Joe R. Golowka joegolowka at earthlink.net Anarchist FAQ - http://www.infoshop.org/faq
"According to the libertarian litany, if an industry or an institution is making a profit, it is satisfying "wants" whose origins and content are deliberately disregarded. But what we want, what we are capable of wanting is relative to the forms of social organization. People "want" fast food because they have to hurry back to work, because processed supermarket food doesn't taste much better anyway, because the nuclear family (for the dwindling minority who have even that to go home to) is too small and too stressed to sustain much festivity in cooking and eating -- and so forth. It is only people who can't get what they want who resign themselves to want more of what they can get. Since we cannot be friends and lovers, we wail for more candy." - Bob Black ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andreas Rockstein" <andreas.rockstein at angelfire.com> To: "US to Prague" <UStoPrague at egroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:38 AM Subject: [UStoPrague] north america call for a day of action sept. 26th
> Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 13:43:24 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Lesley Wood <organize_1999 at yahoo.com>
> To: toronto at tao.ca
> Subject: call for a day of action sept. 26th
>
> Call for A Day of Action Against Capitalism across North America on
September 26, 2000
>
> In solidarity with the global day of action worldwide, we propose that
communities throughout North America organize actions for September 26th,
2000.
>
> >From September 26th to 28th 2000, the International Monetary Fund and the
World Bank are holding their 55th annual summit in Prague. A mass
mobilization of people to Prague has begun. On September 26, peoples of the
world will express their opposition to the World Bank and the IMF and their
policies. Peoples of the world will join together in an expression of
solidarity with the demonstrators in Prague in recognition that the
capitalist system, based on the exploitation of people, societies, and the
environment for the profit of a few, is the prime cause of our social and
ecological troubles.
>
> Groups in Asia, Australia, Central and South America and Europe have
already been meeting about the Day of Action and many are planning to both
send activists to Prague, and also to organize decentralized local actions
in communities around the world. After the days of action on April 16th, the
Republican and Democratic Conventions and the OAS/FTAA conference, and
countless important local actions against injustice, it is important that
communities across North America continue to express our visions of
resistance on this Global Day of Action.
>
> The September 26 Global Day of Action proceeds from the successes of the
previous global Days of Action against Capitalism on May 16th 1998, June18th
and November 30th 1999, and May 1st of this year. S26 expands on these days
in the same spirit. Through those days our networks grew, we learned much,
and we saw many new people engage themselves. September 26 will continue
the process of building a strong, bold and creative grassroots movement for
a society which is based on solidarity, co-operation, grassroots democracy
and ecological sustainability.
>
> Workers, the unemployed, immigrants, students, people of color, trade
unionists, peasants, the landless, fishers, women's groups, queer groups,
ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples, peace activists, environmental
activists, ecologists and so on will work in solidarity with one another in
the understanding that our various struggles are not isolated from one
another. The simultaneous occupation and transformation of the capitalist
social order around the globe - in the streets, neighborhoods, fields,
factories, offices, commercial centers,financial districts and so on - will
strengthen mutual bonds at the local, national and international levels and
express a strong message of resistance and solidarity.
>
> As before, the day will be organized as a decentralised and informal
network of grassroots groups that employ non-authoritarian, democratic forms
of organization, and seek to effect change directly through their own
action. Each event or action will be organized autonomously by each group,
reflecting local priorities and needs, while coalitions of various movements
and groups can be formed on the local, regional or national levels.
>
> If you or your group plan to join this day of action, please let others
know as soon as possible, to facilitate networking and communication.
>
> There are several international mailing lists available for open
discussions and co-ordination. A public international contact list is
regularly posted to these lists in order to facilitate decentralized
networking.
>
> To have your contact information added to it, please contact
resistance at x21.org indicating
> (a) the country and location in which you plan to
> take action, plus any other information you
> see fit, for instance
> (b) the name of your group, coalition or yourself,
> (c) the events or actions being planned,
> (d) your land address,
> (e) your email address,
> (f) your telephone number,
> (g) fax number or (h) website.
>
>
>
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