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Information sheet about the S26 global day of action
against capitalism as of: July 3rd 2000
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This information sheet is based on the information posted
on the internet through different lists, sent to
resistance@x21.org or posted through the
www.lobsterparty.org website. If you'd like to make
amendments, changes, exclusions, post new S26
discussion lists or include your contact details...please
mail them to desaparecido@gmx.de and to
resistance@x21.org if you'd like to see it posted on the
S26 website which is http://go.to/s26. So this S26 info
sheet can be kept updated and mailed around regularly.
There are activities currently being organised in more than
30 different countries.
index
I) calls to global action
II) Communication : mailing lists
III) Groups / regions planning & proposing activities
IV) Media and Independent Media centre in Prague
V) Money for Praha and beyond !
VI) Resources
VII) upcoming activities
VIII) websites related to S26
IX) general call: S26 will be the next global day of action against capitalism
I) === CALLS TO GLOBAL ACTION:
- INPEG - Prague 2000: available at www.inpeg.ecn.cz
and http://go.to/s26
in English, German, Spanish, Dutch, Turkish, Esperanto,
French, Arabian, Greek, Russian, Finnish, Portuguese,
Hebreic... . All other translations
welcome, mail to: resistance@x21.org
- SOLIDARITA, Czech revolutionary anarchist
organisation. Available at:
http://go.to/s26
- Brazil: call released by projecto periferia and clajadep (in
Portuguese), available at http://go.to/s26 ; and
http://go.to/clajadep
- NAPM INDIA: National Alliance of Peoples Movements,
India. "3rd National Convention of NAPM was a grand
success. About 300 representatives of 70 organisations
from 12 different states of India participated. Many
programmes were finalised. NAPM has also approved the
PGA proposal of international day of action in September
2000 against IMF/WB." Contact: NAPM c/o Chemical
Mazdoor Sabha, Haji Habib Building,Naigoan Cross Rd.
DADAR (EAST), MUMBAI 400014 ( Ph.Off: 022-4150529,
Res.2029296/5369724)
Sanjay Mangala Gopal- National Co-coordinator,
(admin@sanjay.ilbom.ernet.in) call in solidarity with S26
posted at:
http://go.to/s26
- European call by grassroots people and organisations:
(in process, not
released yet)
- Sri Lanka, call by Monlar, in process, not released yet
- general call see IX)
II) === COMMUNICATION: ===
---- MAILING LISTS (CO-ORDINATION and DISCUSSION) ---
International discussion lists:
*<antiimf2000@egroups.com>
International discussion list. Main communication
language: ENGLISH. Join by sending a blank email to
<antiimf2000-subscribe@egroups.com>.
Non-moderated. Aims to discuss and co-ordinate
activities around S26 world wide.
*<resistencia-mexico@egroups.com>
International discussion list. Main communication
language: SPANISH / BRAZILIAN.
Join by sending a blank email to
<mexico-resistencia-subscribe@egroups.com>. Non
moderated. Though labelled 'Mexico' this list is open to
all Spanish and Brazilian speaking people. It aims to
discuss and co-ordinate global resistance , S26 and
contribute to the networking process in Latin America.
*<prag-logistics@egroups.com>
International discussion list. Main communication
language: ENGLISH
Join by sending a blank email to
<prag-logistics-subscribe@egroups.com>.
Non moderated. Suitable for all aspects related to the
mobilisation to Prague: actions, organisational meetings,
independent media centre, caravans, speaker tours etc.
Regional discussion lists:
*<september26collective@egroups.com>
UK based. "We are based in London and are intending to
organise nationally
by proposing a speaking tour which will include
informative discussions
about IMF/World bank combined with practical discussion
about the
practicalities of getting to Prague and networking it with
local activist
networks." Join by sending a blank email to
<september26collective-
subscribe@egroups.com> Communication language:
English
* <US2Prague@egroups.com>
"for Americans willing and wanting to do and support
actions in Prague.
