Do we want to endorse?

----- Forwarded message from Chuck Munson <[email protected]> -----

I would add that we are looking for endorsements of the ACC from anarchist and 
anti-capitalist groups

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IMF/World Bank Days of Action, September 28th - October 4th, Washington
[email protected] | http://www.abolishthebank.org/

"This might be the biggest protest we've had in D.C., maybe ever."
-- Washington, DC police officer

"Now you ask me how you could help this movement or what you could do, 
and I have no hesitation in saying, much. Every revolution requires 
revolutionists..."
--Isabel Meredith, from "A Girl Among the Anarchists"

Whether you are planning on participating in the actions against the IMF 
and World Bank or organizing a solidarity demonstration or expressing 
your solidarity in some other way, the Anti-Capitalist Convergence (ACC) -
- the radical organizing group for the days of action -- offer the 
following suggestions:

Be prepared

The first thing out of towners should do is be prepared. Print off guides 
and maps from the web before you come down here. The less time that local 
organizers have to spend on orienting people is vital time that can be 
spent on critical problems that come up at the last minute.

Maps:
http://www.abolishthebank.org/en/maps.html

See also:
http://www.mapblast.com
http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.htm

Housing:
http://www.abolishthebank.org/en/housing.html

Eating guide:
http://www.abolishthebank.org/en/guide.html
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Donate to the Anti-Capitalist Convergence

The Anti-Capitalist Convergence needs money! We are anti-capitalists and
anti-authoritarians, we are NOT NGO's and business unions who have 
thousands of dollars at our disposal. We are operating on a shoestring 
budget and every donation (however small) counts. Thanks for your 
support!

Go to, http://www.abolishthebank.org/en/index.html and scroll down to 
click the "PayPal/Donate" button on the left.
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What else?

1) Spread the word. Put up flyers everywhere. Organize a teach-in at the 
local college. Talk to high school students. Flyer workplaces.  

Flyers and stickers:
http://www.abolishthebank.org/en/outreach.html

2) Contact the local media and ask them if they want to do a local angle 
on the protests.  

3) Get your literature ready before you get to Washington. The cops shut 
down Kinkos last time (A16) to disrupt us.  

4) If you aren't going to Washington, prepare for support from your 
community. Be prepared to do solidarity rallies for those in jail, letter 
writing to local newspapers, and posting to websites.  

5) Organize your affinity group and plan some actions that can be done 
once you hit the ground in Washington. Stay tight and stay secure.  

6) Get your organization, your union local, or other local group to draft 
and submit a solidarity statement with the days of action. If you are 
part of an anarchist group or collective, consider endorsing the Anti-
Capitalist Convergence. Contact [email protected] to send your 
endorsement or solidarity statement.

7) Talk to your neighbors and family about what you are doing.

8) Keep building resistance to capitalism in your community. You can 
build this local community of resistance through several methods:

        1) organize alternative cultural activities;
        2) build counter-institutions;
        3) engage in popular education; and
        4) raise hell and create trouble for the local capitalists and their 
lackeys.

The methods used for #4 can range from organizing a workplace into a 
union to conducting a campaign against local slumlords. Remember that the 
aim of anarchism is NOT to get people to join one big movement, rather to 
empower people to use the methodology of anarchism to liberate themselves 
from this fucking capitalist system.  
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Anti-Capitalist Convergence Principles of Unity 

(These are as adapted from CLAC and CASA's principles of unity. Two 
groups that organized for the FTAA protests in Quebec City.)  

*We are opposed to capitalism. We fundamentally reject a social and 
economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production
and exchange. We reject a system driven by an exploitative logic that 
sees human beings as human capital, ecosystems as natural resources, and
culture as simply a commodity. We reject the idea that the world is only
valuable in terms of profit, competition and efficiency.  

*We reject the ideology of neo-liberalism, whereby corporations and 
investors are exempt from all political and social measures that 
interfere with their so-called "success".  

*We are anti-imperialist, opposed to patriarchy, and denounces all forms
of exploitation and oppression. We assert a worldview based on the 
respect of our differences and the autonomy of groups, individuals and 
peoples. Our objective is to globalize our networks of resistance to 
corporate rule.  

*Respecting a diversity of tactics, we support the use of a variety of 
creative initiatives, ranging between popular education to direct action.

*We are autonomous, decentralized and non-hierarchical. We encourage the
involvement of anyone who accepts this statement of principles. We also 
encourage the participation of all individuals in working groups, in 
accord with their respective political affiliations.  

*We organize with a regard for security culture, keeping in mind the
constant repression and infiltration of political movements by the
state.

http://www.abolishthebank.org