The Bilderberg conference, which bills itself as a “forum for
informal discussions” held by the world's top brass, has drawn fire from
protesters gathered near the Interalpen-Hotel Tyrol in Austria,
accusing the attendees of corruption and elitism.
After a rally on Friday, anti-Bilderberg activists re-emerged on Saturday afternoon to protest what many of them refer to as a gathering of criminals. Thousands of protesters are expected to assemble outside the hotel where the Bilderberg group meeting is taking place.
What we have seen is a very tight police cordon. It has been very difficult for many people to get to this area. Some journalists have been subject to rather humiliating police tactics,” RT's Peter Oliver reported.
Some like it hot, but those gathered for the Bilderberg meeting
in Austria seem to prefer it “top secret.” According to the
published agenda, a total of around 140 participants from 22
countries have confirmed their attendance this year, including
German Defense Minister Ursula van der Leyen, NATO
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, UK Chancellor George Osborne
and former President of the European Commission José Manuel
Barroso, just to name a few. One of its past participants is the
former managing director of the International Monetary Fund,
Dominique Strauss Kahn, accused of sexual assault by a New York
hotel maid in 2011.
The key rule of participation is the so-called “Chatham House Rule”, which states that while attendees are free to use the information received, “neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor of any other participant may be revealed.”
A 50-kilometer safety zone has been created and two checkpoints
set up around the event to ensure the safety of the influential
guests. Up to 2,100 officers from all over Austria will be on
duty, along with 300 German police officers, should an emergency
occur during the four-day conference.
American journalist Rob Dew, news director at Infowars, told RT his crew suffered from what he called “police brutality.”
“At the beginning they were very brutal and rude to us. They
saw we're from Texas, pulled us out of the car and searched us.
So the next time we go to the checkpoint we start video taping
because that's what we do in America – when we're feeling
tyranny, we start video taping. And we actually went to the
police station live on Skype during the Alex Jones show and
confronted them because they were calling our hotel manager
asking where we were, when we're going to be back. We were fed up
with it because we'd already shown them our papers and we have
nothing to hide, but we're not going to take humiliation.”
Investigative journalist Tony Gosling told RT the Bilderberg conference tries to “make sure it's as difficult as possible to cover the meetings.” He says the mainstream media are actually part of the group.
“We're given the minimum information and it's very high
security. There are thousands of police and security services in
Austria keeping journalists away. The reason journalists don't
often go is because their bosses are there and want the secrecy.
You're not going to upset your boss by trying to break their vow
of silence,” Gosling said. “We've got around about 20-22
media barrens in there. These are generally controlled private
media corporations, senior editors, managers or owners of the big
media corporations and they are actually the fourth-largest
contingent at Bilderbergs. They are not far behind the bankers
and the politicians and the owners of big industry. Essentially,
media has become something so you can buy and sell,” he
added.
After a rally on Friday, anti-Bilderberg activists re-emerged on Saturday afternoon to protest what many of them refer to as a gathering of criminals. Thousands of protesters are expected to assemble outside the hotel where the Bilderberg group meeting is taking place.
What we have seen is a very tight police cordon. It has been very difficult for many people to get to this area. Some journalists have been subject to rather humiliating police tactics,” RT's Peter Oliver reported.
The key rule of participation is the so-called “Chatham House Rule”, which states that while attendees are free to use the information received, “neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor of any other participant may be revealed.”
American journalist Rob Dew, news director at Infowars, told RT his crew suffered from what he called “police brutality.”
Investigative journalist Tony Gosling told RT the Bilderberg conference tries to “make sure it's as difficult as possible to cover the meetings.” He says the mainstream media are actually part of the group.
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