From: Lflanders at aol.com Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 17:00:54 EST Subject: Fwd: ENRON ACTION MONDAY - NYC
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE!
www.anotherworldispossible.com
Contact:
Kate Cooper
(917) 374-7087
THEY ARE ALL ENRON! WE ARE ALL ARGENTINES!
Participatory street theater, nonviolent direct action tomorrow
at Arthur Andersen and the Argentine Consulate General
(Mon., Feb. 4, 12 noon, 6th Ave. betw. 55th and 56th Streets)
Another World Is Possible, the coalition that organized the successful mass
rally and march against the World Economic Forum in New York on Sat., Feb. 2,
will be continuing its campaign against corporate globalization tomorrow with
two actions: at the New York offices of accountant Arthur Andersen and the
Argentine Consulate General.
The Andersen action will highlight one of activists' main objections to the
World Economic Forum, say organizers. Enron Corporation, the Andersen client
that collapsed recently after evidence surfaced of massive "irregularities"
in its financial reporting, was a strong supporter of the WEF for years; its
chairman and mastermind, Kenneth Lay, was slated to attend the New York WEF
meeting until just a few weeks before the meeting began. And Enron
personifies the incestuous connections between business leaders and elected
officials that lead to the making of public policies that destroy communities
while enriching multinational corporations.
Another World Is Possible demands that Enron open all books to public
scrutiny and return all money stolen from employees, US taxpayers, and all
pension accounts.
The action will move one short block away, at 2:30pm, to the Argentine
Consulate General, organizers say, where activists will offer their support
to the Argentine people - the latest victims of the neoliberal economic
policies that the WEF has promoted for many years. Some activists will bring
pots, pans and other kitchen utensils to bang on, as Argentines did a few
weeks ago when they successfully demanded the resignation of the
International Monetary Fund-backed President de la Rua.
Activists will sing Argentine songs and take up a collection to help the
people of Argentina, demonstrating that while the US government, the IMF,
banks and corporations have turned their backs on Argentina, the people have
not.
Another World Is Possible is a broad-based coalition that includes organized
labor, students, environmentalists, human rights campaigners, and other
anti-corporate-globalization activists. Our aim is to educate Americans about
the destructive effects of corporate globalization and how to organize
against it. For more information, visit or Web site at
www.anotherworldispossible.com.
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