Any information on travel, the law, the cops, visas,
cost$$$, crash pads,
etc is welcomed". Join by sending a blank email to:
US2Prague-subscribe@egroups.com
*<prag2000-de@egroups.com>
Main communication language: GERMAN
coordination list for the mobilisation to Prague and S26
related activities in German speaking regions. Join by
sending a blank mail to
prag2000-de-subscribe@egroups.com
*<praga2000@egroups.com>
main communication language: SPANISH
Coordination list for the mobilisation to Prague and S26
related activities in the Spanish State. Join by sending a
blank mail to praga2000-subscribe@egroups.com
*<n30-pt@listserv.si.fct.unl.pt>
Main communication language: PORTUGUESE
Coordination list for the mobilisation to Prague and S26
activities. Join by sending an email to the list and ask to
be subscribed.
* <s26-brasil@egroups.com>
Main communication language: BRASILIAN
S26 activities in Brasil. Join by sending a blank email to
s26-brasil-subscribe@egroups.com
* <sentyabr26@listbot.com> Bi-lingual (Russian, English)
mailing list has been set up for planning actions and
materials on IMF/WB group impact in Russia and East-
Europe. Send message (in Russian or English) telling
who you are to sentyabr26-owner@listbot.com if you
want to join.
Others:
* a translation-into-spanish-list has been set up: s26-
traducciones-esp@egroups.com
http://es.egroups.com/group/s26-traducciones-esp
This list is to translate relevant and useful information
related to Prague and S26 into Spanish. People willing to
translate should subscribe to the list by sending a blank
email to
s26-traducciones-esp-subscribe@egroups.com
Anyone thinking an information ought to be translated can
post it to:
s26-traducciones-esp@egroups.com
*<nvpreps@listbot.com>
"A couple of us here in California have set up a listserve for
non-violence trainers. I'm hoping that it will allow us to
connect around
the upcoming actions, and for people in different areas
and working on
different actions to co-ordinate, share ideas, experiences,
agendas, and
support. It would be wonderful to have international
participation for
this. Non moderated. To subscribe send a blank email to:
nvpreps-subscribe@listbot.com
III) === Groups / regions planning or proposing activities:
in alphabetical order by continents
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* AUSTRIA
- Vienna, lose coalition of groups going to Praha.
ekh@swi.priv.at, gegeniwf@gmx.at
- Vienna, Pedram Shahin - Linkswende. Contact:
pshahyar@yahoo.de
Tel.: 0043-676-6316202
* CZECH REPUBLIC
- PRAGUE : INPEG(: Initiative Against Economic
Globalization - Prague
2000) is the name of the lose coalition of groups involved
in the organisation of activities in Prague. The activities
involve: direct actions, a counter summit, a political art
festival (the
Art of Resistance), help in the accommodation and more.
September 22-24: Counter Summit
September 26th: autonomous actions in the morning and
in the afternoon a mass action of non violent civil
disobedience aiming to enter and stop the IMF/WB
conference.
More information and contact to the different working
groups:
http://inpeg.enc.cz for more details,
Prague2000_cz@hotmail.com
- Christian Peace Conference CPC (International
Secretariat)
"The CPC is an international movement of Christians for
peace and justice. Several regional groups and CPC
activists in Asia, Southern and Northern America as well
as in Europe are involved in issues of economical
globalisation, debt and neocolonialism. CPC is located in
Prague and can provide technical assistance to groups
joining the protest actions in Prague". Events being
planned are an international consultation 'Commitment for
life facing monetary colonialism' - Slapy, Czech Republic,
Sept. 18-22, Also regional activities in other countries and
regions.
Postal adress: CPC, PO Box 136, Prokopova 4/216, 130
00 Praha 3, Tel.: +(420-2) 22781800 Fax.: (+420-2)
22781801
* ENGLAND
- September 26th Collective(s)
"We are a newly formed group of peoples who want to go
to Prague to protest against the International Monetary
Fund and World Bank whose policies impose harsh
repression to peoples and eco- systems."
More Info at http://x21.org/s26/collective/
- Bristol
"In bristol we are hoping that in the uk, for those not going
to prague, we will be able to network for similtaneous and
similar actions, in diversity, throughout the week.
