>Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 17:41:11 +0200 >From: "UP.secr. (MG!)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: > [stop-imf] S26 USA UPDATE: Sign on Now for Local Actions! > Date: > Sun, 20 Aug 2000 08:38:34 -0400 (EDT) > From: > Robert Weissman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >Dear Friends: > >Momentum is gathering around the September 26 actions across the United >States, in solidarity with the protests in Prague against the IMF and >World Bank. > >National and local organizations around the country -- in more than 40 >cities! -- are planning actions that target local perpetrators of >corporate globalization, and connecting their plans to the major >demonstrations scheduled for Prague. > >With September 26 now approximately a month away, it is time for >organizing efforts to intensify. If you haven't endorsed the actions or >committed to joining a local protest, now's the time. > >Below follows a list of the organizations endorsing the S26 events, the >cities where actions are already planned, and a call to >action/endorsement >form. If you haven't already, please sign on (international endorsements > >are welcome!). All S26 sign ons and related correspondence should be >directed to Laura McSpedon, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Robert Weissman >Essential Information | Internet: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >----------------------- > >ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS > >AFL-CIO * International Brotherhood of Teamsters * Communications >Workers >of America * Jobs with Justice * Essential Action * 50 Years is Enough >Network * Center for Economic and Policy Research * Rainforest Action >Network * Witness for Peace * Global Exchange * Center for Economic >Justice * Nicaragua Network * Campaign for Labor Rights * Action for >Community & Ecology in the Regions of Central America (ACERCA) >Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean (EPICA) * >Coalition Against Global Exploitation * Citizens Trade Campaign * New >York >City AIDS Housing Network * The United Peoples INTERCONNECT * Milwaukee >Pledge of Resistance * McKeever Institute of Economic Policy Analysis >(MIEPA) * Nuclear Information and Resource Service * United for a Fair >Economy * Boston Global Action Network * New England Global Action >Network >* LP4M, Indonesia *Remdec, Indonesia * Natural Resources and Development > >Institute (NADI),Indonesia * Infoshop.org * April Foundation, Indonesia >* INHURED- International HimRight, Nepal * Anarchist Action of Rochester > >* Toward Freedom * Washington Peace Center * Insaaf (Justice) >International, India * 8th Day Center for Justice * Alliance for >Democracy >* Nicaragua-US Friendship Office *Mexico Solidarity Network *Quixote >Center > >----------------------- > >PARTICIPATING CITIES > >Albany, NY * Asheville, NC * Baltimore, MD * Blacksburg, VA * Boston, MA > >* >Buffalo, NY * Burlington, VT * Chapel Hill, NC * Chicago, IL * >Cleveland, >OH * Dallas, TX * Denver, CO * Detroit, MI * Durham, NC * Erie, PA * >Greenville, SC * Ithaca, NY * Knoxville, TN * Lancaster, PA * Los >Angeles, >CA * Louisville, KY * Miami, FL * Montana * Nashville, TN * New York, NY > >* >Oakland, CA * Philadelphia, PA * Orange County, CA * Pittsburgh, PA * >Portland, ME * Portland, OR * Providence, RI * Raleigh, NC * Richmond, >VA >* Salt Lake City, UT * San Diego, CA * San Fernando, CA * San >Francisco, >CA * Seattle, WA * Syracuse, NY * Trenton, NJ * Tucson, AZ * >Washington, >DC * Wilmington, DE * > >----------------------- > >CALL TO ACTION > >(Note: a formatted, more detailed call to action is available for those > >who would like to print it out and circulate. For the formatted version, > >contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > >Call To Action!!! > >Localize the Movement for Global Justice -- September 26 > >The World Bank and the IMF will hold their semi-annual joint meeting on >September 26, 2000 in Prague, the Czech Republic. The World Bank and >the >IMF, two of the cornerstones of the international financial system, >claim >to be working to eliminate poverty, but their real purpose is to force >developing nations to embrace corporate globalization. The result is >rampant abuse of workers' rights and the environment and the further >impoverishment of the very people the World Bank and IMF are supposedly >there to help. > >Tens of thousands will take to the streets in Prague on September 26 to >protest these harmful institutions and their advance into Eastern >Europe... > >Their fight is our fight! > >Fight Corporate Globalization Where You Stand! Localize The Movement >for >Global Justice! > >Here is What Some are Planning for September 26: > > * Confront a Union-Busting Employer in Your Community who >is >Ignoring his/her workers' Right to Organize! > * Protest a Local Privatization Plan in Your City! > * Hold a Forum on Canceling Third World Debt! > * Target a Toxic-Waste Dumper in Your Community! > * Do a Leafletting or Protest at a Store Location or >Corporate >Headquarters of one an Offensive Corporation! > * Do an action at a CitiBank branch to pressure them to >stop >purchasing World Bank Bonds! > >Endorse the September 26 Day of Action! > >On the occasion of the fifty-fifth annual meetings of the governing >bodies >of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, we call for the >immediate suspension of the policies and practices that have caused >widespread poverty and suffering among the world's peoples and damage to > >the world's environment. We oppose those policies that have encouraged >the >suppression of basic human rights and freedoms, especially those >specific >to women, workers, and the poor. We assert the responsibility of these >institutions, together with the World Trade Organization and >multi-national corporations for an unjust world economic system. > >We issue this call in the name of global justice, in solidarity with the > >peoples of the Global South struggling for survival and dignity in the >face of unjust economic policies. We seek to create just societies, >where >governments are accountable first and foremost to the will of their >peoples for equitable economic development. Only when the coercive >powers >of the international financial institutions are rescinded can such a >society exist. Only when international institutions are no longer >controlled by the wealthiest governments for the purpose of dictating >policy to the poorer ones shall all peoples and nations be able to forge > >bonds - economic and otherwise - based on mutual respect and the common >needs. Only when the well-being of all, including the most vulnerable >people and ecosystems, is given priority over corporate profits shall we > >achieve genuine sustainable development and create a world of justice, >equality, and peace. > >*************************************************************************** > >ENDORSE! JOIN THE DAY OF ACTION! > > >Return this form to: > >Jobs with Justice >501 3rd St., NW >Washington, DC 20001 >Fax. 202-434-1477 >Email. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >___ Yes! 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