Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:11:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sean Fenley <satellitecrash-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: AUT: CALL TO ACTION FOR UN MILLENNIUM SUMMIT
>
>
> Independent Media Center: Philadelphia Listserv -
> http://www.phillyimc.org
>
>
> ATTENTION ALL ANTI-GLOBALIZATION,
> PRO-DEMOCRATIZATION ACTIVISTS!
>
>
> A Coalition has formed to organize a massive
> people's presence at the United
> Nations Millennium Summit in New York City on
> September 6-8th, 2000. This is
> the largest gathering of heads of state in history,
> and it demands the
> energetic attention of all those fighting against
> the continued path of the
> globalization, militarization and de-democratization
> of the world.
>
>
> We are envisioning a week of teach-ins and actions,
> beginning with the
> International Forum on Globalization planned for
> Sept 5th. This day of
> learning focuses on "Economic Globalization and the
> Role of the United
> Nations." Discussion will center on the question of
> whether the UN can be at
> all salvaged from corporate and super-power
> dominance. Guest speakers
> include Vandana Shiva, Anuradha Mittal, David
> Korten, Victor Navasky, and
> many others. For more information, please visit
> http://www.ifg.org
>
>
> September 6th will feature demonstrations targeted
> at pressuring the UN and
> member states to sign, ratify, and implement several
> specific treaties that
> will be considered at the Summit. Please join
> S6-Mobilization-AT-egroups.com to
> help plan for a day of action around proposals such
> as the International
> Criminal Court, the Tobin Tax, and UNILETS.
>
>
> September 7th is a day to demand that the increasing
> militarization of the
> world must stop, and that the people do not tolerate
> games such as Star Wars
> to be played out between the elites at the expense
> of humanity. Rather,
> attention, research and money must be funneled
> toward the development of
> energy-saving, environment-protecting technologies
> that will keep the earth
> safe and sustainable for future generations.
>
>
> September 8th will be the culmination of the weeks
> events, with attention
> directly aimed at the non-democratic structures of
> all international
> institutions that keep the will of the people from
> being implemented. Please
> join S8-Mob-AT-topica.com to help plan for a day
> demanding a truly democratic
> world that works for the people and the planet --
> not free trade and
> corporate profit.
>
>
> Below is the official call for the Mass Action on
> Sept 8th. Included in it
> is more contact info, including information on how
> your organization can
> endorse this call to action and/or contribute
> financially.
>
>
> Our Current List of Endorsers and Steering Committee
> members are: 50 Years
> is Enough; Jubilee 2000 Global South; Corporate
> Watch; Program on
> Corporations, Law, and Democracy; Economic Justice
> for Africa Now; the Free
> Burma Coalition and the Coalition for Dignity &
> Amnesty for Undocumented
> Immigrants.
>
>
> Please help forward this call to the rest of the
> world via all your networks
> and activist listserves.
>
>
>
******************************************************************
>
>
> The People's Summit:
>
>
> Making the United Nations accountable to the peoples
> of the world.
>
>
>
>
>
> On September 6-8, 2000, the United Nations will host
> the UN Millennium
> Summit, the largest gathering of heads of state in
> history, to set the
> agenda for the world for the new millennium.
> Political and corporate leaders
> will consider the ratification of over 500 treaties
> that declare the need
> for economic, social, political, and cultural human
> rights for all peoples.
> However, the hierarchical structure and openness to
> corporate influence of
> the UN, make it close to impossible for the will of
> the people to be
> implemented and renders it a forum for impotent
> rhetoric.
>
>
> The UN Charter opens with the words "We, the
> People". The theme of the UN
> Millennium Summit is "We the Peoples: The Role of
> the United Nations in the
> 21st Century." To ensure The People are represented,
> all are invited to
> converge for a People's Summit in the streets of New
> York City on Sept. 8th
> in recognition of this historic concentration of
> power and to send our
> message that a radically different system is needed.
>
>
> In light of the deepening crises of poverty, racism,
> armed conflict,
> ecological devastation, militarization, human rights
> abuses, exploitative
> labor, cultural dissolution, the further
> impoverishment of the peoples of
> the global South, the eroding democracy caused or
> exacerbated by corporate
> globalization, and the corporate agenda of the IMF,
> World Bank, and WTO, and
> to have any hope of elevating the quality of life of
> all the world's people,
> the goal of the Millennium Summit of World Leaders
> MUST be to democratize
> political structures and the international economy.