Contact:s26bristol@yahoo.com
Postal Address: c/o Box 51, GreenLeaf Bookshop, 82
Colston Street, Bristol. BS1 5BB
- Manchester
Contact: ndj@cyberjedi.org.uk
- Oxford 26 Collective. Planned event: Coaches to
Prague, solidarity actions + more. Contact Email:
zerozero@pcworks.demon.co.uk
Web site: http://www.pcworks.demon.co.uk
- Change, is an independent democratic socialist
organisation currently planning solidarity actions for S26
in Prague. Conatct: change@socialist.org ;
http://socialist.org/change
- Location: mainly London but also in other towns and
cities Name/Group: Bolshy - cocky and communist
revolutionary youth Planned event: We are supporting the
actions in Prague and are mobilising for the event.
Land address: Bolshy, PO Box 823, London SE15 4NA
Telephone: 020 7207 3997, Fax: 020 7207 4673
Contact Email: mick@skooldog.fsnet.co.uk
Web site: http://www.bolshy.org.uk
- London. Hellweb - make music/ performance/ comix"
Website: http://go.to/hellweb
Contact: deadpoets@fuckyou.co.uk
Phone Number: 01803 840 530
Postal Address: asim, 1a, queens terrace, totnes, devon
tq9 5jq
- Co-ordinated Direct Action
"We are a small group, Co-ordinated Direct Action
wanting to help co-ordinate protest at a greater level than
was seen at this years May Day. We have set up a
discussion list for this purpose [CDAS26@egroups.com]
which can be joined by mailing subscribe-
CDAS26@egroups.com. We are hoping for a large
number of autonomous actions in London on S26"
* Ex-YUGOSLAVIA : "We decided that it's maybe better
to stay in Croatia and try to do something locally. Also
last week we have met with other anarchists from ex-
Yugoslavia. This meeting was in Bosnia and the idea was
to make a co-ordinated action in all ex-Yugoslavia."
contact: markos@zamir.net
* CROATIA: osijek greens-osjecki zeleni. Planned event:
letters to political parties and ministries, NGO's,
citizens(to house postboxes)
Land address: croatia,31000 osijek,kapucinska 27
Telephone: 00385-31-201-136, Fax: 00385-31-201-136
Contact Email: dzzpsib@os.tel.hr
* FINNLAND: "Finnish anarchist / autonomist network and
Friends of the Earth-Finland have decided to participate in
Prague anti-IMF/WB mobilisations around September
26th. Transport to Prague is being organsied. Local
actions and media support for s26. Contact: Reko Ravela
<ravelre@dlc.fi> or Markus Drake
<markus.drake@helsinki.fi> Itsehallinnollinen Toiminta
(Self-managing Action) - collective, Helsinki"
* FRANCE: a call has been released by the 'sans titre'
network of grassroots organisations. Ideas proposed are
local S26 activities like caravans and also mobilisation to
Prague. Contact: maloka@chez.com,
http://www.chez.com.maloka ; <longomai@karatel.fr>
- Aix-en-Provence, patrick.hutchinson@wanadoo.fr
- Intervention Musical Front. Musicians planning to come
to Prague for s26, from France and beyond ! Contact
Front Musical d'Intervention: paulin@free.fr
- 'Socialisme par en Bas'. Network of revolutionaries
active in faculties, highschools and some working places.
Are organising a gathering in Paris on July 28-29-30 about
the new challenges to the anti-capitalist movement. This
meeting will be a opportunity to coordinate activities for
Prague. Contact: speb@mageos.com
Adresse: BP 15 , 94111 Arceuil Cedex France,tel.: +33-
(0)1 46079937
* GERMANY:
- NIX DA 2000 caravan of bicycles and wagons from
Hannover to Prague in September 2000. Previous
caravans involved people cycling to Geneva May 98,
WTO II Ministerial and to the EU/G8 summit in Cologne in
June 99. For more information contact:
wagen.list@gmx.de or karawane@mail.nadir.org
- website with information about S26 related activities in
Germany: http://go.to/prag-2000
- Hamburg. Linksruck hochschulgruppe
Planned event: reclaim the campus, teach ins, meetings
etc. Land address: p.o box 304 183, 20324 hamburg
lrhg@linksruck.de, www.linksruck.de
Telephone: 040-31792301, Fax: 040-31792350
- Euromärsche: European marches against
unemployment, unsafe occupation and social exclusion.
