From: nattyreb@ix.netcom.com
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 01:56:12
Subject: !* BayArea's June 18 Int'l Day of Action Against Corporate Globalization

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JUNE 18 INTERNATIONAL ACTION
The June 18th Day of Action coincides with the June 18th-20th G8 meeting in
Koln, Germany.  The 'G8' consists of the leaders of the eight most
industrialized countries and exists solely to promote economic
globalization, "free" trade and corporate dominance. Last year's
international co-ordinated day of action took place during the G8 meeting
in
Birmingham, England and the World Trade Organization's meeting in Geneva,
Switzerland. It was the largest international coordinated action against
economic globalization ever: in Brasilia 50,000 landless peasants were on
the streets, while in Hyderabad, India, 200,000 protested.   Over
thirty actions took place in twenty countries. This year promises to be
even
bigger and we want to make a strong showing in the Bay Area.

MOBILIZATION ON GLOBALIZATION
The World Trade Organization will be holding a Ministerial Summit in
Seattle from Nov. 29 through Dec. 3, 1999 -- on the eve of the WTO's fifth
anniversary. This summit meeting will determine the WTO's agenda for
negotiations for the coming decade. Trade ministers from more than 135
nations will be welcomed by President Clinton, who is pushing them to
initiate a new round of "free trade" negotiations.  People opposed to
corporate globalization will be converging in Seattle to protest this
historic meeting and demand no new negotiations, no more expansion until a
full, public assessment of the WTO's policies to date.

If you have any questions, please call Juliete Beck, Global Exchange and
the California Fair Trade Campaign at 415-255-7296 (email:
juliette@globalexchange.org) or David Solnit, Art and Revolution Street
Theater Collective (510) 486-8793 (e-mail: fire@igc.org).

This is the call to action for June 18th:

A PROPOSAL FOR: A day of protest, action, and carnival in financial centres
across the globe on 18th June 1999.
....Wherever there is oppression there is resistance.....
A proposal has been made by various groups and movements of activists from
Great Britain to hold an international day of action aimed at the heart of
the global economy: the financial centres, banking districts and
multinational corporation power bases. The suggested date is the 18th
June1999. Movements involved include Reclaim the Streets (RTS, a popular
movement seeking the liberation of city streets and public spaces using
direct action, and now Western European Conveners of Peoples' Global
Action), and London Greenpeace (a group independent of Greenpeace
International, recently involved in a large successful battle with
McDonalds).

This proposal is made in the spirit of strengthening our international
networks and follows from the success of co-ordinated global action during
May 16-20th 1998. These days saw actions, protests and demonstrations on
all continents, for example over 30 reclaim the Streets parties in over 20
countries - a combination of illegal carnival, protest and direct action,
catalyzed by RTS in London. In Brasilia 50,000 landless peasants were on
the streets, while in Hyderabad, India, 200,000 were protesting. These
events coincided with the 'G8' meeting in Birmingham, Great Britain, and
the third ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Geneva,
Switzerland. The 'G8' consists of the leaders of the eight most
industrialized countries and exists solely to promote economic
globalization, "free" trade and corporate dominance.

Next year between the 18th-20th June the G8 will meet in Koln, Germany. The
idea is to take action around the globe to coincide with this meeting. This
also links with the proposed tour of Indian farmers/activists in Europe to
campaign against the World Trade Organization and multinational
corporations. The proposal is to encourage as many movements and groups as
possible to organize their own autonomous protests or actions, on the same
day (June18th), in the same geographical locations
(financial/corporate/banking/business districts) around the world. Events
could take place at relevant sites, e.g. multinational company offices,
local banks, stock exchanges. Each event would be organized autonomously
and co-ordinated in each city or financial district by a variety of
movements and groups. It is hoped that a whole range of different groups
will take part, including workers, peasants, indigenous peoples, women,
students, the landless, environmentalists, unwaged/unemployed and
others....everyone who recognizes that the global capitalist system, based
on the exploitation of people and the planet for the profit of a few, is at
the root of our social and ecological troubles.

The proposal has already been discussed by movements and groups on all
continents, for example the Karnataka State Farmers (KRRS, India), the
Rainbow Keepers (ecologists from ex-USSR states), Processo de Communidades
Negras (Colombian Black communities movement), Friends of the Earth,
Uruguay (Environmentalists), CTERA (Argentinean teachers Union), Reclaim
the Streets (New York, USA; Prague, Czech Republic; Sydney, Australia),
COMUTRAS (textile workers union, El Salvador), peasant movements in
Mozambique and many more. Plans are already well advanced in London, and
Koln, Germany. Ideas are flowing and enthusiasm is growing. We'd very much
like to hear what you think. Please subscribe to the
j18discussion@gn.apc.org email list , send mail to listproc@gn.apc.org with
the following request: subscribe J18DISCUSSION Your Name then you can email
j18discussion@gn.apc.org and your message will automatically go to other
interested groups around the world to facilitate wider discussion of this
proposal. Or write to 'June 18th', PO Box
9656, London, N4 4JY, Great Britain.
OUR RESISTANCE WILL BE AS TRANSNATIONAL AS CAPITAL!

for more information on Peoples' Global Action visit http://www.agp.org

for more information on Reclaim the Streets visit
http://www.gn.apc.org/rts/

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|+> David Solnit
|+> Art & Revolution Convergence
|+> 415-339-7801
|+> fire@igc.org



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