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,
June 18th and November 30th 1999, April 16th 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@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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