[stop-imf] Call to Action: September 26 Actions around North America (IMF/WB mtgs in Prague)

[Robert Weissman]

Note:  a formatted, more detailed call to action is available for those who
would like to print it out and circulate. For the formatted version,
contact: Lmcspedon@yahoo.com.


Call To Action!!!

Localize the Movement for Global Justice

september 26


The World Bank and the IMF will hold their semi-annual joint meeting on
September 26, 2000 in Prague, the Czech Republic.  The World Bank and the
IMF, two of the cornerstones of the international financial system, claim to
be working to eliminate poverty, but their real purpose is to force
developing nations to embrace corporate globalization.  The result is
rampant abuse of workers' rights and the environment and the further
impoverishment of the very people the World Bank and IMF are supposedly
there to help.

Tens of thousands will take to the streets in Prague on September 26 to
protest these harmful institutions and their advance into Eastern Europe...


Their fight is our fight!

Fight Corporate Globalization Where You Stand!  Localize The Movement for
Global Justice!
 
Here is What Some are Planning for September 26:

	*	Confront a Union-Busting Employer in Your Community who is
Ignoring his/her workers' Right to Organize!  
	*	Protest a Local Privatization Plan in Your City!
	*	Hold a Forum on Canceling Third World Debt!
	*	Target a Toxic-Waste Dumper in Your Community!
	*	Do a Leafletting or Protest at a Store Location or Corporate
Headquarters of one an Offensive Corporation!
	*	Do an action at a CitiBank branch to pressure them to stop
purchasing World Bank Bonds!


Endorse the September 26 Day of Action!

On the occasion of the fifty-fifth annual meetings of the governing bodies
of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, we call for the
immediate suspension of the policies and practices that have caused
widespread poverty and suffering among the world's peoples and damage to the
world's environment. We oppose those policies that have encouraged the
suppression of basic human rights and freedoms, especially those specific to
women, workers, and the poor.  We assert the responsibility of these
institutions, together with the World Trade Organization and multi-national
corporations for an unjust world economic system.

We issue this call in the name of global justice, in solidarity with the
peoples of the Global South struggling for survival and dignity in the face
of unjust economic policies. We seek to create just societies, where
governments are accountable first and foremost to the will of their peoples
for equitable economic development.  Only when the coercive powers of the
international financial institutions are rescinded can such a society exist.
Only when international institutions are no longer controlled by the
wealthiest governments for the purpose of dictating policy to the poorer
ones shall all peoples and nations be able to forge bonds - economic and
otherwise - based on mutual respect and the common needs.  Only when the
well-being of all, including the most vulnerable people and ecosystems, is
given priority over corporate profits shall we achieve genuine sustainable
development and create a world of justice, equality, and peace.

Endorsing Organizations (Partial List):

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
United Steelworkers of America (USWA)
Jobs with Justice
Witness for Peace
Citizens Trade Campaign
Continental Direct Action Network
50 Years is Enough Network
Global Exchange
Rainforest Action Network
Essential Action
Center for Economic and Policy Research
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ENDORSE!  JOIN THE DAY OF ACTION!


Return this form to:

Jobs with Justice
501 3rd St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
Fax. 202-434-1477
Email. Lmcspedon@yahoo.com


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