February 15: An Anarchist Call for Global Action against Capitalism and War
The ongoing war between the United States, the United Kingdom and Iraq is only one component of a global struggle between the rich and powerful and the billions who are oppressed for their benefit. Blair and Bush, like bin Laden and Hussein, use the politics of international war as a diversion from their wars against the poor, the excluded, and the Earth.
From the West Bank to the West Side, and from the rainforests of Colombia to the farmlands of Great Britain, the ruling class maneuvers to extract the maximum profits from the Earth and its people. International war is one more tactic in this class war, for the acquisition of natural resources, the elimination of surplus populations, and the consolidation of patriotic unity between the oppressors and the oppressed.
On February 15, 2003, millions around the globe will march in opposition to the escalation of this war. We call on all who seek a world free of the oppression of authoritarianism, capitalism, ethnic hatred and religious fundamentalism to participate in this unprecedented mobilization, through convergences in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Aotearoa, Athens, Bangkok, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Berne, Brussels, Budapest, Cairo, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edmonton, Glasgow, Helsinki, Istanbul, Jakarta, Johannesburg, London, Lisbon, Madrid, Manila, Montreal, New York, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Ramallah, Rome, San Francisco, San Juan, Sao Paulo, Skopje, Stockholm, Sydney, Tallinn, Tokyo, Toronto, Vienna, Warsaw, and anywhere else, and to escalate this component of the struggle against the ruling class through direct action, including strikes, sabotage, sickouts, occupations, civil disobedience, and the mass reclamation of public space. Let's make our resistance to war visible in as many ways as possible!
From London and New York to Cairo and Ramallah, our resistance will be as global as their oppression. On February 15, to the streets! And to the barricades!
No war between states! No peace between classes!
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This call can be found online, with a current list of endorsers and list of local events, at: http://www.infoshop.org/f15call.html
Coming soon: http://war.infoshop.org
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Endorsers:
- WOMBLES (white overalls movement building libertarian effective struggles)
- The No Subject Collective (Connecticut)
- Infoshop.org
- North-Midwestern Psychogeographic Workshop
- el periodico el libertario de caracas (cra-ait) (Venezuela)
- Emergency Mass Action
Local Events and Actions:
CHICAGO
Chicago Anarchist & Anti-Capitalist Bloc
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
RAWR! Call to Action
COLUMBUS, OH
CALL FOR MILITANT CONTINGENT - 2/15/02
LONDON
YOUNG ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN MEET-UP
LOS ANGELES, CA
Black Bloc Call To Action
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Anti Capitalist Anti State Bloc - Anti War Demo Fri 14th
MONTREAL
Appel pour un contingent anti-capitaliste contre la guerre
NEW YORK CITY
1) Anarchist Red & Black Contingent
2) Anti-Capitalist Bloc Feeder March for F15
PHILADELPHIA
Anti-Capitalist Feeder march
PORTLAND, MAINE
Northern New England Call to Action
RALEIGH, NC
Radical breakaway percussion march
ROME, ITALY
APPELLO per uno spezzone anarchico e antimilitarista a Roma il 15/02
SAN FRANCISCO
Direct Action to Stop the War
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
MUTINY BLOC-Sydney 16th Feb
TORONTO
1) Against Capitalist War! Against Capitalist Peace!
2) Join the 'No One Is Illegal' contingent
VANCOUVER
Revolutionary Anti-Capitalist Contingent