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Anarchists Occupy Govt Building in Bolivia

by anonymous anarchy
Debt is a tool of social control that is being resisted in Bolivia.
WITH DYNAMITE AND MOLOTOVS, ANARCHISTS OCCUPY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS (July 2, 2001)

Juventudes Libertarias (Anarchist Youth), Bolivia

Small debtors have been calling for a solution to their credit problems for 95 days. At ten o\'clock this morning some of them took over government buildings. Among them were members of the anarchist-feminist group Mujeres Creando (Women\'s Initiative), whom the government named as responsible for the action.

About a hundred activists occupied the office of the Defensoria del Pueblo (People\'s Defense). several dozen also occupied the office of the Catholic archbishop. But the most striking event occurred at the banking supervisory agency, where a thousand debtors occupied offices and detained 94 of the institution\'s functionaries.

One group of activists passed unnoticed by security guards, went into the banking authority building and took some of its employees as hostages. Groups were also able to enter the bishop\'s office and the Defensor
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