Coordination in Germany: Hugo Braun. Dorotheenstr. 15,
D-40235 Duesseldorf. Tel/fax.: +49-211-674980
email: braun.d@t-online.de
http://www.euromarches.org
* IRELAND, Revolutionary Youth , plan transport to
Prague. Contact: swssqub@hotmail.com , Postal
Address: SWSSQUB c/o Queens University Students
Union, Belfast
SWSS = Socialist Worker Student Society
* ITALY
- Ya Basta! Milan. The mobilisation to Prague is being
discussed. The recent protests involving the 'white
overalls' have inspired ideas for non violent mass actions
of civil disobedience in Prague. See reports and pictures
at: http://italy.indymedia.org and
http://www.ecn.org/mi29gen0
Contact: yabasta@tin.it
* NETHERLANDS: proposed week of action against
banks. "We would like to finish the week of actions with a
strong anarchist demo against the IMF/WB."
Contact: infocentrum wageningen <infocent@wnet.bos.nl>
* NORWAY:
- Nature&Youth and several other organisations are
getting together planning transport to Prague and
solidarity activities.
Contact: rheiene@hotmail.com
- Contact: Jan Ole Kjellesvig, kjellesvig@usa.net
* POLAND
- Wroclaw -
Anarchist Federation, PO BOX 125 54-433 Wroclaw 60,
Poland
Email: pbn@eko.wroc.pl,
http://www.pbn.biskupin.wroc.pl/Praga/
www.fa.prv.pl/
www.moab.com.pl/anarvista/
* PORTUGAL:
- "The Comissão pela Abolição do Capitalismo
(Comission for the Abolition of Capitalism) is planning
different activities both locally and mobilisation to
Prague." Contact: <cacn30@egroups.com >
- Lisbon, contact: hugomora88@hotmail.com
* RUSSIA / BELORUS / UKRAINE
RUSSIA: Moscow S26 Collective
Planned event: There is a collective based in Moscow
calling for local S26-events all around Russia. Are also
planning transport to Prague.
Contact Email: rk@glasnet.ru
Land address: P.O. Box 13, 109028 Moscow
Web site: http://www.tao.ca/~dikobraz/s26/
other contacts:
(Belarys) antyfa@mail.ru
Rainbow Keepers Kasimov (Russia) rk@lavrik.ryazan.ru
Slavek Tesarek (Czech), koreny@post.cz
* SLOVENIA: "We are about to set up an active group of
people to protest against globalisation and capitalism.
We already did one protest against Nato". Contact:
Jerneja Rebernak <jerneja99@hotmail.com>
* SPANISH STATE :
- RCADE, the Citizens Network for the Abolition of the
External Debt decided at their 3rd gathering to focus on
Prague as the next target of their campaigning.
Contact: www.consultadeuda.org ; <oficina@menta.net>
- Ateneo libertario, Igualadad cose to Barcelona.
Solidarity actions. Contact: "espresion"
<espresion@anota.net>
- many groups involved around Spain: Check out
Movimiento de Resistencia Global :
http://pagina.de/arcuarcu
* EUROPE / proposals activities and other groups:
- ASEED. Action for Solidarity Equality Environment and
Diversity . Are doing support work for the activities in
Prague (Counter summit and more). Contact:
nina@aseed.antenna.nl (CS), vanja@aseed.antenna.nl
- EYFA, European Youth For Action. Are mobilising to
Prague and are organising a summer action camp in
Finnland 1-18 August called Ekotopia. One of the political
focus will be economic globalisation and resistance.
