----- Original Message ----- From: Action Center <actioncenter@action-mail.org> To: <ActionCenter.actgen@action-mail.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:33 AM Subject: [IAC] *UPDATE on Feb. 2 anti-WEF protest* > P E R M I T T E D > D E M O N S T R A T I O N > A G A I N S T > T H E > W O R L D > E C O N O M I C > F O R U M > > IN FRONT OF WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL > (50th St. and Park Ave., NYC) > > SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 > 9 am: "Meet 'em and Greet 'em" (let the exploiters hear > your voice) > 11 am: Mass Rally > > ** U P D A T E ** > > In response to permit applications placed by organizers at > International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End > Racism), the New York Police Department have told us they > *WILL NOT* be creating a Quebec-type exclusion zone > surrounding the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, the site of the > annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). To > repeat, protests at the Waldorf will not be banned. > > A.N.S.W.E.R. is calling for a permitted mass demonstration > at 50th St. and Park Ave. On Saturday, February 2, "Meet > 'em and greet 'em" at 9 am and mass rally at 11 am. > > CALL ISSUED BY THE INTERNATIONAL A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to > Stop War & End Racism) coalition. Steering committee: > Nicaragua Network; Mexico Solidarity Network; IFCO/Pastors > for Peace; International Action Center; Partnership for > Civil Justice; Kensington Welfare Rights Union; Middle > East Children's Alliance; Elias Rashmawi; Korea Truth > Commission. > ENDORSERS INCLUDE: Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney > general; Black Voices for Peace; Rev. Graylan Hagler, > Senior Minister, Plymouth Congregational Church; American > Muslims for Global Peace and Justice; Bishop Thomas > Gumbelton, Auxilliary Bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of > Detroit; San Francisco Labor Council (AFL-CIO); Rev. > Curtis Gatewood, Durham, NC; Students for International > Peace and Justice; Edward Asner; NYU Peace Coalition; > Comite for a New Colombia; Network in Solidarity with the > People of the Philippines; Filipino Workers Center, NY; > Green Party USA; Muslim Student Association, U of Toledo; > Bay Area Iranians for Peace and Social Justice; Ben Dupuy, > former Ambassador-at-Large, Haiti; School of the Americas > Watch; Ray LaForest, District Council 1707 AFSCME; Queers > For Racial & Economic Justice; NYU Peace Coalition; > U.S.A./Cuba InfoMed; I.L.W.U. Loc. 400, Vancouver B.C.; > Western Mass. Mobilization for Mumia; & many more! > > ** C A L L - T O - A C T I O N ** > > THE PEOPLE'S STRUGGLE -VS- THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM > Mobilize - Demonstrate - Educate - Build Alternatives > > THE INTERNATIONAL A.N.S.W.E.R. COALITION - ACT NOW TO STOP > WAR & END RACISM - CALLS FOR MOBILIZATIONS ON FEBRUARY 1 > AND 2 IN NEW YORK CITY OUTSIDE OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM > > *Declare war on unemployment, poverty, racism and mass > layoffs-not the people of Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, > Somalia, Sudan, Philippines, Colombia or elsewhere! > *Defend civil liberties! > *Money for jobs, education and healthcare - not war! > > From January 31 to February 4, corporate bosses from the > world's largest transnationals and political leaders will > meet in New York City for their annual World Economic > Forum. In past years they met in Davos, Switzerland, but > massive demonstrations forced a change in venue. > > This year they'll be meeting at the Waldorf Astoria hotel > in mid-town Manhattan. The World Economic Forum will > celebrate war in Afghanistan and the Middle East, attacks > on civil liberties, and corporate tax cuts. > > The International ANSWER Coalition calls for alternatives > - jobs, health care, education, civil rights, and peace > with justice - that reflect the needs of the vast majority > of people. The corporate agenda wasn't welcome in Davos, > and it's not welcome in New York City. > > JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL A.N.S.W.E.R. COALITION ON FEBRUARY > 1 AND 2 TO SAY: > *NO to war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Somalia, > Sudan, Philippines, Colombia or elsewhere! > *NO to corporate-centered globalization! > *YES to jobs, education, health care, and civil liberties! > > ** A C T I O N - P L A N ** > > FEBRUARY 1 > Teach-in at Community Church, 35th between Park and > Madison Avenues starting at 9:00am > Featuring workshops on: > -War in the Middle East > -Civil liberties > -Immigrant rights > -Corporate-centered globalization > -Domestic economic policies > -Alternative visions from the progressive community > > FEBRUARY 2 > *Mass rally at the World Economic Forum* > 9 am: "Meet 'em and greet 'em" (let the exploiters hear > your voice) > 11 am: mass rally > At the Waldorf Astoria: Park Ave. and 50th St. > Bring signs, puppets, street theater, noise-makers, and > your creativity > > Since September 11, hundreds of thousands of workers from > the travel industry, hotels, restaurants, and others have > lost their jobs. Unemployment and mass layoffs are > sweeping through all sectors of the world economy. > Politicians, working for the interests of corporate > elites, are providing billions of dollars in bailouts for > investors and transnational corporations, but not a penny > for increased unemployment insurance. The Congressional > "economic stimulus" plan offers huge corporate tax cuts, > but only pennies for working people. The lowest paid > workers, especially immigrants and service sector workers, > are suffering the repercussions of 9-11, while the rich > get richer. > > Immigrants and those who are struggling against the > corporate agenda are in for a double whammy, as Attorney > General Ashcroft curtails basic civil liberties and > constitutional rights. Today the attacks are against > immigrants - incarceration without charges and racial > profiling. Tomorrow the target will be U.S. citizens as > Ashcroft pushes to legalize surveillance of religious and > political groups. > > Internationally, the Bush administration wages war in > Afghanistan and encourages expanded war in Palestinian > territories. Now Bush is preparing the public for > prolonged war in Iraq and perhaps other nations. The > deaths of thousands of civilians in the Middle East, both > from direct military action and the resulting refugee > crisis, is nothing short of state-sponsored terrorism. > This is not the way to find justice for 3,000 civilians > who died on September 11. And this is not the way to build > a more secure and stable world. > > We must respond to increasing attacks on our well-being by > corporate-dominated politicians that bring us war, layoffs > and increased poverty. At the same time as the > A.N.S.W.E.R. events in New York City, the World Social > Forum will gather tens of thousands of representatives > from every corner of the world in Porto Alegre, Brazil, to > discuss alternative visions. > > The events in New York and Porto Alegre will mark a new > plateau in the people's capacity to organize, to reject > old classist models, and to build a better world. > > Join the International ANSWER Coalition on February 1 and > 2 so say: > NO to war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, > Philippines, Colombia or elsewhere! > NO to corporate-centered globalization! > YES to jobs, education, health care, and civil liberties! > > **TO ENDORSE THESE EVENTS** > fill out our easy-to-use form at > http://www.internationalanswer.org/antiwef-endorse.html#endo. > > **TO BECOME AN ORGANIZING CENTER** > fill out our easy-to-use form at > http://www.internationalanswer.org/contacts.html#Center. > > **FOR MORE INFORMATION** > Email ANSWER@afgj.org, call: New York 212-633-6646, > Washington 202-543-2777, San Francisco 415-821-6545, > Chicago 773-583-7728, or check out our web page at > www.InternationalANSWER.org. > > ------------------ > Send replies to iacenter@action-mail.org > > This is the IAC activist announcement > list. 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