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Days of Action Against the IMF and World Bank
Washington DC. October 19-21, 2007
In January, grassroots social movements, including the 50 Years is Enough Network, gathered at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya to call for Global Days of Action against Debt and the IFI's (http://50years.org/cms/updates/story/411). Hundreds of organizations from all continents are organizing events around the world starting on October 14, 2007 and culminating with the IMF/World Bank annual meetings October 19-21.In solidarity with this call, the 50 Years Is Enough Network and our allies across the U.S. are calling for a National Mobilization in Washinton DC against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank during their annual meetings, from October 19-21. Momentum for this event is building rapidly. Organizations are signing on to our call to action (below) and organizing in their communities to attend, Youtube videos are being made all across the nation, we have secured mass housing and events are being developed. It's time to raise up the resistance. --- WHAT CAN YOU DO? 1. Sign on to the Call to Action and help circulate it to other organizations for signatories. Contact ruth@50years.org. 2. Attend a national outreach call to find out how you can get plugged in to the organizing. 3. Host organizing events in your community to let people know about the upcoming mobilization. You could host a house party or a 50 Years Popular Education training. 4. Organize people in your community to participate in the day of action. 5. Join a October Mobilization Working Group. 6. Help support the organizing efforts by making a donation. --- (Spanish translation available: www.50years.org/cms/updates/story/414) CALL TO ACTION: DIGNITY, AUTONOMY AND SOLIDARITY OVER GREED AND CORPORATE POWER! Disrupt the IMF and the World Bank meetings: Washington DC, October 19-21,2007 The misery, marginalization, and impoverishment forced on millions by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank is unacceptable and renders them illegitimate. The IMF and World Bank are controlled by rich imperialist countries in corrupt complicity with national elites all over the world. They claim to lead the fight against poverty, but their role as global loan sharks; their cruel imposition of privatization, cuts to social services, and free trade policies; their funding for environmentally disastrous projects; their secrecy and undemocratic decision making processes, make them an enemy of the people worldwide. Today, these two institutions are on the defensive. Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador are in open revolt against the IMF and World Bank. South African shantytown dwellers are fighting water privatization; Korean workers are striking against "free trade" agreements; and thousands of people successfully blockaded the G8 meeting in Germany earlier this year. In the U.S., in the heart of empire, millions are struggling against the oppressive system of capitalism for dignity, autonomy and solidarity. Tens of thousands gathered for the first ever United States Social Forum; millions of immigrants have marched for their rights; and in Washington DC,in the belly of the beast, residents are organizing against the policies of gentrification and displacement. This year social movements from all over the world gathered at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya to devise the next stage in the assault against the World Bank and IMF. In solidarity with our allies in the Global South, and recognizing the toll corporate capitalism takes on our own lives, Washington DC-based activists and our allies are calling for actions at the IMF/World Bank headquarters in Washington DC, during the upcoming annual meetings, October 19-21. Our demands are simple: § Cancel all impoverished country debt to the World Bank and IMF, using the institutions' own resources. § End neoliberal structural adjustment policies, which prioritize profit for the few over the lives of the many. § End the social and environmental devastation caused by oil, gas, mining and big dam projects. It's time to strike another blow against Global Capitalism. Tear Down the World Bank and IMF. Raise up the resistance. Join us in Washington DC on October 19-21, 2007. --- Events Calendar (under heavy construction): Thursday, October 18th All day Workshops and Trainings! To submit a workshop proposal send an email to outreach@octoberrebellion.org 6:30pm: Spokescouncil for Friday actions. 7:00pm: Teach-in on the Institutions of Neoliberalism. Friday, October 19th 12:00pm-2:00pm March/Rally at ICE-Immigration and Customs Enforcement 5:00pm-7:00pm Dinner and workshop on gentrification in DC Saturday, October 20th 10:00am-12:00pm Gentrification Tours 1:00om-3:00pm March/Rally to the World Bank/IMF. 3:00-5:00 People's Tribunal. To submit trial ideas contact outreach@octoberrebellion.org 6:30pm- 8:00pm: Action Group Meeting. Sunday, October 21st All dayWorkshops and Trainings! Submit your proposal to outreach@octoberrebellion.org. Endorsers: |
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