a fwd from the No-WTO list:
I'd like to remind people, especially Americans, that this is not the beggining. J18 was 5 times bigger as far as I can tell and I'm in the middle of it all at the Independent Media Center in downtown Seattle. This was not 100 cities world wide. We've got more immediate history behind us than N30!
And I'd like to say that Amerika is the most facist country I've ever been in. They have just declared it illegal to carry sell or buy a gas mask in Seattle. I've known that this country has always had very subtle ways of white washing and oppressing but now I've seen some of the most blatantly fascist stuff too.
Let the movement be as transnational as capital and let Amerika realise it when it is.
On to May Day 2000 (the next day of action the international community can do on a mass scale and is focusing on) 12:12
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>While the events unfolding in Seattle are historic, let us not forget that
>this is a global movement. The tens of thousands of people in the Seattle
>streets were joined by people in communities around the world. I have
>heard
>about a few of them--taking over an airline terminal, confrontations with
>police, small demos with a couple of dozen people--and all of them are
>important. Two dozen people who care enough to pass out flyers to holdiay
>shoppers have involved themselves enough to begin creating a community
>network which, when linked to other local networks, can evolve into a
>movement. I've heard too many people complain that their local actions
>were
>insignificant, when nothing can be further from the truth. Don't play the
>media's numbers game.
>
>In Pennsylvania, there were tow actions yesterday, involving hundreds of
>people. In the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area, hundreds of textile workers
>rallied in sub-freezing temperatures to support the N30 agenda.
>
>In Philadelphia, 150 activists rallied outside the Banana Republic
>Superstore. When the weather go too cold, they went inside the store and
>held their news conference, while stunned Banana Republic workers and
>Philly
>police looked on.
>
>These small actions may not have the international impact of the actions
in
>Seattle, but they are the local manifestations of the beginning of a true
>global resistance to corporate domination.
>
>Cherish these small actions, and remember that the Battle in Seattle is
>only
>the first round in a prolonged war against the powers that want to rule
our
>lives.
>
>Michael Morrill
>
>P.S.- See you in Philadelphia on July 30.