STOP THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM!
REBUILD NEW YORK, REBUILD THE WORLD
FOR PEOPLE NOT PROFIT!

Protest the World Economic Forum in NYC, January 31-February 4, 2002

The World Economic Forum is an annual gathering of the world's richest
and most powerful CEO's and politicians. This year it is meeting in New
York City. In its mission statement, the WEF claims that it is committed
to "improving the state of the world" In reality, they have come to make
their plans to increase mass layoffs, to slash education and health
services, to reduce wages and working conditions, to degrade the
environment, to wage war on civilians and to assault the civil rights of
all who dare to oppose them.

This year the WEF says their meeting will focus on finding ways to
"reverse the global economic downturn, eradicate poverty, promote
security and enhance cultural understanding." Translation: They'll be
looking to rescue failing corporate giants, exploit working people,
clamp down on dissent, and puree the diverse communities of our world
into a single, American-style consumer culture.

It is obscene that Pataki and Giuliani are shelling out millions of
dollars for the WEF at the same time they plan drastic cutbacks to
public services. It's an insult to the community solidarity New Yorkers
showed in the wake of Sept.11.

The WEF is in for a surprise: The movement for global justice is alive
and well and growing, and ready to stand in the way of their five-day
corporate cocktail party! We call on anti-globalization, student,
immigrant, community and union organizations and all working people to
join with us to protest the World Economic Forum and to pose our
positive alternative to their destructive plans. WE DEMAND:

DUMP THE DEBT-- Wipe out the debt that is strangling the world economy.
Cancel international, municipal and personal debt. Human needs come
first.

REBUILD NEW YORK, REBUILD THE WORLD --Take the money that now goes to
pay the debt, fuel the military and bloat the rich, and use it to fund
democratically-controlled projects to build the housing, schools,
hospitals and transportation needed in New York and in every nation of
the world. This will create tens of millions of jobs and wipe out
unemployment.

STOP DESTROYING THE EARTH - Corporate greed is destroying species,
deforesting whole nations and wasting resources at a pace unseen in
human history. In their place we get growing deserts, pollution, new
strains of disease, and Frankenfoods. Restore the environment!

STOP FUELING TERRORISM, STOP THE WAR MACHINE -- Terror networks like
al-Qaeda were built by the US government and its allies. US terrorist
training camps like the School of the Americas are in full operation and
they continue to create new networks of terror. Stop all arms
production and supplies, stop all military aid and action. Stop the
cycle of terror.

NO APARTHEID FOR IMMIGRANTS! HANDS OFF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS! -- An attack on
the civil rights of immigrants is an attack on the civil rights of us
all. No Military Tribunals! No racial profiling! Free all the detainees!
General amnesty for all immigrants! We need our rights if we are to
fight for a new world free from the tyranny of corporate greed.

We're calling for five days of mass rallies, of creative, passionate,
and diverse actions against the WEF. Join us in building a coalition
that's as diverse as New York City itself. ALL are welcome as we tell
the "Masters of the Universe" that they don't have the answers to our
problems. Join us in the streets as we visualize solutions that build a
better world where the people are in control. Your ideas, your bodies,
and your creative energy are all needed!

JOIN US FOR MASS PROTESTS
AGAINST THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM!
Another World is Possible Coalition Against the WEF

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