>
>
> S8 Mobilization is a coalition of international
> organizations working to
> mobilize a massive people's presence at the
> Millennium Summit to reclaim the
> United Nations for all and to advance a people's
> agenda for the 21st
> century. S8 Mobilization supports the founding
> mission of the United Nations
> to end war by fostering peace and true security
> through solidarity and we
> hold this mission as one of our own. We must not
> allow the corporate
> takeover of the United Nations, its adoption of the
> goals of the
> multinational private sector, or the continued
> subversion of its efforts by
> the United States. We must demand a truly democratic
> United Nations that
> works for people and the planet -- not free trade
> and corporate profit.
>
>
> Join us to tell the "leaders" of the world what real
> global human
> development is. On September 8th, bring your ideas
> of what democracy really
> looks like to the streets of New York City for a day
> of protest, direct
> action and international celebration. Just as on the
> streets of Seattle, DC,
> Philly and LA, the voices of the people will be
> heard in New York and will
> not be silenced until real change comes.
>
>
> Our mobilization needs your support.
>
>
> Our meetings are: Tuesdays at 6pm at The Church
> Center for the UN.
>
>
> 777 UN Plaza, 44th Street (between 1st and 2nd
> Avenues); 7th Floor
>
>
> Financial contributions can be made to out to:
>
>
> S8-Mobilization
>
>
> c/o Nisha Anand
>
>
> 255 18th street, Apt 406
>
>
> Brooklyn, NY 11215
>
>
> For more information on tax-deductible
> contributions, please call Nisha
> Anand: (718) 369-2724.
>
>
> If your organization would like to endorse this
> call, please email
> S8-Mob-AT-onebox.com, or call the voicemail number at
> (212) 894-3761 x1207 and
> leave a message specifying which organization is
> endorsing the call and
> leave contact info. Also, if you would like to be an
> integral part of the
> planning for this historic event, please join the
> listserv by sending a
> blank email to:
>
>
> S8-Mob-subscribe-AT-topica.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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<P>
<P><FONT size=3><STRONG><U><EM>ATTENTION ALL
ANTI-GLOBALIZATION, PRO-DEMOCRATIZATION
ACTIVISTS!</EM></U></STRONG></FONT></P><BR>
<P><STRONG>A Coalition has formed to organize a
massive people's presence at the United Nations
Millennium Summit in New York City on September 6-8th,
2000. </STRONG>This is the largest gathering of heads
of state in history, and it demands the energetic
attention of all those fighting against the continued
path of the globalization, militarization and
de-democratization of the world.</P><BR>
<P>We are envisioning a week of teach-ins and actions,
beginning with the <STRONG>International Forum on
Globalization planned for Sept 5th</STRONG>. This day
of learning focuses on "Economic Globalization and the
Role of the United Nations." Discussion will center on
the question of whether the UN can be at all salvaged
from corporate and super-power dominance. Guest
speakers include Vandana Shiva, Anuradha Mittal, David
Korten, Victor Navasky, and many others. For more
information, please visit <A
href="http://www.ifg.org/"
target=_blank>http://www.ifg.org</A></P><BR>
<P><STRONG>September 6th </STRONG>will feature
demonstrations targeted at pressuring the UN and
member states to sign, ratify, and implement several
specific treaties that will be considered at
the Summit. Please join <A
href="http://us.f6.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=S6-Mobilization-AT-egroups.com">S6-Mobilization-AT-egroups.com</A>
to help plan for a day of action around proposals such
as the <EM>International Criminal Court, the Tobin
Tax, and UNILETS</EM>.</P><BR>
<P><STRONG>September 7th </STRONG>is a day to demand
that the <EM>increasing militarization of the world
must stop</EM>, and that the people do not tolerate
games such as Star Wars to be played out between the
elites at the expense of humanity. Rather, attention,
research and money must be funneled toward the
development of energy-saving, environment-protecting
technologies that will <EM>keep the earth safe and
sustainable for future generations.</EM></P><BR>
<P><STRONG>September 8th </STRONG>will be the
culmination of the weeks events, with attention
directly aimed at the <EM>non-democratic structures of
all international institutions that keep the will of
the people from being implemented</EM>. Please join <A
href="http://us.f6.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=S8-Mob-AT-topica.com">S8-Mob-AT-topica.com</A>
to help plan for a day demanding a truly
democratic world that works for the people and the
planet -- not free trade and corporate profit.
