The Activist

Alright, here’s the schedule of actions and educational events going on in the city this weekend. Everyone is highly encouraged to attend, DC YDS activists have been involved in planning and will be participating in solidarity with other groups.

Protest the G20 Summit! Nov 14th & 15th in DC

The G20 is holding a summit on the Financial Crisis and the World Economy in Washington, DC on November 15, the first in a series of closed door summits, with the people who brought you the IMF, the World Bank, and the recent global financial crisis.

We know that capitalism is the disaster and the newly formed GLOBAL JUSTICE ACTION is planning to protest these meetings and show alternative visions for the future.

For a full schedule of events and logistical info, visit http://globaljusticeaction.wordpress.com

Schedule of Actions

Friday, November 14th

4-5pm, DC Students for a Democratic Society will be at the Department of Education for the Student Power for Accessible Education Day of Demands. They’ll be rallying outside it with hopscotch and jump rope and showing the world how student debt is connected to the credit crunch, as well as delivering a letter to the Department of Education with representatives from DC area high schools and universities.

5-7pm, People’s Banquet in Lafayette Park - While Bush is hosting a gala dinner for the G20 delegates at the White House, we will be holding a People’s Banquet, a feast for those left hungry and out in the cold by US economic policies. We’re also planning a Really Really Free Market and a rally to show how mutual aid can overcome local neoliberalism.
Co-Sponsored by Global Justice Action, Casa de Maryland, the Washington Peace Center, Jobs with Justice, the Democratic Left @ GWU, and Students for a Democratic Society

Saturday, November 15th

10am-12pm, Rally @ Murrow Park (at the intersection of 18th St, H St, and Pennsylvania Ave NW, across from the World Bank)
Co-sponsored by Global Justice Action, the Institute for Policy Studies, Jobs with Justice, Students for a Democratic Society, and USAction

12-1pm, Mass March to Luther Place for a People’s Forum (details below)

1-2pm, lunch at Luther Place, 1226 Vermont Ave NW

2pm-8:30pm, Global Justice Action presents a People’s Forum.
While the G20 holds their summit to try and resuscitate their dying ideas, join us to learn about how the financial crisis happened and how it effects your local community, discuss new ideas and alternatives to capitalism, and come together as a movement to organize.
Co-sponsored by Global Justice Action, the Bank Information Center, the Institute for Policy Studies, Jobs with Justice, Students for a Democratic Society, the Democratic Left @ GWU and USAction

11:55pm, G20 Going Away Party
Join Global Justice Action for a rowdy march to bid farewell to the G20. Meet at Dupont Circle

Sunday, Nov 16th

12-3pm, Post-Election Strategy & Inauguration Planning Meeting with the DC Activist Coalition, for more info go to - http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.net/civic/node/1155