Information sheet about the S26 global action day
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Information sheet about the S26 global day of action
against capitalism as of: July 3rd 2000
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This information sheet is based on the information posted on the internet through different lists, sent to resistance@x21.org or posted through the www.lobsterparty.org website. If you’d like to make amendments, changes, exclusions, post new S26 discussion lists or include your contact details...please mail them to desaparecido@gmx.de and to resistance@x21.org if you’d like to see it posted on the S26 website which is http://go.to/s26. So this S26 info sheet can be kept updated and mailed around regularly.
There are activities currently being organised in more than 30 different countries.
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I) calls to global action II) Communication : mailing lists III) Groups / regions planning & proposing activities IV) Media and Independent Media centre in Prague V) Money for Praha and beyond ! VI) Resources VII) upcoming activities VIII) websites related to S26 IX) general call: S26 will be the next global day of action against capitalism
I) === CALLS TO GLOBAL ACTION:
- INPEG - Prague 2000: available at www.inpeg.ecn.cz and http://go.to/s26 in English, German, Spanish, Dutch, Turkish, Esperanto, French, Arabian, Greek, Russian, Finnish, Portuguese, Hebreic... . All other translations welcome, mail to: resistance@x21.org
- SOLIDARITA, Czech revolutionary anarchist organisation. Available at: http://go.to/s26
- Brazil: call released by projecto periferia and clajadep (in Portuguese), available at http://go.to/s26 ; and http://go.to/clajadep
- NAPM INDIA: National Alliance of Peoples Movements, India. ”3rd National Convention of NAPM was a grand success. About 300 representatives of 70 organisations from 12 different states of India participated. Many programmes were finalised. NAPM has also approved the PGA proposal of international day of action in September 2000 against IMF/WB.” Contact: NAPM c/o Chemical Mazdoor Sabha, Haji Habib Building,Naigoan Cross Rd. DADAR (EAST), MUMBAI 400014 ( Ph.Off: 022-4150529, Res.2029296/5369724) Sanjay Mangala Gopal- National Co-coordinator, (admin@sanjay.ilbom.ernet.in) call in solidarity with S26 posted at: http://go.to/s26
- European call by grassroots people and organisations: (in process, not released yet)
- Sri Lanka, call by Monlar, in process, not released yet
- general call see IX)
II) === COMMUNICATION: ===
---- MAILING LISTS (CO-ORDINATION and DISCUSSION) ---
International discussion lists:
* * * Regional discussion
lists: * *
* * * *
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Others: * a translation-into-spanish-list has been set
up: s26- traducciones-esp@egroups.com
http://es.egroups.com/group/s26-traducciones-esp This list
is to translate relevant and useful information related to
Prague and S26 into Spanish. People willing to translate
should subscribe to the list by sending a blank email to
s26-traducciones-esp-subscribe@egroups.com Anyone thinking
an information ought to be translated can post it to:
s26-traducciones-esp@egroups.com * III) ===
Groups / regions planning or proposing activities: in
alphabetical order by continents ---------- e u r o p e
--------- * AUSTRIA - Vienna, lose coalition of groups
going to Praha. ekh@swi.priv.at, gegeniwf@gmx.at - Vienna,
Pedram Shahin - Linkswende. Contact: pshahyar@yahoo.de
Tel.: 0043-676-6316202 * CZECH REPUBLIC - PRAGUE :
INPEG(: Initiative Against Economic Globalization – Prague
2000) is the name of the lose coalition of groups involved
in the organisation of activities in Prague. The activities
involve: direct actions, a counter summit, a political art
festival (the Art of Resistance), help in the accommodation
and more. September 22-24: Counter Summit September 26th:
