---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: •••@••.••• Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 15:01:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: Fwd/StoptheWTO: Call for Support for WTO protestors To: •••@••.•••, •••@••.••• *** Please forward to anyone else you think would be interested. *** Below is a call for solidarity and for an International Day of Action on Saturday, December 4 to support the activists who have faced police repression in Seattle to protest the World Trade Organization and corporate globalization that allows corporate interests to override democracy and the public interest. Please join in support of the protesters for democracy, and please pass this on to any organizations or individuals you know of who would be interested. Thank you, Ron Rowe -- Chair, Citizens' Alliance of Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara Alliance for Democracy) P.O. Box 719 Moorpark, CA 93020-0719 E-mail: •••@••.••• +++ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 2-DEC-1999 22:56 From: IN%"•••@••.•••" Subj: ANN: FW: Call for Emergency Actions to Support WTO protestors ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 23:43:12 GMT From: resist recreate <•••@••.•••> Subj: Call for Emergency Actions to Support WTO protestors ************************PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY******************** CALL FOR MESSAGES OF SOLIDARITY AND AN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST THE WTO SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1999 Our Resistance is more International than Capital The World Trade Organization, an international ruling body promoting corporate power over people and ecosystems, has been attempting to hold its third ministerial meeting in Seattle, USA from November 29- December 3, 1999. For the past three days, activists from all over the world have been attacked with violent police opposition during their display of resistance to the WTO. Included in the weapons used against them have been tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades, and clubs. A National State of Emergency has been called with a 7 p.m. curfew every night and martial law has been imposed. Activists and bystanders alike are being stopped and searched randomly by the Seattle Police and the National Guard. It is now illegal for any "citizen" to posses a gas mask and people with communication radios or medical supplies are being targeted for arrest. On the International Day of Action, November 30, fifty thousand people were in Seattle to shut down the WTO. Using many direct action techniques, activists ground the city to a halt, forcing the WTO to cancel their opening ceremony and postpone their meetings. This is no longer just about the WTO- This is about the repressive nature of capitalism and the necessary resistance to it. This is about creating a new society, it's about a world based on freedom and autonomy. It's about a world free of discrimination and violence. The means to which the government will go to squash dissent has been blatantly shown to a new generation of activists in Seattle and audiences watching around the world. Over 500 people have been arrested, many of them refusing to get off the buses they are being held in. Pre-determined acts of jail solidarity have been incredibly effective in jamming the jails, and have shown us what we can accomplish when we work together to create unity and solidarity. These past few days have taken quite a toll on the activists. Despite the violence used against them, the activists are staying strong. We need your support. We are calling for an international day of action on Saturday, December 4, 1999 in support of the activists in Seattle and in celebration of resistance. You can't imagine what it means to us here in Seattle to know that people are behind us. Hearing about actions happening against the WTO in other parts of the world will give the activists here in Seattle the strength to keep fighting. We need you. Send messages of solidarity to: •••@••.••• or fax (206) 632 9486 Please write letters to the Mayor of Seattle and Seattle Police Chief demanding their resignation and expressing your outrage at the use of chemical weapons and rubber bullets on protesters and demanding the immediate release of all jailed activists! Mayor Paul E. Schell Chief Norm Stamper 600 4th 12th floor 610 3rd Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 USA Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 684-4000 (206) 684-5577 •••@••.••• •••@••.••• FAX: (206) 684-5360 FAX: (206) 684-5525 ### ------------------------- Richard K Moore Wexford, Irleand Citizens for a Democratic Renaissance •••@••.••• http://cyberjournal.org Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world, indeed it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead .
