Anti-WEF Protest in Zurich
Anti-WEF Protest in Zurich
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I'm not supposed to start blogging about Davos and the World Economic Forum until Tuesday, but the WEF found me in Zurich on Saturday night. My son, Jimmy, and I were wandering through the old town to find dinner and we ran into a good-sized protest against the WEF by a couple of hundred folks in black ski masks. They stopped right in front of us (outside the Zic Zac Rock Hotel) and someone did a five minute harangue in German over a megaphone. The protesters were pretty well behaved, and I didn't see a police presence.
The protesters lit off some fireworks: first time one went off I nearly jumped out of my skin.
![](http://www.benetech.org/uploaded_images/Jan22-06 083-755177.jpg)
The main thing the protesters were doing illegal was spraypainting hammers and sickles and anti-WEF slogans. I really liked the "Dance Out WEF," but we didn't find that part of the protest.
![](http://www.benetech.org/uploaded_images/Jan22-06 075-721891.jpg)
I'm not supposed to start blogging about Davos and the World Economic Forum until Tuesday, but the WEF found me in Zurich on Saturday night. My son, Jimmy, and I were wandering through the old town to find dinner and we ran into a good-sized protest against the WEF by a couple of hundred folks in black ski masks. They stopped right in front of us (outside the Zic Zac Rock Hotel) and someone did a five minute harangue in German over a megaphone. The protesters were pretty well behaved, and I didn't see a police presence.
The protesters lit off some fireworks: first time one went off I nearly jumped out of my skin.
![](http://www.benetech.org/uploaded_images/Jan22-06 083-755177.jpg)
The main thing the protesters were doing illegal was spraypainting hammers and sickles and anti-WEF slogans. I really liked the "Dance Out WEF," but we didn't find that part of the protest.
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