autonomous actions in the morning and in the afternoon a
mass action of non violent civil disobedience aiming to
enter and stop the IMF/WB conference. More information and
contact to the different working groups:
http://inpeg.enc.cz for more details,
Prague2000_cz@hotmail.com - Christian Peace Conference CPC
(International Secretariat) “The CPC is an international
movement of Christians for peace and justice. Several
regional groups and CPC activists in Asia, Southern and
Northern America as well as in Europe are involved in
issues of economical globalisation, debt and
neocolonialism. CPC is located in Prague and can provide
technical assistance to groups joining the protest actions
in Prague”. Events being planned are an international
consultation ‘Commitment for life facing monetary
colonialism’ - Slapy, Czech Republic, Sept. 18-22, Also
regional activities in other countries and regions. Postal
adress: CPC, PO Box 136, Prokopova 4/216, 130 00 Praha 3,
Tel.: +(420-2) 22781800 Fax.: (+420-2) 22781801 *
ENGLAND - September 26th Collective(s) "We are a newly
formed group of peoples who want to go to Prague to
protest against the International Monetary Fund and World
Bank whose policies impose harsh repression to peoples and
eco- systems." More Info at http://x21.org/s26/collective/
- Bristol "In bristol we are hoping that in the uk, for
those not going to prague, we will be able to network for
similtaneous and similar actions, in diversity, throughout
the week. Contact:s26bristol@yahoo.com Postal Address:
c/o Box 51, GreenLeaf Bookshop, 82 Colston Street,
Bristol. BS1 5BB - Manchester Contact:
n@cyberjedi.org.uk - Oxford 26 Collective. Planned
event: Coaches to Prague, solidarity actions + more.
Contact Email: zerozero@pcworks.demon.co.uk Web site:
http://www.pcworks.demon.co.uk - Change, is an independent
democratic socialist organisation currently planning
solidarity actions for S26 in Prague. Conatct:
change@socialist.org ; http://socialist.org/change -
Location: mainly London but also in other towns and cities
Name/Group: Bolshy - cocky and communist revolutionary
youth Planned event: We are supporting the actions in
Prague and are mobilising for the event. Land address:
Bolshy, PO Box 823, London SE15 4NA Telephone: 020 7207
3997, Fax: 020 7207 4673 Contact Email:
mick@skooldog.fsnet.co.uk Web site:
http://www.bolshy.org.uk - London. Hellweb - make music/
performance/ comix" Website: http://go.to/hellweb
Contact: deadpoets@fuckyou.co.uk Phone Number: 01803 840
530 Postal Address: asim, 1a, queens terrace, totnes, devon
tq9 5jq - Co-ordinated Direct Action "We are a small
group, Co-ordinated Direct Action wanting to help
co-ordinate protest at a greater level than was seen at
this years May Day. We have set up a discussion list for
this purpose [CDAS26@egroups.com] which can be joined by
mailing subscribe- CDAS26@egroups.com. We are hoping for a
large number of autonomous actions in London on S26" *
Ex-YUGOSLAVIA : “We decided that it's maybe better to stay
in Croatia and try to do something locally. Also last week
we have met with other anarchists from ex- Yugoslavia. This
meeting was in Bosnia and the idea was to make a
co-ordinated action in all ex-Yugoslavia.” contact:
markos@zamir.net * CROATIA: osijek greens-osjecki zeleni.
Planned event: letters to political parties and ministries,
NGO’s, citizens(to house postboxes) Land address:
croatia,31000 osijek,kapucinska 27 Telephone:
00385-31-201-136, Fax: 00385-31-201-136 Contact Email:
dzzpsib@os.tel.hr * FINNLAND: ”Finnish anarchist /
autonomist network and Friends of the Earth-Finland have
decided to participate in Prague anti-IMF/WB mobilisations
around September 26th. Transport to Prague is being
organsied. Local actions and media support for s26.
Contact: Reko Ravela * FRANCE:
a call has been released by the ‘sans titre’ network of
grassroots organisations. Ideas proposed are local S26
activities like caravans and also mobilisation to Prague.
