J21 Demo - Cuba Mall - Wellington - Aotearoa / New Zealand - Planet Earth
Between 19 - 21 July politicians from the eight richest countries in the world (USA, UK, Italy, France, Germany,
Russia, Japan and Canada) will be meeting in Genoa, Italy with some of the most powerful businessmen - together they
will continue to carve up our world, and decide on our future. In support of the the Italians who are organising a huge
blocade, protest and Social Strike in Genoa, we are holding a demo here. The protests in Genoa will possibly be the
biggest of all the anti-capitalist demonstrations so far in Europe. Previous protests in Seattle, Washington, Prague and
Nice have already forced the World Trade Organisation, to hold its next meeting in the desert in Qatar. As with the WTO
(World Trade Organisation) and IMF (International Monetary Fund) meetings, at the G8 summit, politicians and businessmen
will be discussing, how they can turn us and our world and its resources into bigger profits for them. And how they can
stop those, trying to flee the wars that they cause, and the poverty they are responsible for, from seeking safety in
their countries.
Already half of the world is on fire. Throughout Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Australasia millions of
people are rising up, and saying 'enough is enough'. Throughout the USA and Western Europe, more and more people are
realising, that this capitalist system, brings nothing but a lifetime of instability and hardship. More and more people
are realising that the whole planet is full of deep injustices. With 20% of the world population - in countries with
advanced capitalism - wasting 83% of the resources of our planet; 11 million children die every year of malnutrition and
1.3 billions live on less than one dollar per day.
We also recognise that it is not good enough to just chase the WTO, the IMF, George Bush and his mates, all over the
world, we must build a resistance to their system were we are, in our own cities. - [Hence the demo in Wellington!!] In
Aotearoa - New Zealand these huge corporations, have left their mark. Companies have exploited the local population,
taken the resources, poisoned the rivers and air, and packed up and left when their profits start dwindling, leaving us
to deal with the pollution and economic devastation. They use our money and our situation, to get loads of money for
themselves. All this is linked in one way or another - to the corporations wanting to take over the world, more profit
for them, more instability and struggle for us. We know that here in Aotearoa, the domestic capitalist elite, their
local employers and manufacturers federation, their business roundtable, their tribal capitalists allies, and the NZ
state - regardless of which party is in power - advance policies with the same anti-people and anti-environment
consequnces. So in Genoa when the world leaders, are being forced to reconsider their greed, their lust for power and
wealth, there will be no escape for them. We are planning to hold a demo in Wellington - Cuba Mall, were everyone is
invited, to show to them, the men in grey suits, that we have had enough. Ya Basta!!
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People from any sympathetic organisations or any interested individuals, sociable socialists, affable anarchists, eager
environmentalists (you get the picture) who want to help meetings are at the Peace and Environment Center in Trades Hall
on Vivian Street. Mondays at 7pm