg 7 times - from 1996 to 2002. For the last two years the summit has been acompanied by protests and alternative summits, held by social movements / Austria Social Forum (ASF). At a 2001 antiWEF demonstration about 900 peaceful activists had been enclosed by police near the red zone for hours in what started to look like a big beatup

that much, from the austrian broadcasters (http://salzburg.orf.at/oesterreich.orf?read=detail&channel=5&id=238749). it looks like we've thrown them out. not by violent protests, but by just showing them they were not welcome. at both alternative summits 2001, as well as 2002, there was a WEF/ASF confrontation with 4 members of each organisation at the mikes and lots of not that benign audience. seems like they got the message

good luck! c u in dublin

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Comments (6 of 6)

logos for mobilization

by antiwef

Fri Jan 10, 2003 12:52

and in the case you need some logos for doing mobilizations against the wef-meeting check out this: http://at.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=14158

the name of this girl is mafalda. this comic figure from an argentinan author became quite famouse during the franco-dictature because of here sarcastic arguments against authorities. the swiss antiwef-coordination gave her skis and in mozarts hometown we used the violin.

there also should be some on the http://www.antiwef.org site in better quality!

decision till now not official

Fri Jan 10, 2003 12:43

Till now there exists no official anouncement of the WEF of moving the European World Economic Forum from Salzburg to Dublin. The Austrian Press Agency (APA) on which all the news about the WEF-decisions are based speaks of a letter from the director of the WEF Klaus Schwab to the major of Salzburg where he anounces this decision without explaining the reasons.

one mainstream newspaper article is postet on indymedia austria. use babelfish to translate it into english: http://at.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18626&group=webcast

more infos should be available soon on indymedia austria!

NO EVIDENCE

by Ruairi

Fri Jan 10, 2003 11:33

As far as I can see there is no evidence of this.

If there was indeed any plans, I am sure organisation to oppose their economic terrorism would begin immediately as happens in Davos and in Melbourne (http://www.s11.org)

They will be welcomed

by Student Leader

Thu Jan 09, 2003 20:44

Is this right?

by Justin Moran - Sinn Fein

Thu Jan 09, 2003 18:45