Contact: maloka@chez.com, http://www.chez.com.maloka ;
- Aix-en-Provence,
patrick.hutchinson@wanadoo.fr - Intervention Musical
Front. Musicians planning to come to Prague for s26, from
France and beyond ! Contact Front Musical d'Intervention:
paulin@free.fr - ‘Socialisme par en Bas’. Network of
revolutionaries active in faculties, highschools and some
working places. Are organising a gathering in Paris on July
28-29-30 about the new challenges to the anti-capitalist
movement. This meeting will be a opportunity to coordinate
activities for Prague. Contact: speb@mageos.com Adresse: BP
15 , 94111 Arceuil Cedex France,tel.: +33- (0)1 46079937
* GERMANY: - NIX DA 2000 caravan of bicycles and wagons
from Hannover to Prague in September 2000. Previous
caravans involved people cycling to Geneva May 98, WTO II
Ministerial and to the EU/G8 summit in Cologne in June 99.
For more information contact: wagen.list@gmx.de or
karawane@mail.nadir.org - website with information about
S26 related activities in Germany:
http://go.to/prag-2000 - Hamburg. Linksruck
hochschulgruppe Planned event: reclaim the campus, teach
ins, meetings etc. Land address: p.o box 304 183, 20324
hamburg lrhg@linksruck.de, www.linksruck.de Telephone:
040-31792301, Fax: 040-31792350 - Euromärsche: European
marches against unemployment, unsafe occupation and social
exclusion. Coordination in Germany: Hugo Braun.
Dorotheenstr. 15, D-40235 Duesseldorf. Tel/fax.:
+49-211-674980 email: braun.d@t-online.de
http://www.euromarches.org * IRELAND, Revolutionary Youth
, plan transport to Prague. Contact: swssqub@hotmail.com ,
Postal Address: SWSSQUB c/o Queens University Students
Union, Belfast SWSS = Socialist Worker Student Society
* ITALY - Ya Basta! Milan. The mobilisation to Prague is
being discussed. The recent protests involving the ‘white
overalls’ have inspired ideas for non violent mass actions
of civil disobedience in Prague. See reports and pictures
at: http://italy.indymedia.org and
http://www.ecn.org/mi29gen0 Contact: yabasta@tin.it *
NETHERLANDS: proposed week of action against banks. “We
would like to finish the week of actions with a strong
anarchist demo against the IMF/WB.” Contact: infocentrum
wageningen * NORWAY: -
Nature&Youth and several other organisations are getting
together planning transport to Prague and solidarity
activities. Contact: rheiene@hotmail.com - Contact: Jan
Ole Kjellesvig, kjellesvig@usa.net * POLAND - Wroclaw -
Anarchist Federation, PO BOX 125 54-433 Wroclaw 60, Poland
Email: pbn@eko.wroc.pl,
http://www.pbn.biskupin.wroc.pl/Praga/ www.fa.prv.pl/
www.moab.com.pl/anarvista/ * PORTUGAL: - ”The Comissão
pela Abolição do Capitalismo (Comission for the Abolition
of Capitalism) is planning different activities both
locally and mobilisation to Prague." Contact:
- Lisbon, contact:
hugomora88@hotmail.com * RUSSIA / BELORUS /
UKRAINE RUSSIA: Moscow S26 Collective Planned event: There
is a collective based in Moscow calling for local
S26-events all around Russia. Are also planning transport
to Prague. Contact Email: rk@glasnet.ru Land address: P.O.
Box 13, 109028 Moscow Web site:
#http://www.tao.ca/~dikobraz/s26/# other contacts:
(Belarys) antyfa@mail.ru Rainbow Keepers Kasimov (Russia)
rk@lavrik.ryazan.ru Slavek Tesarek (Czech),
koreny@post.cz * SLOVENIA: ”We are about to set up an
active group of people to protest against globalisation and
capitalism. We already did one protest against Nato".
Contact: Jerneja Rebernak *
SPANISH STATE : - RCADE, the Citizens Network for the
Abolition of the External Debt decided at their 3rd
gathering to focus on Prague as the next target of their
campaigning. Contact: www.consultadeuda.org ;
- Ateneo libertario, Igualadad cose to
Barcelona. Solidarity actions. Contact: "espresion"
- many groups involved around Spain:
Check out Movimiento de Resistencia Global :
http://pagina.de/arcuarcu * EUROPE / proposals
activities and other groups: - ASEED. Action for
Solidarity Equality Environment and Diversity . Are doing
support work for the activities in Prague (Counter summit
and more). Contact: nina@aseed.antenna.nl (CS),
vanja@aseed.antenna.nl - EYFA, European Youth For Action.