Contact: ecotopia@kulma.net, www.kulma.net/ekotopia
- Proposal for a FREE TRAIN to Prague, September
2000. The idea being to see it as legitimate to use train
transport for free to go to a protest. Contact:
infocent@wnet.bos.nl ;
<akinternationalismus@usa.net> ,
http://people.knup.de/~akinter/
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* ARGENTINA:
- Buenos Aires -
"FOCO is a co-ordination body of several social
organisations fighting against structural adjustments and
the policies of hunger imposed by the IMF/WB among
others. We will join the world wide campaigns by
organising demonstrations of community organisations in
the areas of Lomas de Zamora, Moron and Avellanada
which are regions of Buenos Aires where we are currently
doing a lot of popular work for the construction of a
society of solidarity and equity. Please consider us part
of the S26 day of world wide peoples mobilisation."
Contact: <foco@idemi.org.ar>
- Cordoba -
Organisation: Lazaro llorens. Plan demonstrations in the
streets of Cordoba. Contact: lazaroleon@usa.net , tel.: +
03543 422593
* BOLIVIA
Juventudes Libertarias. Anarchist collective. Currently
organising an Encounter of several libertarian
organisations in order to set up a federation. Possible
actions around S26.
contact: juventudes_libertarias@LatinMail.com
* BRASIL
- São Paulo. Groups: Agencia de Noticias Anarquistas,
CAVE - collectivo Alternativa Verde (among others...).
Diverse activities planned. Contact: Moéisio Reboucas,
Caixa Postal 78, CEP 11525-970 Cubatão-SP/Brasil
email: mrs.ana@uol.com.br
- Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul , Comitê Santa Maria
pela humanidade e contra o neoliberalismo. Contact:
comitesantamaria@zipmail.com.br ,
www.loja.net/master/centrodegravidade
Tel.: (55) 221-6860 and (55) 225-1410
- there are many groups networking for S26. Contact
through s26-brasil@egroups.com
* COLOMBIA
Fundacion America Latina. Interested in making S26
solidarity actions.
Contact: "willylo" <willylo@cable.net.co>
* PUERTO RICO
People doing civil disobedience at the island of Vieques
which has been occupied by the US military by entering
the island in clandestinity. Struggle has been going on
for more than 1 year and has seen 300 arrests. "...more
than ever our struggle is against capitalism and in favor of
the world wide oppressed people. Let us develop
strategies which will transcend the artificial imposed
borders. Up with people ! US marine out of Viesques and
Puerto Rico ! No to IMF/WB! " contact: Ricardo Olivero
Lora <ricardoolivero@hotmail.com>
* VENEZUELA
- Caracas: anarchist collective 'la Comision de Relaciones
Anarquistas (CRA)'. Putting information together and local
actions. Working on setting up an anti-authoritarian
network.
Contact: <ellibertario@hotmail.com>
- Federation of University Centres.
Contact: Gabriel Gil <sordon@cantv.net>
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* ISRAEL
- Email: gshalif@netvision.net.il
- Website : http://www.greencourse.org.il/user/trade
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* USA, San Diego, California
San Diego WTO Alert , contact: katz3693@aol.com
* USA, Mobilisation for Global Justice,
Currently working on 3 aspects: 1) Mobilising people to
Prague 2) support the actions in Prague in any way they
can. Resources, media work, money etc 3) solidarity
actions throughout the States.
Contact: *<PrahaPrague@excite.com>
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* AUSTRALIA
- Melbourne. Protests against the World Economic
Forum, the self proclaimed 'world leaders' to take place
September 11th in Melbourne.
AWOL ( Autonomous Web of Liberation )
See www.s11.org for more information.
- Brisbane. Sunor, Contact Email: earthplod@hotmail.com
* NEW ZEALAND
People supporting S11 actions to close the WEF in
Melbourne. Solidarity actions in NZ with S26. Contact:
kolontai@rocketmail.com
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* ZIMBABWE , African Development Education Network
(ADEN)
Land address: Joseph Pokawa, P.O. Box A1969,
Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe, Tel./fax. : 263 4 667912
aden@telco.co.zw /aden@mango.zw , Web site:
www.aden.org.zw
-------------- a s i a ------------
* INDIA.
