The situation in the Middle East is becoming increasingly precarious, and inappropriate military actions could humiliate and isolate the United States while killing innocents. Activists are gathering in Washington, DC this weekend, from Sept 27 to Sept 30 to put a break on the U.S. war machine. Originally, activists had planned to protest the policies of the World Bank and IMF, but the focus of the convergence changed after the World Bank and IMF postponed their annual meetings.
The Anti-Capitalist Convergence and International Action Center are organizing major marches this weekend. Organizations such as the DC Statehood Green Party, the National Mobilization on Colombia, and Food Not Bombs are sponsoring events. Visit the Washington, DC Independent Media Center for ongoing coverage. A group of people from Ithaca will be going to DC. Call (607) 255-7293 or write to cuslar@cornell.edu if you're interested in participating.
S-26 WEDNESDAY
EVENT: Pacifica Press Conference
SPONSOR: www.pacifica.org
TIME: 7pm
LOCATION: National Press Building
S-27 THURSDAY
EVENT: The People's Summit Workshop
SPONSOR: Mobilization for Global Justice
TIME:
10:30am-11:45am
-Economic Democracy, Decentralization, Bio-Regions, and Co-ops
-Capitalist Globalization and the Bush Program
Noon-1:15pm
-Inner and Outer Ecology
-Fighting global trend on water privatization
-Gender, militarization and the global economy
1:30pm-2:45pm
-the effects of Corporate globalization on people's food
-World bank bond boycott
-Iraq sanctions
3pm-4:15pm
-Anatomy of a movement: the Zapatista rebellion/lessons learned for movement building
-Israel/Palestine crisis
-Charleston Five
-Fighting military industrial complex
4:30-5:45pm
-Washington, DC: Neo-colonialism in the Nation's Capitol
-Agriculture, community and food security in 2001
-The case for socialism
LOCATION: Luther Place memorial church 1226 Vermont ave NW
CONTACT: 202.265.7714
EVENT: National Mobilization on Colombia
SPONSOR: National Mobilization on Colombia
TIME: 9am-10pm
LOCATION:Church of the Reformation; 212 E. Capitol NE
CONTACT: 202.588.1471
EVENT: Ending global apartheid: Conversations about peace with Howard Zinn
SPONSOR: Essential Action
TIME: 4-6pm
LOCATION:All Souls Church; 16th nad Harvard sts. NW
CONTACT: 202.387.8030 (Monica Wilson)
EVENT: Opening Plenary: Ending Global Apartheid
SPEAKERS: Naomi Klein, Salin Booker, Njoki Njehu, and many more
TIME: 7-9:30pm
LOCATION: All Souls Church; 16th and Harvard sts. NW
CONTACT: 202.387.8030
EVENT: ACC Trainings and Local Issues Workshop
SPONSOR: Anti-Capitalist Convergance
TIME: 9am-10pm
LOCATION:ACC Welcome Center; Wilson Center, 15th and Columbia NW [there will be trainings all week here]
CONTACT: 703.276.9768
S-28 FRIDAY
EVENT: Ending Global Apartheid
SPONSOR: 50 Years is enough and others
TIME: 9am-5pm
LOCATION: National Baptist Church; 16th and Columbia
Casa del Pueblo; 1459 Columbia Rd NW
CONTACT:Monica Wilson 202.387.8030
EVENT: International Poor People's Forum
SPONSOR: Kiensington Welfare Rights union
TIME: 7pm
LOCATION: 1536 U St NW
CONTACT: Jen Cox 215.203.1945
EVENT: The People's Summit Workshops
SPONSOR: Mobilization for Global Justice
TIME: 9am-6pm
LOCATION: Lutheran Memorial Church; 1226 Vermont Ave NW
EVENT: Panel: Globalizing Justice and Peace
SPONSOR: Mobilization for Global Justice
TIME: 6:30pm
LOCATION: St. STephen's Church; 1525 Newton St NW
EVENT: Indymedia Film Screenings
SPONSOR: DC-IMC
TIME: 7pm, 9pm, and midnite
LOCATION: Visions Florida Ave & 18th
CONTACT: 202.483.3700
S-29 SATURDAY
EVENT: Anti-War/.Anti-Capitalist March
SPONSOR: Anti-Capitalist Convergance
TIME: 9am
LOCATION: Union Station to IMF/World Bank Buildings
CONTACT: 703.276.9768
EVENT: National March Against War and Racism
SPONSOR: International Action Center
TIME: Noon
LOCATION: Freedom Plaza - 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. NW
CONTACT: 202.332.6615
EVENT: Temporary Autonomous Zones
SPONSOR: Anti-Capitalist Convergance
TIME: After the march (about 1pm into the evening)
LOCATION: Malcolm X Park (16th and florida ave) and elsewhere
CONTACT: 703.276.9768
EVENT: Food Not Bombs Dinner Party
SPONSOR: Anti-Capitalist Convergance
TIME: That evening sometime
LOCATION: MAlcolm X (or Meridian Hill) Park, 16th and Florida Ave
CONTACT: 703.276.9768
EVENT: Interfaith Service of Committment to restoration and Justice
SPONSOR: Jubilee USA
TIME: 7:45pm
LOCATION: St. Aloysius Church; North Capitol and I (eye) st NW
CONTACT: www.jubileeusa.org
S-30 SUNDAY
EVENT: Peace Rally and March
SPONSOR: Washington Peace Center
TIME: 11am
LOCATION: Malcolm X Park; Florida Ave and 16th St NW
CONTACT: www.washingtonpeacecenter.org
