[Peace-discussion] Hey GPAXers' just popping in with this...

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Dear Friends,

Two months on from the US Social Forum the energy gained by this
unprecedented gathering continues to inspire us! Last week the 50 Years =
Is
Enough Network participated in a USSF follow-up meeting in Washington =
D.C.

where we shared strategies with other grassroots groups on how to =
continue
our movement building work, and it was amazing to see how many new
organizations joined us to call for another world, and another U.S.

As a part of building a more just world, this October the 50 Years Is =
Enough
Network and our allies across the U.S. are calling for a National
Mobilization in Washington DC against the International Monetary Fund =
and
the World Bank during their annual meetings, from October 19-21. This =
call
is in solidarity with the Global Week of Actions Against Debt and the =
IFI's
sponsored by hundreds of grassroots organizations across the globe.

( <http://50years.org/cms/updates/story/411>
http://50years.org/cms/updates/story/411)

Momentum for this event is building rapidly. Organizations are signing =
on to
our platform and organizing in their communities to attend, Youtube =
videos
are being made all across the nation, we have secured mass housing and
fabulous events are being developed. It is time to consolidate our
resistence to injustice and to lift up the alternatives!

---

WHAT CAN YOU DO? ( <outbind://51/www.50years.org/action/>
www.50years.org/action/)

1. Sign on to the Call to Action and help circulate it to other
organizations for signatories. (Below) 2. Attend a national outreach =
call to
find out how you can get plugged in to the organizing.

3. Host organizing events in your community to let people know about the
upcoming mobilization. You could host a house party or a 50 Years =
Popular
Education training.

4. Organize people in your community to participate in the day of =
action.

5. Join a October Mobilization Working Group.

6. Help support the organizing efforts by making a donation.

To find out how you can do this email Ruth Castel-Branco at =
ruth@50years.org

---

(Spanish translation available:
<outbind://51/www.50years.org/cms/updates/story/414>
www.50years.org/cms/updates/story/414)

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 wealthy 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:

=A7 Cancel all impoverished country debt to the World Bank and IMF, =
using the
institutions' own resources.

=A7 End neoliberal structural adjustment policies, which prioritize =
profit for
the few over the lives of the many.

=A7 End the social and environmental devastation caused by oil, gas, =
mining
and big dam projects.

Join us in Washington DC on October 19-21, 2007.

=20

--

Ruth Castel-Branco

Outreach and Communications Coordinator

50 Years Is Enough

3628 12th St NE

Washington, DC 20011

(p) 202.463.2265

(e) ruth@50years.org

(w)  <http://www.50years.org> www.50years.org

This could turn into something very Big.

Peace and Joy,

joni

p.s. Good luck in Kennebunkport!

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As a part of building a more just world, =
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calling for a=20
National Mobilization in Washington DC against the International =
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is in solidarity with the Global Week of Actions Against Debt and the =
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sponsored by hundreds of grassroots organizations across the =
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Momentum for this event is building =
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Organizations are signing on to our platform and organizing in their =
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secured=20
mass housing and fabulous events are being developed. It is time to =
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our resistence to injustice and to lift up the alternatives!
---
WHAT CAN YOU DO? (<A=20
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1. Sign on to the Call to Action and help =
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organizing.
3. Host organizing events in your =
community to let=20
people know about the upcoming mobilization. You could host a house =
party or a=20
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4. Organize people in your community to =
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5. Join a October Mobilization Working=20
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6. Help support the organizing efforts by =
making a=20
donation.
To find out how you can do this email =
Ruth=20
Castel-Branco at ruth@50years.org
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(Spanish translation available: <A =

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color=3D#0000ff>www.50years.org/cms/updates/story/414</A><FONT=
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CALL TO ACTION: DIGNITY, AUTONOMY AND =
SOLIDARITY OVER=20
GREED AND CORPORATE POWER!
Disrupt the IMF and the World Bank =
meetings:=20
Washington DC, October
19-21,2007
The misery, marginalization, and =
impoverishment=20
forced on millions by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank is=20
unacceptable and renders them illegitimate.
The IMF and World Bank are controlled by =
wealthy=20
countries in corrupt complicity with national elites all over the world. =
They=20
claim to lead the fight against poverty, but their role as global loan =
sharks;=20
their cruel imposition of privatization, cuts to social services, and =
free trade=20
policies; their funding for environmentally disastrous projects; their =
secrecy=20
and undemocratic decision making processes, make them an enemy of the =
people=20
worldwide.
Today, these two institutions are on the =
defensive.=20
Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador are in open revolt against the IMF and =
World=20
Bank. South African shantytown dwellers are fighting water =
privatization; Korean=20
workers are striking against "free trade" agreements; and thousands of =
people=20
successfully blockaded the G8 meeting in Germany earlier this =
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In the U.S., in the heart of empire, =
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struggling against the oppressive system of capitalism for dignity, =
autonomy and=20
solidarity. Tens of thousands gathered for the first ever United States =
Social=20
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Washington=20
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This year social movements from all over =
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gathered at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya to devise the next =
stage in=20
the assault against the World Bank and IMF. In solidarity with our =
allies in the=20
Global South, and recognizing the toll corporate capitalism takes on our =
own=20
lives, Washington DC-based activists and our allies are calling for =
actions at=20
the IMF/World Bank headquarters in Washington DC, during the upcoming =
annual=20
meetings, October 19-21.
Our demands are simple:
=A7 Cancel all impoverished country debt =
to the World=20
Bank and IMF, using the institutions' own resources.
=A7 End neoliberal structural adjustment =
policies,=20
which prioritize profit for the few over the lives of the =
many.
=A7 End the social and environmental =
devastation caused=20
by oil, gas, mining and big dam projects.
Join us in Washington DC on October =
19-21,=20
2007.
&nbsp;
--
Ruth Castel-Branco
Outreach and Communications =
Coordinator
50 Years Is Enough
3628 12th St NE
Washington, DC 20011
(p) 202.463.2265
(e) ruth@50years.org
(w) <A =
href=3D"http://www.50years.org"><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>www.50years.org</A>
This =
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Peace =
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Joy,
joni
p.s. =
Good luck in=20
Kennebunkport!</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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