The G-20 nations represent two thirds of global population, in 1982, Ratz (co-founder of the German chapter of the network Attac) registered a peace demonstration in Bonn, but the speech only lasted 16 seconds in the nightly news, "It's hard to imagine such a thing today". he worries more about the Hamburg government than with media. Some protesters in Hamburg slept in tents in a park at peninsula in order to protest against the Global System, the police responded with zero tolerance against them, the protesters consists on church groups, environmental organizations, refugees, etc... According to World Bank, global poverty is constantly improving.
Werner Rätz coordinated the Hamburg protesting event, as he said "The global system is in trouble everywhere," and "It's an opportunity for the alternativo movement."
The protests were carried out by Anti-globalization protestants, consisting of church groups, environmental organizations, trade unions, refugee councils and peace movements. Their objective was to stand in the way of world leaders to resolve and revert this issue.