Fwd: G20 Meltdown at the Bank of England 2
Mark Barrett
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2009
G20 Meltdown movement calls for ‘very English revolution’ to start debate for new future
The G20 Meltdown movement is calling on the British public to take a day off work on April Fools Day (Wednesday 1st April) and head to the Bank of England for a ‘Very English Revolution’.
The ‘Revolution’ will take the form of an openly organized free assembly in public space outside the Bank of England, a peaceful and fun street party! designed to unsettle the City’s routine just enough for new ideas and solutions to our current crisis to be debated.
This colourful carnival is planned to send a clear message to attendees at the G20 London Summit on April 2nd that the global dominance of financial capitalism is the problem, not the solution, to the current economic, ecological and political meltdown.
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: A bright and noisy protest procession of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will converge outside the Bank of England at 12pm. The parades will each assemble at 11 am and depart from the following rail stations:
Moorgate - Red horse against War·
Liverpool St· - Green horse against Climate chaos
London Bridge - Silver horse against· Financial crimes
Cannon Street - Black horse against land enclosures and· borders in honour of the 360th anniversary of the Diggers[1]
The G20 Meltdown organisers believe that at the London Summit the G20 ministers are trying to get away with the biggest April Fools trick of all time – conning the global public into bailing them out for their tax-dodging, bonus-guzzling, pension-pinching, free market behaviour.
A G20 Meltdown spokesperson says: “We want to unsettle the routine of the City just enough so that new ideas - democratic solutions to our current problems - have a chance of entering the public realm. People are angry; justifiably so. With the world in meltdown and over two million people now out of work in Britain alone, the G20 ministers still resist nationalising the banks, decentralizing and democratizing our economy. Instead, they continue to pour trillions into the black hole of bankers’ bad gambling debts. That money could be used to reorganize, climate-proof, and democratise our economy, putting resources into the hands of those who need it most, the unemployed, those living in poverty, and the vulnerable. We'll be bringing fierce words and music to throw at the G20 elites. Those who make it along to the street party at the Bank of England on April 1st might expect a picnic, theatre, mock executions of bankers, music, speeches, dance… maybe even a striptease involving an emperor who wears no clothes. By going to the bank of England we are pointing out that the problem is not just a few bad bankers and some sleepy regulators. The bank of England is the foundation stone of the UK economy, and it has presided over Sir Fred style bonuses for years and years."
ENDS
**For more information or to arrange photo calls and interviews contact the G20 Meltdown press officers by telephoning 07772 861 099 or use the press enquiry form on the G20 Meltdown website**
Additional contact
07528398441
07729785327
Notes to editors:
[1] The date of the G20 Meltdown action coincides with the 360th anniversary of the Diggers, English revolutionaries who held the Earth to be “a common treasury for all”. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diggers The G20 Meltdown Movement believes our beautiful planet has ample resources given a fair distribution to all its citizens, but the voracious ideology of unlimited consumption and growth can only lead to runaway climate change threatening all life on earth.
The goals of the G20 Meltdown Movement are to:
1. Participate in a carnival party at the Bank of England
2. Support all events demonstrating against the G20 during the meltdown period (from March 28th onwards)
3. Overthrow Capitalism
For quick reference we have been referred to as the 'meltdown'. We recognize that this term is probably more closely associated with the period of history into which the London financial sector & the G20 are now entering. Central bankers and G20 leaders are hoping to steal our money to solve their crisis. We say No Way!
The G20 Meltdown is only one of many other groups and organisations that have responded to the Paris Declarations calling for public demonstration opposing the G-20 this week in London. For more information see http://www.g-20meltdown.org/node/34
and http://www.g-20meltdown.org/node/5
crime advisory: Because of the risk of pick-pocketing, journalists & participants are advised not to bring their pension with them when they enter the banking sector.
...We support decentralized journalism!
Mark Barrett
Mark have you heard about this? Has anyone else got wind of the cancellation - seems pretty definite.
First they suspend a tenured academic, then they suspend people's right to freedom of assembly, free speech etc. maybe off their own bat as a university, or possibly at the behest of 'the authorities' as the comment below has it, which if true is quite simply cowardly and craven.
I'm trying to find out more about this.
Link to alternative summit website - http://www.altg20.org.uk/
Fiona
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From: anarchist.aca...@lists.mutualaid.org on behalf of Judy Greenway
Sent: Mon 30/03/2009 5:41 PM
To: anarchist...@lists.mutualaid.org
Subject: Re: [anarchist.academics] Alternative London G2 summit andsuspension of Chris Knight
The University of East London, where the Alternative London G2 Event was to have been held on Wednesday, has just announced that it will be closing down on Wednesday and Thursday because of 'widespread anticipation of serious disruption and disturbance'.
