Call to Action

This Spring, Paul Wolfowitz, the President of the World Bank Group and
the architect of the War in Iraq, will be convening the biannual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
bringing together at the table the two capitalist tools of globalprincipal
players in the economic devastation of the Global South, exploitation —
the wars of military might with the strangleholds of
economic imperialism. The World Bank and the IMF, which have been the
through Structural Adjustment Programs (currently referred to as Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers), will meet again in downtown
Washington, DC to schmooze with the private sector, laugh in the face
of the world's poor, and live off the fat of other people's land.

of their weekend activities. We will be at their doorsteps, behindThis
year, however, we are going to force them to see the resistance that is
alive in our hearts, in our minds and
across the globe. Seeing our faces, or ours masks as the case may be,
will be a requisite part their limos, at their parties and in their
yard. From blockades to home
demos, interruption to disruption, we'll be there, following their every move.

We urge everyone to come to Washington, DC the weekend of April 21-23 to take part in these historic protests against the World Bank and IMF. Say no to Capitalist globalization and yes to the
power of the people and the power of direct action!

This call is brought to you by the Farragut
Squares Collective, a local ad hoc group of individuals fed up with the
Bretton Woods Institutions and capitalist globalization. We draw on
members from the DC Anti-War Network (DAWN) and the Mobilization for
Global Justice (MGJ) amongst many groups. We fully support a
collaborative, open,
and non-hierarchical organizing relationship with all who wish to join us in taking action.