16 April 2000 IMF and World Bank - just two of several instruments of national destruction. The IMF will order the closing down of hospitals, schools and factories. The IMF has what is called the MAI - the Multilateral Agreement on Investment. It's the ultimate investment treaty.
Signing leads to the economic destruction of the targeted country.
Well, really, war is simply the MAI of last resort. Well, lots of people have converged on Washington to protest the Bretton Woods system, the IMF and the World Bank. And increasingly people are challenging it, questioning the legitimacy of these Washington institutions. But still there's a lot of confusion. Some think the IMF and World Bank are playing contradictory roles, which is not so.