[mgj-discuss] COME 11:45 ACTION, 21 & Pa.NW!!!

[Herb]

WE NEED A CROWD-- SO COME IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN!!!
(and bring all you friends and co-workers...)

SUBJ:  Fri: Dramatic action condemns IMF-World Bank devastation
 
ADVISORY: Embargoed until 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 23, 2004          
CONTACTS: 
Chris Doran (202) 255-3143c
David Levy (202) 288-2283c 
            
NOON TODAY, APRIL, 23, 2004
LOCATION INFO. FOR LOGISTICS PURPOSES ONLY, 
NOT FOR PUBLIC DISSEMINATION
 
Activists to Stage Street Theater Dramatizing and Condemning 
World Bank and IMF Global Death and Destruction at 60 Years
 
COLORFUL  VISUALS, ACTION & SOUND!
 
WHEN: 
11:45 a.m. to approx. 1:30 p.m., Friday, April 22, 2004 (Please be on time, we will move to another location nearby.  Or phone the contacts above if you arrive late.)
 
WHERE: 
Public park at 21st and Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.  (There are two parks flanking Pennsylvania Ave.  Come to the park on the north side.  Meet at the northwestern corner of the park.)
 
WHO & WHAT: 
Mobilization for Global Justice and Pressure Point 
will present a theatrical event employing GUERILLA STREET THEATER: dramatic scripting, chanting, colorful action with body bags, grim reaper costumes, other visuals and sound effects.  (Permit not yet obtained, but the action will go forward).
 
PressurePoint is a California-based non-profit dedicated to addressing the abuses of unchecked corporate power and its corrosive influence on the democratic process.  For more information, please visit <www.pressurepoint.org>.
 
The Mobilization for Global Justice is a Washington, D.C.-based organization of groups and individuals focused on the growing problem of corporate globalization in today’s world.  It sponsors educational events, rallies and demonstrations that serve to highlight the harmful neo-liberal economic policies carried out by unaccountable, undemocratic international financial institutions.  Visit our web site at <www.globalizethis.org>.
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