Tear Down the World Bank and IMF! Raise up the resistance!

Mobilization Update #1

8/31/2007

Global capitalism is facing unprecedented global resistance!

In Latin America – Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela are taking steps to leave the IMF and the World Bank.

In Africa – people in Ghana are rising up against water privatization.

In Asia – Indian social movements are planning to put the IMF, World Bank, and Asian Development Bank on trial before a people’s tribunal in New Delhi in October.

Here in the United States – twenty thousand people gathered for the first ever U.S. Social Forum, and public housing residents in Washington DC are fighting the sale of their buildings to private developers.

Be a part of these global movements – come to Washington, DC, from October 18-21 to confront the forces of global capitalism during the IMF/World Bank meetings!

* For more information on the mobilization: http://octoberrebellion.org

* Next meeting in DC to plan for the actions: Saturday 9/1/2007, Petworth Public Library, Georgia and Kansas Ave. NW, near Petworth Metro.

* Not in DC? Interested in mobilizing in your community? Join the next conference call: Sunday September 2, 7 pm ET.

Call-in number: 712-580-6300. Password: 351224

Contents of this update:

1. Action plans till date.

2. Endorsers of the mobilization so far

3. Housing and convergence space update.

4. Materials available!

5. We need your help....

1. Action plans till date

Here’s a tentative action calendar – keep checking the website for details.

Thursday, October 18

-workshops/trainings (e.g. action training, know your rights training, medic training) @ place TBD during the day

-spokescouncil to finalize plans for Friday

-big teach-in connecting local and global struggles against neoliberalism

Friday, October 19

-12 PM-2 PM March/Rally at ICE (between 4th and 5th on Eye Street)

-5-7 PM Dinner and Workshop/Talk on the History of Georgetown @ St. Stephen's

-9 PM Rowdy March on Georgetown

Saturday, October 20

-10 AM to 11:30 AM/noon Gentrification tours

-1 PM permitted march near World Bank/IMF ending at the People's Tribunal (trial of the World Bank, the IMF, the Mayor and City Council of DC, and other destructive forces)

-6:30 PM meeting to disperse necessary information(about any arrests/non-arrests/make decisions about any evening events

Sunday, October 21

-breakfast @ place TBD for evaluation of weekend

2. Endorsers of the mobilization so far:

• 50 Years Is Enough

• DC Alliance for Immigrant Justice

• Fondasyon Mapou

• Friends of the Congo

• Front Farabundo Marti for the National Liberation of El Salvador (FMLN – Washington DC committee)

• Haitian Priorities Project

• Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns

• Maryland Peace Resource Center.

• Mobilization for Global Justice

• North East Anarchist Network (NEAN), 4th gathering

• Pittsburgh Organizing Group

Want to endorse the actions? Please contact <outreach@octoberrebellion.org>.

3. Housing and convergence space update.

• We have secured a convergence/mass housing space for 250 people at St. Stephen’s Church. We’ll send address, directions etc. for St. Stephen’s and other locations of interest later.

• We also have an interactive housing and ride board on the website (octoberrebellion.org) where you can offer, or ask for, housing in DC or a ride to/from DC.

4. Materials available!

• We have flyers and other materials in English and Spanish available for download on the website (octoberrebellion.org), and soon we’ll have more. So download them, photocopy them, and use them in your local outreach! .

• We are doing a mailing of materials to interested groups and people on Thursday September 6. If you want to be included in the mailing, please e-mail outreach@octoberrebellion.org latest by Wednesday September 4.

5. We need your help!

The October coalition has the following working groups. Please contact whichever group(s) you’re interested in helping/working with.

• action@octoberrebellion.org - to contact the actions working group, if you can help with legal and medic support, action training, etc. for the direct actions and permitted actions.

• materials@octoberrebellion.org - to contact the materials (flyers, posters, website content etc.) working group, to help with producing and translating materials.

• fundraising@octoberrebellion.org - to contact the logistics and fundraising working group, to help with housing, food, fundraising and in-kind resources.

• outreach@octoberrebellion.org - to contact the outreach working group, to help with local and nationwide outreach to build what will hopefully be a huge mobilization!