Dear Friends and Supporters,
Over the next few days, community organizers, activists, students, veterans,
unemployed people and trade unionists will be arriving in Pittsburgh for the
March for Jobs and Tent City. As the G20 assembles to discuss the global
financial crisis, this broad coalition of people across the U.S. is building
for this major protest to ensure that the voiceless are heard. This will be a
week-long effort, starting on on Sunday, September 20 with a March for Jobs,
and continuing with the Tent City which will last through Friday.
As we write, buses and car caravans are already on the road, some coming from
as far away as Los Angeles. The jobs marchers will be dedicating their efforts
to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who devoted the final days of his life to
opening what he called a second civil rights movement, a movement for the right
of all to a job or an income.
That movement is even more needed today than it was in Dr. King's time.
We need your help today to make this a success. Unlike the
politicians and financiers who will be meeting in luxury at the G20, our
grassroots movement doesn't receive funding from insurance companies, big
pharmaceuticals, or big banks. We're counting on
you to
do whatever you can to help make the March for Jobs and Tent City a success.
Click here to make
a donation now!
Last month marked 20 straight months of job losses - the longest since the
Great Depression. Millions are out of work, foreclosures and evictions
continue, and more than 47 million people in the U.S. have no medical
insurance. Meanwhile, Washington is spending trillions of dollars for bailouts
for corrupt bankers and for the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The
economy is in ruins and millions of working people, especially from poor
communities and communities of color, are suffering as a direct result of the
war spending and the draconian cuts in essential social services.
Staying in the streets and building an independent people's movement is more
important than ever. In order to keep building this struggle, the Bail Out the
People Movement needs your help now.
If you are committed to fighting back against the corporate bailouts and
endless war, if you believe that everyone has a right to a job, health care,
and housing, we are counting on you to make the largest donation you possibly
can at this time. We need to cover substantial costs related to sound, tents,
porta-johns, and many other expenses for the March for Jobs and Tent City - as
well as buses to Pittsburgh. Whether you can donate $5 or $50, $1 or $1,000 we
need your donations now! Every single dollar will help make the March for Jobs
and Tent City a success.
Click here to make a much
needed donation now!
We'll see you on the streets on Sunday, September 20!
For updates,
maps, and more information, see http://www.bailoutpeople.org.
If you're planning to stay for the Tent City, please take a minute and let
us know you're coming - http://www.bailoutpeople.org/septg20register.shtml.
MONEY FOR JOBS - NOT FOR WAR!
SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE NOW!
HOUSING IS A RIGHT - STOP FORECLOSURES &
EVICTIONS!
For Pittsburgh G20 Protest information
contact:
412-780-3813
Email: March4Jobs@gmail.com
or bailoutpeople.org/cmnt.shtml
