The march mobilized hundreds of thousands of women, globally, to demonstrate women's support for an agenda of peace and shared community. This agenda is in direct opposition to the 'bottom line' agenda of the IMF, the World Bank and their ilk. Again, the corporate controlled media in North America downplayed the importance of the issues. They gave little attention to women's concerns and provided very little coverage of the many events held on the continent. Still, women's work to halt corporate greed has not stopped.
Women continue to challenge the corporatization of our world.
Some attend strategy sessions, some write letters, some lobby politicians. Others become politicians. That's what Nettie Wiebe did. Traditionally, the NDP has been progressive in its policies and actions, but the last decade or more has seen it become more and more accepting of the neo-liberal agenda. Nettie's campaign for leadership drove a wedge into that.