News from Evian

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday May 30, 2003 23:51 by Peace Fairy

update of good bussers at Evian

Since my last posting yesterday, the size of the camp has doubled to close to 5000, and the Intergalactic village right beside us has a similar, or slightly bigger population. There are also a few thousand in Geneva and 400 in Lausanne.People are still arriving, thick and fast!
The demo today in Geneva was great, good happy vibe and sounds, there was a little trouble when some protestors let off flares and fireworks right outside the WTO headquarters then headed up the street to take out their frustration at the UN building. When they smased a few windows at the next building up the police fired teargas at them, but not at anyone else and most of the people continued on a peaceful march: there were thousands there, hard to put a number on it so I wont try.
We are going to Lausanne tomorrow to take part in actions there. Gathered another Irish girl and 2 Italians into our group today. Loads of fun being had, and lots of interesting workshops and discussions at the various counter-summits. Looking forward to meeting the other-bussers tomorrow: Where are you going?
Media tent is under pressure, so that's all for now.