Dear RN list, June 15 Andreas Rockstein, a German student who has done lots of anti-globalization work and who manages somehow to keep up with all kinds of e-mail info (in at least 2 languages) has sent us this press release about the June 18 anti-globalization actions. It makes for exciting reading! It would be great to hear from participants in any of these events to know how things go. all the best, Jan ************************************************** Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:58:47 +0200 (CST) From: Andreas Rockstein <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: rn: J18 (Canada): let's ask our leaders the big question Dear Jan, there will be multiple actions in Canada! see next mail! all the best, Andreas ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 16:27:41 +0200 From: J18 media <•••@••.•••> Subject: Press Release - World's Financial Centers to be Occupied JUNE 18 PRESS RELEASE For continuously updated news throughout the day visit: http://www.j18.org/ For more information use the contact list below or email: •••@••.••• For immediate release JUNE 18TH: WORLD'S FINANCIAL CENTRES TO BE OCCUPIED Hundreds of thousands of people will occupy and transform about 100 major financial districts in 40 countries on Friday June 18th in the largest coordinated mass protests in recent history. Timed to coincide with the start of the G8 summmit in Cologne, Germany, the day of action, protest and carnival is being held "in recognition that the global capitalist system based on the exploitation of people and the planet for the profit of a few is at the very root of our social and ecological troubles". This day of action will also see the ending of the 500 strong inter-continental caravan of Indian peasants currently touring and protesting around Europe (http://stad.dsl.nl/~caravan). Grass-roots movements comprising workers, peasants and others will demonstrate throughout the cities of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India. In Nigeria the oil giants who have wreaked havoc in the Niger Delta region will be targeted. Across Australia, Europe, and America global street parties will disrupt and transform major financial districts, while multinationals are targeted in non-violent direct actions. In Argentina a procession through the streets of Buenos Aires will demand debt cancellation for the world's poorest countries. June 18 is not an organization. It is a global event that has been organized in a decentralized way by autonomous and mutually independent groups and organizations, coordinated as a loose network. Just like the banks and stock exchanges, the groups are electronically networked. June 18 reports will flow around the world via TV, radio and text, all live on the Internet. For international details and contacts; previous press coverage; June 18 background and continuously updated news, with video and live interviews on the day, visit: http://www.j18.org/ In case the site is shut down, see: http://i.am/transnational http://messages.to/the_people http://now.at/global_j18 http://learn.at/first_hand http://listen.to/the_truth E-mail news updates are available. Simply send a message to the following addresses, depending on the continent you want updates for: •••@••.••• •••@••.••• •••@••.••• •••@••.••• •••@••.••• •••@••.••• Alternatively you can go to http://www.egroups.com/ and subscribe from there to any of the update lists. They are low volume feeds, rising to medium or high volume on the day. Note: June 18 is not an organization. There is no such thing as a J18 spokesperson - each group speaks for itself. Many or most of the participating groups are suspicious of mainstream media outlets, and some are deeply discomforted by any attempt at communication with such media. This press release results from an independent initiative by some of the individuals involved. The list of information above is based on publicly available information and additional information sent to us by individual groups. This press release has not been composed with any pretension to represent the views of the groups and individuals that participate on June 18th. JUNE 18 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION WHAT IS HAPPENING WHERE AND HOW TO CONTACT THEM GLOBAL ACTIVIST NETWORKS (principle points of contact only) A SEED Europe: Contact person: Johan Frijns Email: •••@••.••• Land Address: PO Box 92066, 1090 AB, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tel: +31-20-6682236 Fax: +31-20-4682275 WWW: http://www.antenna.nl/aseed Bioengineering Action Network (BAN) Email: •••@••.