It seems ironic that some public misconceptions about G-20 protesters have involved the idea that activists are storing human waste to be used against the police and other people. My guess is that the vast majority of the people involved with protesting the G-20 are also intensely and extensively involved in serving their communities, whether it's helping to feed, house, or educate people or some other type of sevice.

Today two young men repeated to me the tale of urine -filled barrels being discovered in Seattle in 2000. He also said people staying at a small tent city in the Hill District had something similar going on during the past few days.

His view of the people at the tent city contrasts with that of the people at the People's Summit who talked about the problems of foreclosures and how domestic and international policies are hurting people. It seems that an element of public sentiment about the G-20 is the idea that people who question and oppose our leaders are pretty much lowlife terrorists and the people who are hurting econi

za of United Students Against Sweatshops, said that Obama is wrong by saying that G-20 protestors have too abstract ideas in terms of their opposition to G-20.

Another speaker is talking about Burma changing from being the rice bowl of Asia to being a country used for Russia and other countries which use that money to fund their military. She also said we must stand with Honduras. The militarization of our country is something we must address, in terms of our prisons. Our military is used to give our natipn its increasing access to the world's resources. -UN should distribute funds of G-20 to cancel Third World debt

Now Priva Hang ' andu of the organizatipn called Jubilee Zambia is speaking. Poor countries need to be part of decision-making. US has suppoerted repressive regime in the Congo. Why should South Africa service a debt that was used against its people. The developed world must stop extracting resources from poor countries. We must end double standards, in terms of policies toward poor countries. We must stop subsidizing agriculture of rich countries. We need better definitions for development. Stop forcing poor countries into debt.

Helena Wong is now speaking. She is working with a group called , as an acronym , CAAAV. She is telling stories about individuals and families experiencing hardship caused by, according to her, by "corporate and capitalist elites" have denied so many a place at the table.