DC Organizing Meeting For Counter-World Bank, IMF Meetings

A location, date, and time for the organizing is set! Come out to organize for the IMF-World Bank protests in DC. We will meet at 4PM on Saturday April 1, 2006 at the Flemming Center community room at 1426 9th Street NW (near P Street).

Organizers meeting for direct action against the IMF – World Bank meetings this April Saturday April 2, 2006 people interested in organizing direct action will come together and plan for the April 22-23 meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. An ad hoc group of individuals, The Farragut Squares, has obtained a convergence space for the organizing. The meeting will take place at The Flemming Center starting at 4pm.

We urge you to come out and help organize for these historic protests against the World Bank and IMF. Paul Wolfowitz, the President of the World Bank Group and one of the masks as the case may be, will be a requisite part of their weekend architects 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 global exploitation — the wars of military might with the strangleholds of economic imperialism. The World Bank and the IMF, which have been the principal hearts, in our minds and across the globe. Seeing our faces, or ours players in the economic devastation of the Global South 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. This year, however, we are going to force them to see the resistance that is alive in our activities. We will be at their doorsteps, behind 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.

Mass Housing and Convergence Space Secured!!!

As the mobilizations against the World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund draw near, a convergence space and mass housing have been
set up for the days of action; Friday April 21 through Sunday April 23,
2006. Both the mass housing and the Convergence Space will be at St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Columbia Heights at 16th St. NW and Newton St. NW. St. Stephen's is
located 6 blocks from the Columbia Heights (green line) Metro stop and along the S2 and S4
bus lines. We look forward to seeing everyone on the streets of DC, in
the yards of the delegates and in the parties of the wealthy.

Also, if Mass Housing isn't your thing, check out the housing board at: http://www.septemberaction.org/cs/housing

 

Be there and be Farragut Square.

MGJ MeDia STunT

On April 22-23 the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
will hold their spring meetings in Washington DC. This year in
support of the call to action put out by the Farragut Squares
Collective, the Mobilization for Global Justice is planning a fun,
creative media stunt. We will use snarky, in-your-face theater to
confront the meetings and draw attention to the destructive policies
of the Bank and Fund.

If you want to get involved with our action, come to one of our weekly
meetings or contact us at the information listed below.

MGJ meets every Wednesday from 7-9pm at St. Stephens Church,
16th & Newton NW, Washington, DC.

If you want to get involved with general planning for April 22-23, or
if you need information on housing, a convergence space and other
logistics, contact the Farragut Squares Collective at the information
listed below.

Contact and listserve info:

Moblization for Global Justice (MGJ)
www.globalizethis.org
mgj@riseup.net
202-898-5953

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)
principal players in the economic devastation of the Global South,
bringing together at the table the two capitalist tools of global
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.

This 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
of their weekend activities. We will be at their doorsteps, behind
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 fully support a collaborative, open,
and non-hierarchical organizing relationship with all who wish to join
us in taking action. Send any inquiries or shows of support to farragutsquares@gmail.com.