Demonstrators carried banners, wore** masksdepicting world leaders and pulled giant floats**, including a** piggy bankand an octopussymbolising global capitalism**. They accused the** financial institutionsof making decisions that affect local communitieswithout giving residents a meaningful say**.
Police blockedthe march near the meeting venue, while brief** scufflesbroke out as protesters tried to hang a bannerfrom a pedestrian bridge**.
Protesters from across Thailand gathered to voice their concerns, rejecting the officialforum as a platform whereordinary people would have littleinfluence. They used a giant** octopusto symbolise powerful economic intereststightening their grip on local communities and their resources**.
The march briefly disrupted traffic at a busy intersection, but protesters eventually managed to display theirbanner calling for anend todestructive capitalism.