Alterglobalist demonstrations pass off peacefully on second day of summit

The demonstrators kept their word and organized a quiet anti-capitalist happening. About 3,000 participants, mainly young people, marched near the Victoria hotel, the National Bank of Poland and the Ministry of Finance to the Prime Minister's Office, but neither fought with the heavily-armed police nor smashed shop-windows. Instead, there was dancing, singing and the playing of loud music. 8,000 police officers, backed up by armored cars, helicopters and water cannon, were drafted in from across the country for the event. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A1, Puls Biznesu, p.32) K.J.