- NAPM (National Alliance of Peoples Movements - see
call http://x21.org/org). Contact: NAPM c/o Chemical
Mazdoor Sabha, Haji Habib Building,Naigoan Cross Rd.
DADAR (EAST), MUMBAI 400014 ( Ph.Off: 022-4150529,
Res.2029296/5369724)
Sanjay Mangala Gopal- National Co-coordinator,
(admin@sanjay.ilbom.ernet.in)
- NBA , Narmada Bachao Andolan, ongoing struggles
against dam construction (partly WB projects). See
www.narmada.org
* SRI LANKA. Monlar. Contact: monlar@sltnet.lk
* BANGLADESH: Garments Workers Unity Forum
and the Revolutionary Unity Front. "We decided to
organise a lay seize programme in the premises of WB in
Dhaka on 26 the September. In addition to it, we will
make a demonstration waving black flags. We also
decided that, to make the protest program of the 26th
September all out successful we will wage a militant
movement together through organising students, youths,
women, peasants, workers, progressive political parties
including all other anti imperialists individuals and forces
of this country." See call: http://x21.org/s26. Contact:
Mushrefa Mishu
48 Green Corner (2nd floor), Green Road, Dhaka-1205,
fax.: +880-2-8616977
IV) === INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTRE (IMC) for Prague ===
The idea is to set up an infrastructure along the lines of
the recent
independent media centres experiences in London,
Seattle, Washington and more (see www.indymedia.org).
The people in Prague have requested help and support.
There have been people communicating already from the
U.S., Canada and many places across Europe to see if
they can get an IMC together. A list for organisers has
been set up:
<imc-prague@indymedia.org> . If you want to join you
can send an e-mail to <majordomo@fs.freespeech.org>
with the words "subscribe imc-prague" in the body of the
message (no quotes). People also may be able to
subscribe through the web at
"http://lists.indymedia.org"
***** Media Working Group:
A list serv for international media (mainstream and
alternative, not INDY media) has been established. If you
are interested in working on international media and
plugging into a media/press center that will be
established for the September actions, please join the list
serv at PrahaMedia@egroups.com Subscribe by sending
a blank message to PrahaMedia-
subscribe@egroups.com This list will be used to
coordinate international media with INPEG and folks in
Praha.
V) === MONEY 4 Prague and beyond ===
* We are all ordinary people making extraordinary things.
All activities in Prague are planned with little money and
with strong will and determination. If you or your
organisation can contribute financially, no
matter how small, please send donations to this
account: IPB , Cs.Armady
35, 160 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Europe account
number: 163 775
396/5100 swift code: INBACZPP
* Many Southern and Eastern movements would like to
send a delegate there, in order to make their voices heard
and participate in the mass civil disobedience actions that
are planned, but cannot afford the airfares. We appeal all
organisations and individuals who can afford it to donate
some money for their travel expenses.
It is really important that the movements which have been
struggling against the massive destruction and destitution
created by these institutions, and have only received
repression in return, are also present in Praha. And they
will not be invited by the Bank and the Fund.
In the page http://www.geocities.com/mpmpraha/ you will
find information about the movements that want to send a
representative to Praha and the money that is needed for
each ticket.
If you want to contribute, you have different options:
1. The one that we consider best: you can collect money
in your region or country (asking different organisations to
contribute) and pay for one (or more) flight ticket from
there, without banks or postal money orders in
between. You can pay for the ticket in your country and
ask the airline to issue the ticket in the country of origin
of the person coming. If you want to do this, please let us
know so that we include the information in
the web page.
