[R-G] Disrupt the IMF and the World Bank meetings: Washington DC, October 19-21, 2007

[Tim Murphy]

www.50years.org 

www.octoberrebellion.org

CALL TO ACTION: DIGNITY, AUTONOMY AND SOLIDARITY OVER GREED AND CORPORATE
POWER!

Disrupt the IMF and the World Bank meetings: Washington DC, October
19-21,2007

The misery, marginalization, and impoverishment forced on millions by the
International Monetary Fund and World Bank is unacceptable and renders them
illegitimate.

The IMF and World Bank are controlled by rich imperialist countries in
corrupt complicity with national elites all over the world. They claim to
lead the fight against poverty, but their role as global loan sharks; their
cruel imposition of privatization, cuts to social services, and free trade
policies; their funding for environmentally disastrous projects; their
secrecy and undemocratic decision making processes, make them an enemy of
the people worldwide.

Today, these two institutions are on the defensive. Venezuela, Bolivia, and
Ecuador are in open revolt against the IMF and World Bank. South African
shantytown dwellers are fighting water privatization; Korean workers are
striking against "free trade" agreements; and thousands of people
successfully blockaded the G8 meeting in Germany earlier this year.

In the U.S., in the heart of empire, millions are struggling against the
oppressive system of capitalism for dignity, autonomy and solidarity. Tens
of thousands gathered for the first ever United States Social Forum;
millions of immigrants have marched for their rights; and in Washington
DC,in the belly of the beast, residents are organizing against the policies
of gentrification and displacement.

This year social movements from all over the world gathered at the World
Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya to devise the next stage in the assault
against the World Bank and IMF. In solidarity with our allies in the Global
South, and recognizing the toll corporate capitalism takes on our own lives,
Washington DC-based activists and our allies are calling for actions at the
IMF/World Bank headquarters in Washington DC, during the upcoming annual
meetings, October 19-21.

Our demands are simple:

§ Cancel all impoverished country debt to the World Bank and IMF, using the
institutions' own resources.

§ End neoliberal structural adjustment policies, which prioritize profit for
the few over the lives of the many.

§ End the social and environmental devastation caused by oil, gas, mining
and big dam projects.

It's time to strike another blow against Global Capitalism.

Tear Down the World Bank and IMF. Raise up the resistance.
Join us in Washington DC on October 19-21, 2007.

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Events Calendar (under heavy construction):

Thursday, October 18th
All day Workshops and Trainings! To submit a workshop proposal send an email
to outreach at octoberrebellion.org
6:30pm: Spokescouncil for Friday actions.
7:00pm: Teach-in on the Institutions of Neoliberalism.

Friday, October 19th 
12:00pm-2:00pm March/Rally at ICE-Immigration and Customs Enforcement
5:00pm-7:00pm Dinner and workshop on gentrification in DC

Saturday, October 20th
10:00am-12:00pm Gentrification Tours 
1:00om-3:00pm March/Rally to the World Bank/IMF.
3:00-5:00 People's Tribunal. To submit trial ideas contact
outreach at octoberrebellion.org
6:30pm- 8:00pm: Action Group Meeting.

Sunday, October 21st
All dayWorkshops and Trainings! Submit your proposal to
outreach at octoberrebellion.org

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