The Schumin Web: Midnight March (Hula hooping in the street)

We continued until we reached the Ritz Carlton and the Westin Grand, which are roughly across the street from each other. Both places were housing World Bank and IMF delegates, and so we basically went between the two. The most interesting scene was when one girl took her homemade hula hoop and started using it in the street. She was going for quite some time with it, until the police made those standing in the street go to one side or the other. Thus the performance ended, as everyone crossed over to the Westin Grand side.

"Midnight March" was a demonstration protesting the policies of the World Bank and IMF, held in Washington DC in the early morning of Sunday, October 12, 2008. The goal of the march was to go to the hotels where the World Bank and IMF delegates were staying while in DC, and wake them up in the middle of the night with our anti-capitalist message.

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