The information was not completely disclosed and then when we got that information we realized that either they had criminal backgrounds or their intention was not to come here and demonstrate peacefully. Jeff Crosby, president of the Central Labour Council in Lynn, Massachusetts, was denied entry to Canada at the border crossing in Derby, Vermont. According to Mr. Crosby, the reasons for turning him away were not specific, but it clearly had to do with his intention to travel to Quebec City for the alternative People's Summit, said the Canadian Labour Congress, which had invited him. Speaking at a news conference yesterday, French peasant activist Jose Bove said the real violence in Quebec City is the harm inflicted by multinational corporations and financial institutions on the citizens of the world. He said the global free market in agriculture benefits only huge agri-food corporations, while peasants and family farmers are driven into bankruptcy and starvation by artificially deflated produce prices.
Violence is the free market.
That's the only thing I know. Mr. Bove said the security fence enclosing the Summit area is in itself an act of violence. The violence is on the side of the Canadian state. They are the ones who built the wall. Although CLAC is not organizing violent protests, CLAC member Jaggi Singh said he was aware of some protesters who plan to try to enter the summit security perimeter in an act of civil disobedience.