demonstrations in Chicago in May
Stephanie Van Hook
From: Joanie Connors <jvc...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Subject: [members_pjsa] Fwd: demonstrations in Chicago in May
To: PJSA Members <member...@lists.riseup.net>, psysr-disc <psysr...@yahoogroups.com>
Please make note of the planned demonstrations for Chicago in May that are described below.
This is an important confluence of meetings of the powerful to protest and bring the people's voice to. What worries me is Chicago's recent (and historical) very violent repression of protests and Rahm Emanuel is another power hungry boss and no friend of democracy. Instead of wanting to go there, I worry about the horrors that might come down to smash these protesters.
Should we as peace advocates work to help ensure that these protesters are allowed to protest peacefully and covered by mainstream media? What can and should we do?
From: Adbusters Magazine <jam...@lists.adbusters.org>
Date: Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:38 PM
Subject: Tactical Briefing #25 - Showdown in Chicago
ADBUSTERS TACTICAL BRIEFING #25
Hey you redeemers, rebels and radicals out there,
Against the backdrop of a global uprising that is simmering in dozens of countries and thousands of cities and towns, the G8 and NATO will hold a rare simultaneous summit in Chicago this May. The world’s military and political elites, heads of state, 7,500 officials from 80 nations, and more than 2,500 journalists will be there.
And so will we.
On May 1, 50,000 people from all over the world will flock to Chicago, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and #OCCUPYCHICAGO for a month. With a bit of luck, we’ll pull off the biggest multinational occupation of a summit meeting the world has ever seen.
And this time around we’re not going to put up with the kind of police repression that happened during the Democratic National Convention protests in Chicago, 1968 … nor will we abide by any phony restrictions the City of Chicago may want to impose on our first amendment rights. We’ll go there with our heads held high and assemble for a month-long people’s summit … we’ll march and chant and sing and shout and exercise our right to tell our elected representatives what we want … the constitution will be our guide.
And when the G8 and NATO meet behind closed doors on May 19, we’ll be ready with our demands: a Robin Hood Tax … a ban on high frequency ‘flash’ trading … a binding climate change accord … a three strikes and you’re out law for corporate criminals … an all out initiative for a nuclear-free Middle East … whatever we decide in our general assemblies and in our global internet brainstorm – we the people will set the agenda for the next few years and demand our leaders carry it out.
And if they don’t listen … if they ignore us and put our demands on the back burner like they’ve done so many times before … then, with Gandhian ferocity, we’ll flashmob the streets, shut down stock exchanges, campuses, corporate headquarters and cities across the globe … we’ll make the price of doing business as usual too much to bear.
Jammers, pack your tents, muster up your courage and prepare for a big bang in Chicago this Spring. If we don’t stand up now and fight now for a different kind of future we may not have much of a future … so let’s live without dead time for a month in May and see what happens …
for the wild,
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