Protesters gathered in Washington DC on Saturday, April 15 against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The two institutions were supposed to hold their spring meeting this weekend and around ten thousand protesters, whose main goal is the eradication of poverty, marched through the streets of DC. The protesters believe that what the IMF and World Bank do not see are the short-term effects of their proposals for economic growth, which include unemployment and increased poverty. Protesters believe that the only beneficiaries of such ideas are large corporations. Fortunately, although many were arrested, no one was seriously injured, as was the case with protesters in Seattle in November. This is because the D.C. police prepared well in advance, securing appropriate buildings and purchasing new riot equipment. This event is an example of a social movement. It was simply an organized group of people coming together for the purpose of resisting change (in this case, the strategies discussed by the aforementioned institutions) through their collective action. Specifically, this type of social movement is called a resistance movement, because this group was against changing a certain aspect of our society. The main reason activists gathered in protest on Saturday was to denounce the practices and policies of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. which according to the protesters have led to the degeneration of...