Several arrests are made, but the day is free of violence. The first Reclaim the Streets demonstration is held in Sydney, where 3,000 people manage to blockade the busy Enmore Road in the city centre. After the road is taken, Sydney police cooperate with the protesters and RTS negotiates regular closures of the road with the city council. Illegal street parties are held simultaneously in 17 cities across the globe. The internet is used as the main means of communication for the first time.
All parties pass relatively peacefully.
RTS activists shut down the eastbound Central Line on the London Underground by climbing on the roof of a tube train at Bank station. The action is in support of striking tube workers. Demonstrators occupy Southwark Bridge, which is swiftly converted into another street party. Violence erupts in the centre of the City, where a minority of protesters try to storm the London International Financial Futures Exchange. Dozens are arrested and 150 injured.