••• Campaign Against the Arms Trade Email: •••@••.••• Tel: +44 (0)171 281 0297 Communitaz Email: •••@••.••• GEN (Information for action against genetic engineering) Email: •••@••.••• Partizans Email: •••@••.••• Peoples' Global Action: Email: •••@••.••• WWW: http://www.agp.org Reclaim The Streets (RTS): Email: •••@••.••• Tel: +44 (0)171 281 4621 Land Address: PO Box 9656, London N4 4JY, UK WWW: http://www.gn.apc.org/rts AFRICA NIGERIA - Contact: Chicoko (network of indigenous groups resisting the oil industry in Nigeria) Land address: Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria Tel./fax.: 234 84 236365 E-mail: •••@••.••• SENEGAL Dakar - Contact: CONCEPT (peasant farmer group) Address: N° 3 Cité Jardiparc x Cambérène, BP 21.014 Dakar Tel: (221) 835 45 27 Fax: (221) 835 45 37 E-mail: •••@••.••• SOUTH AFRICA Durban Planned events: Protest and information outside the Reserve bank from 1:00 pm onwards. - Contact: Durban J18 group Email: •••@••.••• ZIMBABWE Harare Planned events: Publications of documents and flyers will be distributed to the big banks' and the major mining companies' headquarters. - Contact: Students for Environmental Action Land Address: University of Zimbabwe, Harare Email: •••@••.••• ASIA BANGLADESH Dhaka Planned events: Mass protest by domestic workers. - Contact: Domestic Workers Association, Bangladesh (contact person: Amirul Haque Amin) Mail: G.P.O. BOX 864, DHAKA, BANGLADESH Phone: 88-019-340268 Fax: 88-02-9562562 Email: •••@••.••• INDIA Planned events: "There will be protests across 25 states in India, involving hundreds of thousands of people who have been marginalised by the market economy and World Trade Organisation policies. Many capital developments are coming to India but they benefit only the rich." - Contact: National Alliance of Peoples Movements (coalition of over 100 unions and social movements) Land Adress: S7 D. V. Pradhan Road, Near Tilak Bridge, Hindu colony, Dadar (East), Mumbai - 400 014, India Tel./Fax.: +91 471 50 1376 WWW: http://www.south-asian-initiative.org/wff Email: Vikas Adhyayankendra •••@••.••• - Contact: National Fishworkers Forum Land Address: Veelankanni Junction,Valiyathura, Thiruvananthapuram 695 008, INDIA Email : •••@••.••• INDONESIA - Contact: Serikat Petani Sumatera Utara/SPSU (North Sumatra Peasant Union/NSPU) Land Address: Jl. Karya Jasa 58, Pangkalan Masyhur, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia 20143 Tel./Fax.: +62 61 7862073 Email: •••@••.••• ISRAEL Tel Aviv Planned events: The 'Goodbye to the Mall Party', a global street party in the financial district, on Rothschild Blvd between Herzl and Nahalat Binyamin, between 12:00 and 18:00. Displays and street theater to illustrate the ecological and economic devastation wreaked on our planet by the multinationals. One special focus on the MAI treaty and the need to work with groups around the world in opposing it. - Contact: Green Action and Green Course Fax.: +972-3-5162349 Tel: +972-3-5286722 Mail: POB 4611, Tel-Aviv 65161, Israel Land Address: Rabbi Akiva 11, Tel-Aviv, Israel Email: •••@••.••• WWW: http://www.greenaction.org.il MALAYSIA - Contact: •••@••.••• NEPAL Kathmandu - Contact: INHURED (anti-dam activists) (contact person: Gopal) Land Address: P.O. Box 2125, New Plaza, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: 0977-1-429741 Fax: 0977-1-419610 Email: •••@••.••• PAKISTAN Gujrat City Planned events: A demonstration/rally program in which thousands of school children and workers of different industries (bricks kiln industries workers, bone crushing industries workers, street boys, pottery industries workers, ladies garments industries workers) will participate. The rally will take start from G.T.S Chowk at 9am and pass through Fawara Chowk, Kabli Gate, Prince Cinema Chowk, Jail Chowk, and end in the District Courts Chowk. The slogan for the day is " WE WANT PEACE NOT NEUCLEAR". - Contact: All Pakistan Federation of United Trade Unions (APFUTU, contact Gen. Sec. Pirzada Imtiaz Syed) Land Address: Secretary General of the APFUTU, Union House, Rangpura, Sargodha Road, Gujrat, Pakistan. Tel: ( + 92 - 4331 ) 28736 & 26398 Fax: ( + 92 - 4331 ) 525302 E-Mail: •••@••.••• SOUTH KOREA Seoul - Contact: Policy & Information Center for International Solidarity (PICIS) Land Address: TaeKwang Bdg, 4th fl, 1410-3, Shillim 5 Dong, Kwanak Gu, Seoul, Korea 151-015 Tel.: +82-2-886 2853 Fax.: +82-2-877 4353 E-mail: •••@••.••• THAILAND - Contact: J18 Group/ Ponderosa Pine Email: •••@••.•••
