From: "Harald Beyer-Arnesen" <haraldba-AT-online.no>
Subject: AUT: Re: Demo numbers worldwide
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 05:41:30 +0100



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From: "chris wright" <cwright.21stcentury-AT-rcn.com>
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Sent: 18. februar 2003 06.26
Subject: AUT: Demo numbers worldwide


> This is a listing of what I have seen so far internationally.  Note I am
> rounding numbers and this is NOT an attempt at a complete list.  I left
> a lot of places out.  Also, some numbers from Indymedia seem radically
> inflated, while others seem about right.  

Not all that important but:

The number you give for Barcelona -- 500 000 -- most likely
too low, also according to all mainstream Spanish papers
I have seen. According to the police 1.3 million people participated
in the demonstration in Barcelona. (Some of course operate with
higher figures, up to 2.5 million, but most papers I have been able
to see give either "over a million" or 1.3 million for Barcelona).

The paper El Mundo has calculated 880 000 for Madrid based
on average figures pr square meter. I suspect it to be fairly
correct.

I also seen a website that comes to 4 847 900 for the whole of
Spain when using firgures given either by the police or the main
local newspaper (probably fairly accurate) 6 930 900 when relying
on the organizers own figures (probably inflated) and 2 665 600
according to the central government figures (which probably is
too low.) In all circumsatnces a lot of people.

(The figure for whole of Norway should btw. be about 125 000.
It should be pretty sober.)

Harald



 




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