Are mobilising to Prague and are organising a summer action
camp in Finnland 1-18 August called Ekotopia. One of the
political focus will be economic globalisation and
resistance. Contact: ecotopia@kulma.net,
www.kulma.net/ekotopia - Proposal for a FREE TRAIN to
Prague, September 2000. The idea being to see it as
legitimate to use train transport for free to go to a
protest. Contact: infocent@wnet.bos.nl ;
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i n a m e r i c a -------------- * ARGENTINA: -
Buenos Aires - “FOCO is a co-ordination body of several
social organisations fighting against structural
adjustments and the policies of hunger imposed by the
IMF/WB among others. We will join the world wide campaigns
by organising demonstrations of community organisations in
the areas of Lomas de Zamora, Moron and Avellanada which
are regions of Buenos Aires where we are currently doing a
lot of popular work for the construction of a society of
solidarity and equity. Please consider us part of the S26
day of world wide peoples mobilisation.” Contact:
- Cordoba - Organisation: Lazaro
llorens. Plan demonstrations in the streets of Cordoba.
Contact: lazaroleon@usa.net , tel.: + 03543 422593 *
BOLIVIA Juventudes Libertarias. Anarchist collective.
Currently organising an Encounter of several libertarian
organisations in order to set up a federation. Possible
actions around S26. contact:
juventudes_libertarias@LatinMail.com * BRASIL - São
Paulo. Groups: Agencia de Noticias Anarquistas, CAVE -
collectivo Alternativa Verde (among others...). Diverse
activities planned. Contact: Moéisio Reboucas, Caixa Postal
78, CEP 11525-970 Cubatão-SP/Brasil email:
mrs.ana@uol.com.br - Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul ,
Comitê Santa Maria pela humanidade e contra o
neoliberalismo. Contact: comitesantamaria@zipmail.com.br ,
www.loja.net/master/centrodegravidade Tel.: (55) 221-6860
and (55) 225-1410 - there are many groups networking for
S26. Contact through s26-brasil@egroups.com * COLOMBIA
Fundacion America Latina. Interested in making S26
solidarity actions. Contact: "willylo"
* PUERTO RICO People doing civil
disobedience at the island of Vieques which has been
occupied by the US military by entering the island in
clandestinity. Struggle has been going on for more than 1
year and has seen 300 arrests. “...more than ever our
struggle is against capitalism and in favor of the world
wide oppressed people. Let us develop strategies which will
transcend the artificial imposed borders. Up with people !
US marine out of Viesques and Puerto Rico ! No to IMF/WB! “
contact: Ricardo Olivero Lora
* VENEZUELA - Caracas:
anarchist collective ‘la Comision de Relaciones Anarquistas
(CRA)’. Putting information together and local actions.
Working on setting up an anti-authoritarian network.
Contact: - Federation of
University Centres. Contact: Gabriel Gil
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----- * USA, San Diego, California San Diego WTO Alert ,
contact: katz3693@aol.com * USA, Mobilisation for Global
Justice, Currently working on 3 aspects: 1) Mobilising
people to Prague 2) support the actions in Prague in any
way they can. Resources, media work, money etc 3)
solidarity actions throughout the States. Contact:
* --------------- o c e a n i a
----------- * AUSTRALIA - Melbourne. Protests against the
World Economic Forum, the self proclaimed ‘world leaders’
to take place September 11th in Melbourne. AWOL (
Autonomous Web of Liberation ) See www.s11.org for more
information. - Brisbane. Sunor, Contact Email:
earthplod@hotmail.com * NEW ZEALAND People supporting S11
actions to close the WEF in Melbourne. Solidarity actions
in NZ with S26. Contact: kolontai@rocketmail.com
----------------- a f r i c a ------------ * ZIMBABWE ,
African Development Education Network (ADEN) Land address:
Joseph Pokawa, P.O. Box A1969, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe,
Tel./fax. : 263 4 667912 aden@telco.co.zw /aden@mango.zw ,
Web site: www.aden.org.zw -------------- a s i a
------------ * INDIA. - NAPM (National Alliance of
Peoples Movements - see call http://x21.org/org). Contact:
NAPM c/o Chemical Mazdoor Sabha, Haji Habib
Building,Naigoan Cross Rd. DADAR (EAST), MUMBAI 400014 (
Ph.Off: 022-4150529, Res.2029296/5369724) Sanjay Mangala
Gopal- National Co-coordinator,
(admin@sanjay.ilbom.ernet.in) - NBA , Narmada Bachao
Andolan, ongoing struggles against dam construction (partly
WB projects). See www.narmada.org * SRI LANKA. Monlar.