</P><BR>
<P><STRONG>Below is the official call for the Mass
Action on Sept 8th. Included in it is more contact
info, including information on how your organization
can endorse this call to action and/or contribute
financially. </STRONG></P><FONT size=3><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Our Current List of Endorsers and
Steering Committee members are: 50 Years is Enough;
Jubilee 2000 Global South; Corporate Watch; Program on
Corporations, Law, and Democracy; Economic Justice for
Africa Now; the Free Burma Coalition and the Coalition
for Dignity & Amnesty for Undocumented
Immigrants.</FONT></P><STRONG><BR>
<P>Please help forward this call to the rest of the
world via all your networks and activist
listserves.</FONT></STRONG></P><I><FONT size=5><BR>
<P><STRONG>******************************************************************</STRONG></P><BR>
<P><STRONG>The People's Summit:
</STRONG></P></I></FONT><BR>
<P><FONT size=3><STRONG>Making the United Nations
accountable to the peoples of the world.
</STRONG></FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=3></FONT><FONT size=3> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>On September 6-8, 2000, the United
Nations will host the UN Millennium Summit, the
largest gathering of heads of state in history, to set
the agenda for the world for the new millennium.
Political and corporate leaders will consider the
ratification of over 500 treaties that declare the
need for economic, social, political, and cultural
human rights for all peoples. However, the
hierarchical structure and openness to corporate
influence of the UN, make it close to impossible for
the will of the people to be implemented and renders
it a forum for impotent rhetoric.</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>The UN Charter opens with the words
"We, the People". The theme of the UN Millennium
Summit is "We the Peoples: The Role of the United
Nations in the 21<SUP>st</SUP> Century." To ensure The
People are represented, all are invited to converge
for a <I>People's Summit</I> in the streets of New
York City on Sept. 8<SUP>th</SUP> in recognition of
this historic concentration of power and to send our
message that a radically different system is needed.
</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>In light of the deepening crises of
poverty, racism, armed conflict, ecological
devastation, militarization, human rights abuses,
exploitative labor, cultural dissolution, the further
impoverishment of the peoples of the global South, the
eroding democracy caused or exacerbated by corporate
globalization, and the corporate agenda of the IMF,
World Bank, and WTO, and to have any hope of elevating
the quality of life of all the world's people, the
goal of the Millennium Summit of World Leaders MUST be
to democratize political structures and the
international economy.</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>S8 Mobilization is a coalition of
international organizations working to mobilize a
massive people's presence at the Millennium Summit to
reclaim the United Nations for all and to advance a
people's agenda for the 21st century. S8 Mobilization
supports the founding mission of the United Nations to
end war by fostering peace and true security through
solidarity and we hold this mission as one of our own.
We must not allow the corporate takeover of the United
Nations, its adoption of the goals of the
multinational private sector, or the continued
subversion of its efforts by the United States. We
must demand a truly democratic United Nations that
works for people and the planet -- not free trade and
corporate profit. </FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Join us to tell the "leaders" of the
world what real global human development is. On
September 8th, bring your ideas of what democracy
really looks like to the streets of New York City for
a day of protest, direct action and international
celebration. Just as on the streets of Seattle, DC,
Philly and LA, the voices of the people will be heard
in New York and will not be silenced until real change
comes. </FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Our mobilization needs your support.
</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Our meetings are: Tuesdays at 6pm at
The Church Center for the UN. </FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>777 UN Plaza, 44<SUP>th</SUP> Street
(between 1<SUP>st</SUP> and 2<SUP>nd</SUP> Avenues);
7<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Financial contributions can be made to
out to: </FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT
size=2>
S8-Mobilization </FONT><FONT size=2></FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT
size=2>
c/o Nisha Anand</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT
size=2>
255 18<SUP>th</SUP> street, Apt 406</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT
size=2>
Brooklyn, NY 11215</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>For more information on tax-deductible
contributions, please call <STRONG>Nisha
Anand</STRONG>: (<STRONG>718)
369-2724.</STRONG></FONT></P><BR>
<P></FONT><FONT size=2>If your organization would like
to endorse this call, please email <A
href="http://us.f6.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=S8-Mob-AT-onebox.com">S8-Mob-AT-onebox.com</A>,
or call the voicemail number at (212) 894-3761 x1207
and leave a message specifying which organization is
endorsing the call and leave contact info. Also, if
you would like to be an integral part of the planning
for this historic event, please join the listserv by
sending a blank email to:</FONT></P><B><BR>
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