[mgj-discuss] Call to Action---Revised

[Ruth Castel-Branco]

Dear all,
I have tried to compile all the different requests and comments from folks.
As you can see the release has changed considerably--gotten longer, but
hopefully more motivational. Please send any comments/edits  by this
evening, so we can get the call translated and out! It's meant to be 2 pages
long (with space for graphics, etc).
-Ruth

Call to Action: Dignity, Autonomy, and Solidarity over Greed and
Corporate Power!

Shut Down the IMF and the World Bank.

Washington DC, October 19-21, 2007.



The misery, marginalization, and impoverishment forced on millions by
the International Monetary Fund
and World Bank is unacceptable.



The IMF and World Bank 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; while maintaining an air of
secrecy and undemocratic decision making,
has rendered them an enemy of the people.



Social movements gathered at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya
to devise the next stage in the assault
against the World Bank and IMF.Today, these two institutions are on
the offensive. Coordinated opposition to
IMF and World Bank policies are developing in Venezuela, Bolivia,
Ecuador and elsewhere in Latin America.
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 will be gathering
for the first ever United States Social
Forum; millions of undocumented migrants have marched for their
rights; and in Washington DC, in the belly of
the beast, residents are taking a stance against the policies of
gentrification and displacement.



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 October annual
meetings, October 19-21.


Our demands to these institutions are simple:

§         Open all World Bank and IMF meetings to the media and the public.

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

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

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



It's time to strike another blow against Global Capitalism. Tear Down
the World Bank and IMF. Raise up the
resistance. Join us in Washington DC on October 19-21, 2007.


For more information:
www.globalizethis.org                         mgj [at] riseup.net
                  202-898-5953



The World Bank and IMF are wreaking havock on our communities.

*Immigration*

"Free trade" agreements and IMF and World Bank policies have resulted
in extreme poverty and marginalization,
forcing millions from Mexico, Central America, Asia, Africa and
elsewhere to flee their countries, only to be
treated as criminals, detained and deported once in the U.S.

*Effects at Home*

The same ideology that fuels the IMF and World Bank destroys
communities here in the United States. The
privatization of water and electricity services, the closures of
public housing, the transformation of homeless
shelters into luxury condo's, the transition of public schools to
Charter schools, and public hospital
shut-downs are reflection of the increased strangle-hold corporate
capitalism has over our lives.

*Global Warming*

The World Bank exacerbates global warming through existing polices,
such as funding fossil fuel extraction and
deforestation, while promoting false solutions such as carbon trading.



*Post-Conflict Re-Destruction*

Wars waged by the U.S. and its allies open countries to economic
takeover. The IMF eliminated Iraq's fuel
subsidies, driving up prices of food and other necessities. The World
Bank privatized Afghanistan's healthcare,
and is helping mining companies rob Congo's resources. U.S. military
intervention and free trade policies have the
same goals ensuring corporations' access to resources, cheap labor, and markets.



The IMF and World Bank are struggling.

Join us in Washington DC on October 19-21, 2007, to be part of this resistance!



For more information:

www.globalizethis.org                         mgj [at] riseup.net
                  202-898-5953
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