Contact: monlar@sltnet.lk * BANGLADESH: Garments Workers
Unity Forum and the Revolutionary Unity Front. “We decided
to organise a lay seize programme in the premises of WB in
Dhaka on 26 the September. In addition to it, we will make
a demonstration waving black flags. We also decided that,
to make the protest program of the 26th September all out
successful we will wage a militant movement together
through organising students, youths, women, peasants,
workers, progressive political parties including all other
anti imperialists individuals and forces of this country.”
See call: http://x21.org/s26. Contact: Mushrefa Mishu 48
Green Corner (2nd floor), Green Road, Dhaka-1205, fax.:
+880-2-8616977 IV) === INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTRE (IMC) for
Prague === The idea is to set up an infrastructure along
the lines of the recent independent media centres
experiences in London, Seattle, Washington and more (see
www.indymedia.org). The people in Prague have requested
help and support. There have been people communicating
already from the U.S., Canada and many places across Europe
to see if they can get an IMC together. A list for
organisers has been set up: ***** Media Working
Group: A list serv for international media (mainstream and
alternative, not INDY media) has been established. If you
are interested in working on international media and
plugging into a media/press center that will be established
for the September actions, please join the list serv at
PrahaMedia@egroups.com Subscribe by sending a blank
message to PrahaMedia- subscribe@egroups.com This list will
be used to coordinate international media with INPEG and
folks in Praha. V) === MONEY 4 Prague and beyond
=== * We are all ordinary people making extraordinary
things. All activities in Prague are planned with little
money and with strong will and determination. If you or
your organisation can contribute financially, no matter how
small, please send donations to this account: IPB ,
Cs.Armady 35, 160 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Europe
account number: 163 775 396/5100 swift code: INBACZPP *
Many Southern and Eastern movements would like to send a
delegate there, in order to make their voices heard and
participate in the mass civil disobedience actions that are
planned, but cannot afford the airfares. We appeal all
organisations and individuals who can afford it to donate
some money for their travel expenses. It is really
important that the movements which have been struggling
against the massive destruction and destitution created by
these institutions, and have only received repression in
return, are also present in Praha. And they will not be
invited by the Bank and the Fund. In the page
http://www.geocities.com/mpmpraha/ you will find
information about the movements that want to send a
representative to Praha and the money that is needed for
each ticket. If you want to contribute, you have different
options: 1. The one that we consider best: you can collect
money in your region or country (asking different
organisations to contribute) and pay for one (or more)
flight ticket from there, without banks or postal money
orders in between. You can pay for the ticket in your
country and ask the airline to issue the ticket in the
country of origin of the person coming. If you want to do
this, please let us know so that we include the information
in the web page. 2. If you cannot collect enough money for
a complete ticket, you can send a postal money order
to: Recipient: Mouvements Populaires et Mondialisation
(MPM) Address: c/o IAS, Maison des Assoc., 11 rue des
Savoises; 1205 Geneva, Switzerland Purpose: Praha 2000 3.
