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S11 (2000)

From
11 September, 2000
To
13 September, 2000
Website
https://web.archive.org/web/20020608120003/http://s11.org/s14/index.html

Summary

A series of protests against meetings of the World Economic Forum on 11, 12 and 13 September, 2000 in Melbourne, Australia.

Details

According to Jamie Irwin:

'The World Economic Forum (WEF) coordinated cooperation and activities for the largest and most influential corporations in the world and governments. According to one self-definition, it "engages political, business, academic and other leaders of society in collaborative efforts to shape global, regional and industry agendas." Each year, WEF held regional meetings of 1000+ attendees. These leaders dominated the setting of economic and social policy around the world and promoted free trade and deregulation, often referred to as a "neo-liberal" agenda. They claimed to be "committed to improving the state of the world through public-private cooperation." Opposition to their agenda of globalization developed among progressives, environmentalists, and labor unions around the world.

'In 2000, WEF planned a regional meeting in Melbourne, Australia, from 11 September to 13 September, the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum.'

A group of activists from a wide range of political and ideological backgrounds formed, calling 'itself the "S11 Alliance", referring to the date of the first day of the meeting, 11 September.'

Their aim, which was to emulate the 1999 protests against the meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Seattle and prevent the meeting from taking place, was spectacularly - if not fully - successful, particularly on the first day, when police were forced to transport many delegates into the meeting by boat. Trotskyist political parties and Friends of the Earth took part in the protests as did many anarchists and autonomist Marxists who came together through projects such as the Autonomous Web of Liberation (AWOL) and the Anarchist Media Institute.

References:
Irwin, Jamie (2015)
Autonomous Web of Liberation (2000) AWOL Aims
Anarchist Media Institute (2000)
[See details under "online resouces" below]

Resources

Articles

  • Costar, Brian, Vigorous S11 Debate, Herald-Sun, Newspaper cutting, 29 November, 2000, 1 pp. Details

Fliers

  • s-11 Solidarity Pie-fight, This copy courtesy Viola Wilkins, Melbourne, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • Plummet the Summit, This copy courtesy Viola Wilkins, Melbourne, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • 3CR Community Radio, To All Breakfast and Hometime Workers and Other Interested Parties, 3CR Community Radio; This copy courtesy Viola Wilkins, Melbourne, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • Autonomous Web of Liberation (AWOL), Converge S11, Autonomous Web of Liberation (AWOL) [This scan courtesy of Viola Wilkins], 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • Autonomous Web of Liberation (AWOL), AWOL Aims, Autonomous Web of Liberation (AWOL) [This scan courtesy of Viola Willkins], Melbourne, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • Injured Protesters League, Bracks = Jeff: Why is he Rewarding Police Violence?, Melbourne, September, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • Public First, Public Meeting on the World Economic Forum, Melbourne, July, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • S11 Alliance, Stand up for Justice: Shut Down the World Economic Forum, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • S11 Alliance, Stand up for Global Justice and the Environment, Melbourne, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • S11 Alliance, No GST: Give to the rich; Slug the Poor; Tax, Melbourne, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • s11.org, Travel in Comfort with Your Eyes Blind to the Misery: Stop the World Economic Forum, Melbourne, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • s11.org, Virus: Saturday August 12, Melbourne, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • s11-AWOL (Autonomous Web of Liberation), S11-AWOL: Autonomous Web of Liberation, Melbourne, June, 2 pp. PDF Details
  • SKA TV, Melbourne Rising: S11: Protest Against the World Economic Forum, Melbourne, September, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • Sullivan, Damien; Jorge Jorquera; Karina Nolan, Draft Proposal for a Joint Community Declaration: To the Melbourne Asia Pacific Summit of the World Economic Forum: September 11, [This copy courtesy of Viola Wilkins], Melbourne, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • The Stegley Foundation and the RMIT School of Social Science and Planning Community Advocacy Unit, Global Capitalism: Local Responses: Bridging the Economic and Social, [This scan courtesy of Viola Wilkins] The Stegley Foundation and the RMIT School of Social Science and Planning Community Advocacy Unit, Melbourne, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details

Pamphlets

  • S11 Legal Observer Team, Pt'chang Legal Observer Team [This scan courtesy of Viola Wilkins], Melbourne, 2000, 2 pp. images PDF Details
  • Welcome to S11 AWOL, Autonomous Web of Liberation (AWOL) [This scan courtesy of Viola Wilkins], Melbourne, 2000, 2 pp. images PDF Details
  • The People's Conference: the Alternative to the World Economic Forum, Public First [This scan courtesy of Viola Wilikins], Melbourne, 2000, 2 pp. images PDF Details
  • Why we Should be Concerned About Globalisation and the World Economic Forum, Public First [This scan courtesy of Viola Wilikins], Melbourne, 2000, 4 pp. images PDF Details
  • The Direct Action Reader, [This copy courtesy of Viola Wilkins], Melbourne, 2000, 21 pp. images PDF Details
  • Anarchist Media Institute, No Globalisation Without Direct Democracy: Don't Let the World Economic Forum Make Decisions for You, Anarchist Media Institute [This scan courtesy Viola Wilkins], Melbourne, 2000, 2 pp. images PDF Details
  • WEF Legal Team, WEF Legal Support - Update 18 September, WEF Legal Team; This scan courtesy Viola Wilkins, Melbourne, 18 September, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details

Press Releases

  • Citizens Electoral Council of Australia, Is British Intelligence Planning Violence at the Melbourne WEF Meeting?, Citizens Electoral Council of Australia [This scan courtesy of Viola Wilkins], 8 September, 2000, 1 pp. PDF Details

Stickers

  • Eliot, Karen, Blind Authority Manipulation Corporation, [This scan courtesy of Viola Wilkins], 2000. PDF Details
  • Shut Down the World Economic Forum, S11.org, 2000. PDF Details

Online Resources

Jack Roberts

Created: 1 October 2015, Last modified: 18 February 2025