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LEAP DAY ACTION NIGHT
A roving, creative, theatric festival of Resistance to Corporate Domination in Downtown Berkeley and around the world
Use your extra day to smash capitalism, patriarchy and the state
Meet at Berkeley BART station (Center & Shattuck) at 6 p.m. on Leap Day, Tuesday, February 29 for a rally, followed by a simultaneous march and critical mass (if numbers are sufficient-- otherwise we'll just march) to visit and protest various corporate outposts in Berkeley.
Be prepared for a PARTICIPATORY puppet theatre action: Tiny finger puppets will be passed out to participants (its a lot easier to escape, if necessary, than if we used huge ones on sticks) with four different categories:
* police finger puppets * WTO delegate finger puppets * non-violent blockader finger puppets; and * Eugene Anarchist finger puppets.
Then we'll re-enact Seattle N30 in front of big corporate banks. At each bank we can all switch puppets and experience different roles. Plus, no real tear gas will be used!
We'll be roving the streets of Berkeley meeting out comic justice to horrible corporations which are killing the planet, controlling its people, and making life less fun than it should be.
Block a little traffic and party in the street!
Multi-national corporations within a 3 block radius of Berkeley BART that we'll try to visit:
***Banks and Financial institutions
Bank of America Citibank Wells Fargo Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter Union Bank Washington Mutual Cal Fed Bank
***Biggest landlord in Berkeley; owns over 1,000 units of housing (also defendant in recent sex slavery/death case)
Reddy Realty
***Fast Food, chain store food
McDonalds Starbucks Burger King Taco Bell Subway Sandwiches Jamba Juice Ben & Jerrys High Tech Burrito
***Corporations promoting cultural hegemony
Barnes & Noble Blockbusters
***Multi-national Auto corporations
Toyota
***Other Chain stores/corporate outposts
Mailboxes, Etc. Kinkos Eddie Bauer Walgreens Ross Dress for Less Princeton Review Site for Sore Eyes Sees Candy Powerbar Building (!) For Eyes 24 Hour Fitness
Some of our many DEMANDS: (add your own--bring a sign!)
* Corporations out of Berkeley! * Corporations out of the World! * No Work on Leap Day--Don't give your boss your extra day! * Free the commons / protect and enhance public space * Cars out of Berkeley! * No on Props 21 and 22! * Stop corporate graffiti (advertising) * Up with Frogs / Free the Creeks in Berkeley / Leap for it!
Bring visually interesting and fun stuff: noisemakers, finger puppets, bikes, skateboards, instruments, flags, signs, banners, decorations, pie pans
Wear a face mask or a disguise!
Sponsored by Crafts & Insurrection Convergence
For more information, ask a wingnut or call (510) WIN-GNUT
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and just one week until Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Parade all day in Berkeley
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