2. If you cannot collect enough money for a complete
ticket, you can send
a postal money order to:
Recipient: Mouvements Populaires et Mondialisation
(MPM) Address: c/o IAS, Maison des Assoc., 11 rue des
Savoises; 1205 Geneva,
Switzerland Purpose: Praha 2000
3. Finally, you can also transfer your donations to the
following account: Account holder: Mouvements
Populaires et Mondialisation (MPM)
Account number: 70.505.5
Bank: Banque Alternative BAS
Address: CP 161, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland
Bank code (Clearing bancaire): 8390
Purpose: Praha 2000
It is important that you write 'Praha 2000' as the purpose
of the transfer since the same account is used for several
other purposes. All the funds received for Praha 2000 will
be entirely devoted to pay the travel expenses of
representatives of Southern and Eastern movements.
Please contact <mpmgva@gmx.net> in case you have
any questions.
Mouvements Populaires et Mondialisation
VI) === RESOURCES ====
* NEW IMF REPORT- FoE US has issued a new report
(english): "The IMF: Selling the Environment Short". The
report includes case studies from IMF policies in the Ivory
Coast, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Nicaragua,
Brazil and Guyana. It can be downloaded from:
www.foe.org
* People interested in producing documentation and
resources about the social effects of IMF/WB policies in
East European countries. Please contact : Antti
Rautiainen <antti@polly.phys.msu.su>, kessi@kein.org
* "Capital Punishment - imf/wb uncovered" is a recent
publication by Greenpepper in co-operation with INPEG.
32 Pages, case studies, calls, action reports, art'n grafix.
English. Contact and orders: gp@arkademie.squat.net
* video: "Breaking the Bank: A Challenge to the IMF &
World Bank" 74 Minutes, VHS tape, NTSC. After the
Seattle victory that stopped the World Trade Organization
in itst 'fast' tracks, tens of thousands converged to
challenge the International Monetary Fund and World
Bank at their April 2000 meeting in Washington D.C.
Once again, videomakers from the Independent Media
Centre were on the spot to provide the non-corporate
coverage you just won't find anywhere else. "Breaking the
Bank" provides informative background segments on the
history and impact of the IMF and World Bank. The
program features extensive coverage of the events in
Washington, the street blockade tactics, the police
repression, the rallies and the celebration of so many
people coming together united in a common cause.
Breaking the bank features material from the two half-hour
television programs (originally Satellitecast April 21st
2000) plus additional segments. This extended 74 minute
version of this program is available for home distribution
from the participating producer groups listed on the order
form).
You can watch it on line or order it with a credit card at
http://dc.indymedia.org/ . Special discount rates for
Organizers who plan to show the tape around. Contact
dc_imc@yahoo.com
* 'Anarchist resistance to Capitalism in the Age of
Globalisation ' all anarchists welcome, more information
is at this site.
http://phorum.tao.ca//list.php3?num=15
VII) === UPCOMING ACTIVITIES ===
- Next European meeting of grassroots organisations and
individuals in Prague : August 18th-20th (possibly 19). The
meeting will discuss and co-ordinate activities related with
the protests and activities in Prague Agenda being
discussed on the prag-logistics@egroups.com list.
Please try to discuss topics and proposals in your
organisations/platforms first before coming to Prague. If
you would like to attend and want more information,
please contact:
Prague2000-cz@hotmail.com and visit http://inpeg.ecn.cz
VIII) === WEBSITES related to S26 ===
* <s26-web@egroups.com> is a list that has been set up
to co-ordinate s26 websites and information flow. Join by
sending a mail to s26-web-subscribe@egroups.com
* http://go.to/s26 - Global website with calls, contacts,
resources, links. Translations needed, contact
resistance@x21.org
* INPEG, Initiative
Against Economic Globalisation Prague 2000,
www.inpeg.ecn.cz
* Peoples Global Action : www.agp.org (with
links to
previous global days of action and caravans)
* www.ainfos.ca - multilingual news service run by and for
anarchists. Use it to share information about your
struggles
IX) S26 will be the next Global Day of Action against
Capitalism.
(the following text is already available in several
languages see http://go.to/s26)
Already, many groups around the world are preparing for
this event, 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.
September 26-28 the IMF and World Bank are holding
their 55th annual summit in Prague. A mass mobilisation
of people to Prague is beginning. 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.
