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The WOMBLES (White Overalls Movement Building Libertarian Effective Struggles) are a loosely aligned anarchist and anti-capitalist group based in London. They gained prominence in the early 2000s for wearing white overalls with padding and helmets at protests, mimicking the Italian group Tute Bianche. ==History== The group was founded by some of those who came together as the September26Collective to organise transport to Prague for actions to disrupt the meeting of the World Bank and IMF, on their return. Since then they have participated, and helped organise, various protests, including the Halloween 2002 protest, and May Day 2001, Thessaloniki, €uroMayDay and Gleneagles. They claim to operate in a "non-hierarchical but self-disciplined way". "On Mayday 2000 the cops gave (protesters ) a good kicking", (their website ) says. In response to this, the group was started to provide "self-protection from the depredations of the constabulary" (the police). They have since abandoned their trademark white overalls because they found it made them too visible and open to attack, instead favouring clothing that enables them to be anonymous. In July 2004 they attended the Peoples Global Action Conference in Jajinci, Serbia.〔(Content of the PGA Daily of Saturday 24-07-2004 ) Accessed 8 November 2008〕 In October 2004 they helped organise ''Beyond ESF''〔http://www.wombles.org.uk/article20060455.php〕 at Middlesex University's Tottenham campus. It was organised as an anti-authoritarian alternative to the European Social Forum, happening in London at the same time. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WOMBLES」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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