Finally, you can also transfer your donations to the
following account: Account holder: Mouvements Populaires et
Mondialisation (MPM) Account number: 70.505.5 Bank: Banque
Alternative BAS Address: CP 161, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland
Bank code (Clearing bancaire): 8390 Purpose: Praha 2000 It
is important that you write 'Praha 2000' as the purpose of
the transfer since the same account is used for several
other purposes. All the funds received for Praha 2000 will
be entirely devoted to pay the travel expenses of
representatives of Southern and Eastern movements. Please
contact VI) === RESOURCES
==== * NEW IMF REPORT- FoE US has issued a new report
(english): "The IMF: Selling the Environment Short". The
report includes case studies from IMF policies in the Ivory
Coast, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Nicaragua,
Brazil and Guyana. It can be downloaded from:
www.foe.org * People interested in producing documentation
and resources about the social effects of IMF/WB policies
in East European countries. Please contact : Antti
Rautiainen *
“Capital Punishment - imf/wb uncovered” is a recent
publication by Greenpepper in co-operation with INPEG. 32
Pages, case studies, calls, action reports, art’n grafix.
English. Contact and orders: gp@arkademie.squat.net *
video: "Breaking the Bank: A Challenge to the IMF & World
Bank" 74 Minutes, VHS tape, NTSC. After the Seattle victory
that stopped the World Trade Organization in itst 'fast'
tracks, tens of thousands converged to challenge the
International Monetary Fund and World Bank at their April
2000 meeting in Washington D.C. Once again, videomakers
from the Independent Media Centre were on the spot to
provide the non-corporate coverage you just won't find
anywhere else. "Breaking the Bank" provides informative
background segments on the history and impact of the IMF
and World Bank. The program features extensive coverage of
the events in Washington, the street blockade tactics, the
police repression, the rallies and the celebration of so
many people coming together united in a common cause.
Breaking the bank features material from the two half-hour
television programs (originally Satellitecast April 21st
2000) plus additional segments. This extended 74 minute
version of this program is available for home distribution
from the participating producer groups listed on the order
form). You can watch it on line or order it with a credit
card at http://dc.indymedia.org/ . Special discount rates
for Organizers who plan to show the tape around. Contact
dc_imc@yahoo.com * 'Anarchist resistance to Capitalism
in the Age of Globalisation ' all anarchists welcome, more
information is at this site.
http://phorum.tao.ca//list.php3?num=15 VII) === UPCOMING
ACTIVITIES === - Next European meeting of grassroots
organisations and individuals in Prague : August 18th-20th
(possibly 19). The meeting will discuss and co-ordinate
activities related with the protests and activities in
Prague Agenda being discussed on the
prag-logistics@egroups.com list. Please try to discuss
topics and proposals in your organisations/platforms first
before coming to Prague. If you would like to attend and
want more information, please contact:
Prague2000-cz@hotmail.com and visit
http://inpeg.ecn.cz VIII) === WEBSITES related to S26
=== * *
http://go.to/s26 - Global website with calls, contacts,
resources, links. Translations needed, contact
resistance@x21.org * INPEG, Initiative Against Economic
Globalisation Prague 2000, www.inpeg.ecn.cz * Peoples
Global Action : www.agp.org (with links to previous global
days of action and caravans) * www.ainfos.ca -
multilingual news service run by and for anarchists. Use it
to share information about your struggles IX) S26 will
be the next Global Day of Action against Capitalism. (the
following text is already available in several languages
see http://go.to/s26) Already, many groups around the
world are preparing for this event, in recognition that the
capitalist system, based on the exploitation of people,
societies and the environment for the profit of a few, is
the prime cause of our social and ecological
troubles. September 26-28 the IMF and World Bank are
holding their 55th annual summit in Prague. A mass
mobilisation of people to Prague is beginning. On September
26 peoples of the world will express their opposition to
the World Bank and the IMF and their policies. Peoples of
the world will join together in an expression of solidarity
with the demonstrators in Prague. European grassroots
groups have met recently and are planning a European wide
mobilisation to Prague and also decentralised action. The
idea has been discussed and supported by several Latin
American movements which met in Nicaragua recently. The
Indian 'National Alliance of People's Movements' issued a
statement which you can read here. More messages from round
the world are on the Calls to Action page. The September
26 Global Day of Action proceeds from the successes of the
previous global Days of Action against Capitalism on June
18 and November 30 of last year and May 1 of this year. S26
expands on these previous Days in the same spirit. Through
