What city has a population approaching 21,000 and had a peaceful protest against corporate greed?
Ashland, Oregon Ashland is a city in Jackson County, in the State of Oregon. It lies along Interstate 5 approximately 16 mi north of the California border and near the south end of the Rogue Valley. As of 2015, the city's population was approaching 21,000.
2002 World Bank Oslo protests During the World Bank Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics in Oslo, Norway in 2002 large globalization-critical protests were held. A coalition of many organizations organized an alternative conference and a demonstration with more than 10 000 participants, thus making it the largest mass mobilisation in Norway in recent history. Before the protests, there was much concern about violence and riots, but the actual protest was almost entirely peaceful with a few minor incidents.