Last week the university suspended Chris Knight, one of the event's main organisers, for comments he allegedly made to the media, allegedly inciting violence. According to one newspaper discussing the suspension the university was also cancelling the Alternative G2 (though no cancellation was announced at the time, and I have been unable to find any other confirmation of that claim).
I can't help wondering if the university has been leaned on by the authorities to cancel the event, and if the suspension, and today's decision to close down (only hours after an announcement that it would stay open) are a consequence of this.
Judy
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From: proje...@googlegroups.com on behalf of Mark Barrett
Sent: Mon 30/03/2009 8:17 PM
To: proje...@googlegroups.com; Peopleincommon; politicsands...@yahoogroups.com; digge...@yahoogroups.com; creati...@lists.riseup.net; Reclaiming Spaces; global_jus...@lists.riseup.net; Global Women Strike; Globalise Resistance; 21st-centu...@googlegroups.com; Circalondon
Subject: [project2012] Fwd: G20 Meltdown at the Bank of England 2
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2009
G20 Meltdown movement calls for 'very English revolution' to start debate for new future
The G20 Meltdown movement is calling on the British public to take a day off work on April Fools Day (Wednesday 1st April) and head to the Bank of England for a 'Very English Revolution'.
The 'Revolution' will take the form of an openly organized free assembly in public space outside the Bank of England, a peaceful and fun street party! designed to unsettle the City's routine just enough for new ideas and solutions to our current crisis to be debated.
This colourful carnival is planned to send a clear message to attendees at the G20 London Summit on April 2nd that the global dominance of financial capitalism is the problem, not the solution, to the current economic, ecological and political meltdown.
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: A bright and noisy protest procession of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will converge outside the Bank of England at 12pm. The parades will each assemble at 11 am and depart from the following rail stations:
Moorgate - Red horse against War·
Liverpool St· - Green horse against Climate chaos
London Bridge - Silver horse against· Financial crimes
Cannon Street - Black horse against land enclosures and· borders in honour of the 360th anniversary of the Diggers[1]
The G20 Meltdown organisers believe that at the London Summit the G20 ministers are trying to get away with the biggest April Fools trick of all time - conning the global public into bailing them out for their tax-dodging, bonus-guzzling, pension-pinching, free market behaviour.
A G20 Meltdown spokesperson says: "We want to unsettle the routine of the City just enough so that new ideas - democratic solutions to our current problems - have a chance of entering the public realm. People are angry; justifiably so. With the world in meltdown and over two million people now out of work in Britain alone, the G20 ministers still resist nationalising the banks, decentralizing and democratizing our economy. Instead, they continue to pour trillions into the black hole of bankers' bad gambling debts. That money could be used to reorganize, climate-proof, and democratise our economy, putting resources into the hands of those who need it most, the unemployed, those living in poverty, and the vulnerable. We'll be bringing fierce words and music to throw at the G20 elites. Those who make it along to the street party at the Bank of England on April 1st might expect a picnic, theatre, mock executions of bankers, music, speeches, dance... maybe even a striptease involving an emperor who wears no clothes. By going to the bank of England we are pointing out that the problem is not just a few bad bankers and some sleepy regulators. The bank of England is the foundation stone of the UK economy, and it has presided over Sir Fred style bonuses for years and years."
ENDS
**For more information or to arrange photo calls and interviews contact the G20 Meltdown press officers by telephoning 07772 861 099 or use the press enquiry form on the G20 Meltdown website**
Additional contact
07528398441
07729785327
Notes to editors:
[1] The date of the G20 Meltdown action coincides with the 360th anniversary of the Diggers, English revolutionaries who held the Earth to be "a common treasury for all". See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diggers The G20 Meltdown Movement believes our beautiful planet has ample resources given a fair distribution to all its citizens, but the voracious ideology of unlimited consumption and growth can only lead to runaway climate change threatening all life on earth.
The goals of the G20 Meltdown Movement are to:
1. Participate in a carnival party at the Bank of England
2. Support all events demonstrating against the G20 during the meltdown period (from March 28th onwards)
3. Overthrow Capitalism
For quick reference we have been referred to as the 'meltdown'. We recognize that this term is probably more closely associated with the period of history into which the London financial sector & the G20 are now entering. Central bankers and G20 leaders are hoping to steal our money to solve their crisis. We say No Way!
The G20 Meltdown is only one of many other groups and organisations that have responded to the Paris Declarations calling for public demonstration opposing the G-20 this week in London. For more information see http://www.g-20meltdown.org/node/34
and http://www.g-20meltdown.org/node/5
crime advisory: Because of the risk of pick-pocketing, journalists & participants are advised not to bring their pension with them when they enter the banking sector.
...We support decentralized journalism!
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