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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