those Days our networks grew, we learned much, and we saw
many new people engage themselves. September 26 will
continue this process of building up a strong, bold, and
creative grassroots movement for a society in which people
do not exploit or oppress each other, communities or the
environment, but one that is based on solidarity, co-
operation, grassroots democracy, and ecological
sustainability. As on previous occasions, people of
different movements and different countries will join
forces on this day against the social, political, and
economic institutions of the capitalist system - in
particular against the World Bank and the IMF. Workers,
the unemployed, students, trade unionists, peasants, the
landless, fishers, women groups, ethnic minorities,
indigenous peoples, peace activists, environmental
activists, ecologists, and so on will work in solidarity
with one another in the understanding that their various
struggles are not isolated from each other. The
simultaneous occupation and transformation of the
capitalist social order around the globe - in the streets,
neighbourhoods, fields, factories, offices, commercial
centres, financial districts, and so on - will strengthen
mutual bonds at the local, national, and international
levels. As before, the day will be organised in a
non-hierarchical way, as a decentralised and informal
network of grassroots groups that employ non-authoritarian,
grassroots democratic forms of organisation, struggle
independent of the social, political, and economic
institutions of the capitalist system, and seek to effect
change directly through their own action. Each event or
action will be organised autonomously by each group, while
coalitions of various movements and groups can be formed at
the local, regional, and national levels. A strategy that
may be useful at the local level is that various groups
co-operate in creating a surrounding atmosphere of carnival
and festivity as a setting for their various
actions. Examples of conceivable actions are: strikes -
demonstrations - critical mass bike rides - carnivals -
street parties - reclaiming streets, government land or
office buildings for non commercial and good activities -
marches - music - dancing - speeches - handing out flyers -
banner hangings - distributing community controlled
newspapers - street theatre - building gardens - handing
out free food - mock trade fairs - offering no interest
loans outside major banks - solidarity actions - pickets -
occupations of offices - blockades and shutdowns -
appropriating and disposing of luxury consumer goods -
sabotaging, wrecking, or interfering with capitalist
infrastructure - appropriating capitalist wealth and
returning it to the working people - declaring oneself
independent from capitalism and authoritarian governments -
setting up grassroots' community councils and holding
meetings outside city halls - setting up economic
alternatives, like workers' co- operatives - promoting
economic alternatives to capitalist companies - promoting
grassroots based forms of community organisation - etc. If
you or your group plan to join this day of action, please
let others know as soon as possible, to facilitate
networking and communication. There are several
international mailing lists available for open discussions
and co-ordination (see resources). A public international
contacts list is regularly posted to them in order to
facilitate decentralised and non-hierarchic networking. To
have your contact information added to it, please contact
resistance@x21.org, indicating (a) the country and location
in which you plan to take action, plus any other
information you see fit, for instance (b) the name of your
group, coalition or yourself, (c) the events or actions
being planned, (d) your land address, (e) email address, (f)
telephone number, (g) fax number or (h) web site. There
are many things we need to do, to make the best of
September 26 at the global, local, and national levels. We
need to spread information about it among as many suitable
groups and movements as possible. We need to spread and
share propaganda materials, such as leaflets and posters.
And, in general, we need to share our experiences, thoughts
and ideas with one other and help each other out. At the
local level, information about the day needs to be spread
and discussed among groups and individuals, meetings need
to be organised, events planned, leaflets printed and
distributed, funds raised, laughter and conversation
shared. The process of building up our movements can and
should be continued through further global days of action
against capitalism in the future. Any "enquiries" or
concerns about the September 26 global day of action should
be directed to other activists in the group, city, country
or on the various mailing lists, for us to mutually help
each other with ideas and advise. There is no-one in charge
or pulling the strings for the day. It will be a radically
decentralised and non-hierarchic event entirely of our own
creation in co- operation and solidarity with one
another. NEEDED: Translators !!! To make S26 information
available in every language, from
http://212.67.202.59/~resistance/s26/ Please contact
resistance@x21.org