European grassroots groups have met recently and are
planning a European wide mobilisation to Prague and also
decentralised action. The idea has been discussed and
supported by several Latin American movements which
met in Nicaragua recently. The Indian 'National Alliance of
People's Movements' issued a statement which you can
read here. More messages from round the world are on the
Calls to Action page.
The September 26 Global Day of Action proceeds from
the successes of the previous global Days of Action
against Capitalism on June 18 and November 30 of last
year and May 1 of this year. S26 expands on these
previous 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
this process of building up a strong, bold, and creative
grassroots movement for a society in which people do not
exploit or oppress each other, communities or the
environment, but one that is based on solidarity, co-
operation, grassroots democracy, and ecological
sustainability.
As on previous occasions, people of different movements
and different countries will join forces on this day against
the social, political, and economic institutions of the
capitalist system - in particular against the
World Bank and the IMF.
Workers, the unemployed, students, trade unionists,
peasants, the landless, fishers, women groups, ethnic
minorities, indigenous peoples, peace activists,
environmental activists, ecologists, and so on will work
in solidarity with one another in the understanding that
their various struggles are not isolated from each other.
The simultaneous occupation and transformation of the
capitalist social order around the globe - in
the streets, neighbourhoods, fields, factories, offices,
commercial centres, financial districts, and so on - will
strengthen mutual bonds at the local, national, and
international levels.
As before, the day will be organised in a non-hierarchical
way, as a decentralised and informal network of
grassroots groups that employ non-authoritarian,
grassroots democratic forms of organisation, struggle
independent of the social, political, and economic
institutions of the capitalist system, and seek to effect
change directly through their own action. Each event or
action will be organised autonomously by each group,
while coalitions of various movements and groups can be
formed at the local, regional, and national levels. A
strategy that may be useful at the local level is that
various groups co-operate in creating a surrounding
atmosphere of carnival and festivity as a setting for their
various actions.
Examples of conceivable actions are: strikes -
demonstrations - critical mass bike rides - carnivals -
street parties - reclaiming streets, government land or
office buildings for non commercial and good activities
- marches - music - dancing - speeches - handing out
flyers - banner hangings - distributing community
controlled newspapers - street theatre - building gardens -
handing out free food - mock trade fairs - offering no
interest loans outside major banks - solidarity actions -
pickets - occupations of offices - blockades and
shutdowns - appropriating and disposing of luxury
consumer goods - sabotaging, wrecking, or interfering
with capitalist infrastructure - appropriating capitalist
wealth and returning it to the working people - declaring
oneself independent from capitalism and authoritarian
governments - setting up grassroots'
community councils and holding meetings outside city
halls - setting up economic alternatives, like workers' co-
operatives - promoting economic alternatives to capitalist
companies - promoting grassroots based forms of
community organisation - etc.
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 (see resources).
A public international contacts list is regularly posted to
them in order to facilitate decentralised and non-hierarchic
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) email address, (f) telephone
number, (g) fax number or (h) web site.
There are many things we need to do, to make the best of
September 26 at the global, local, and national levels. We
need to spread information about it among as many
suitable groups and movements as possible. We need to
spread and share propaganda materials, such as leaflets
and posters. And, in general, we need to share our
experiences, thoughts and ideas with one other and help
each other out. At the local level, information about the
day needs to be spread and discussed among groups
and individuals, meetings need to be organised, events
planned, leaflets printed and distributed, funds raised,
laughter and conversation shared.
The process of building up our movements can and
should be continued through further global days of action
against capitalism in the future.
Any "enquiries" or concerns about the September 26
global day of action should be directed to other activists
in the group, city, country or on the various mailing lists,
for us to mutually help each other with ideas
and advise. There is no-one in charge or pulling the
strings for the day. It will be a radically decentralised and
non-hierarchic event entirely of our own creation in co-
operation and solidarity with one another.
NEEDED: Translators !!! To make S26 information
available in every language,
from http://212.67.202.59/~resistance/s26/
Please contact resistance@x21.org