Thursday, June 30, 2011

CALL FOR CONVERGENCE of anti-capitalist struggles

CALL FOR CONVERGENCE of anti-capitalist struggles



INFO:
To know more check the blog in French and english where you will find the call for action :
http://www.gzero.info/

Flyer : http://gzero.info/gzero/images/village_mieux.gif

ON THE OCCASION OF THE G8 and G20 events, in France
CALL FOR CONVERGENCE of anti-capitalist struggles AT A self-managed VILLAGE
from July 9th 2011 UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (authoritarian at least!)
The harmfulness of capitalism is well established. After decades of policy analysis and endless debates we know how its effects are severe, regarding to the peoples as well as their environment. The economic and political ‘elites’ have managed to establish and maintain a system for their own interests. The machine is well-oiled. the stronger it gets, the more we feel the rage and the need to rebel against this world that does not match anymore.
Our struggle against capitalism did not start yesterday. Beyond the local and individual actions, this struggle has often taken the form of numerous international gatherings and camps against the G8 and G20.
In parallel with these anti-summits, the practice of thematic camps has developed throughout Europe : No Border camps, the Climate Camp and now the Camps of resistance (camps de la resistance, lyon, toulouse..)

The anti-summits method has shown that time pressure and repression hindered us in achieving our goals. Above all, we did not propose anything new and fail at surprising the ennemy, anti-summits are now institutionalized and have become part of the show.
Recently, the desire to leave the traditional patterns of struggle has emerged. We need to use different time frames and places from those determined and used by governments at international summits. We want above all to get out of mere criticism and focus on international convergence, exchange and sharing of practices for the solidification of our networks.

For all these reasons, and after a critical review of past mobilizations, the participants in preparatory meetings for anti G8/G20, in Dijon and Paris in November 2010, February and April 2011, have gathered in a collective informal group named NoG2011,
they have decided to change their mode of operation and to bring about a project that is somewhat different from the usual anti-summits and camps.
The first time of the mobilization, the decentralized actions against the G8 took place on 26 and 27 May 2011. In nearly thirty cities and 6 countries, actions have expressed our rejection of this world they pretend to impose on us ..

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