Sept. G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA, US -- CALL FOR A GLOBAL MOBILIZATION
A CALL FOR
A GLOBAL MOBILIZATION
AGAINST
THE G20 SUMMIT IN PITTSBURGH, PA., U.S.
SEPTEMBER
24 AND 25, 2009
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE – BUT WE MUST FIGHT FOR IT!
BAIL OUT
THE PEOPLE
JOBS &
SOCIAL NEEDS--NOT WAR AND GREED
The third G20 summit is going
to be in Pittsburgh, Pa., on September 24 and 25, 2009. The challenge
before the movements for economic and social justice, as well as the
antiwar movement, is that the next meeting of the powers that govern
the world economy be met with a powerful mass mobilization demanding
that jobs and social needs, and not war and greed, prevail--here in the
U.S., and across the world.
The G20 summits are taking place in response to the greatest worldwide
economic crisis since the 1930s. However, the purpose of these
high-level meetings of governments and bankers is not to rescue the
people of the world from depression-level unemployment, evictions,
homelessness, poverty, social and economic inequality, and war. These
summits are about fixing the economic and financial order that puts
profits before people--and fixing that system by creating more poverty,
misery and suffering.
The last G20 summit, held in London in early April, was met with
massive protests both in London and throughout Europe. Now that the G20
is coming to the U.S., it is up to activists and organizations in the
U.S. to take up the challenge of uniting and working together to
organize a mobilization to Pittsburgh during the summit.
Many had expected New York City to be the location of next G20. Yet
once it was confirmed that Pittsburgh would be the summit location,
organizers immediately began preliminary logistical planning for a mass
mobilization there in September.
Organizing for the G20 summit in Pittsburgh was the central theme of a
People’s Economic Summit meeting in New York City on May 31. Consistent
with the theme of that summit, “A New World is Urgently Needed–But we
must Fight for it,” the more than 200 activists and 35 organizations in
attendance agreed to work tirelessly over the summer to expand the
network of grassroots activists and organizations to bring thousands
of protestors to Pittsburgh.
Activists at the People's Economic Summit also agreed that the response
to the next G20 should not be confined to the U.S., and that there
should be a global response to the summit. Accordingly, activists and
organizations across the world will be urged to endorse this call for
protest against the G20 summit meeting in Pittsburgh, and to organize
globally coordinated protests during the summit in September.
The potential for massive global mobilization in September is truly
infinite. Together, let’s begin the work required to realize that
powerful potential.
Another world is possible, but we must fight for it.
The Bail Out The People Movement
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