[Peace] mass demonstrations called in NYC outside mtg of World Economic Forum

[Laura Haber]

MASS DEMONSTRATIONS CALLED IN NEW YORK CITY OUTSIDE OF THE
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: JANUARY
31-FEBRUARY 5

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2: MASS MARCH AND RALLY

A.N.S.W.E.R. - Act Now to Stop War & End Racism - calls for
mass actions to:

"Declare war on unemployment, poverty and mass layoffs - not
on the people of Afghanistan."

"Money for jobs, education and health care - not war in
Afghanistan."

We call on thousands of people to take to the streets of New
York City between January 31 and February 5 in a protest
coinciding with an annual meeting of the World Economic
Forum.

This meeting includes political leaders and hundreds of
representatives of the world’s biggest transnational
corporations, banks and media conglomerates, from
Chase-Manhattan to GM to Siemen to AOL.  It represents the
world economic and military structures that have
impoverished people throughout the Third World and inside
the United States.  It is these corporate and banking elites
and government officials who are promoting the war against
the people of Afghanistan.  They will derive huge profits
from the sale of military weapons of mass destruction under
the rubric of combating “terrorism.”  They seek to
consolidate their hold over the oil-rich Caspian region and
the Middle East.

Since September 11, hundreds of thousands of workers from
the airline industry, the hotel and restaurant industry and
more have lost their jobs.  Unemployment and mass layoffs
are now sweeping through all sectors of the U.S. economy.
The corporate and banking elites which dominate the U.S.
government have crafted legislation and emergency aid to
bail out corporate investors and insurance companies, while
providing absolutely no assistance to working people who
have lost their income and are now facing evictions,
foreclosures and deepening poverty.  Hardest hit have been
the lowest paid workers, especially those in the service
sector.  

It is obscene that these modern day corporate robber barons
and the government officials who do their bidding will hold
their celebrated annual meeting at the Waldorf in New York
City while hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are being
forced onto the unemployment lines.  New York City officials
will roll out the red carpet for the rich and powerful while
working and poor people go without a guaranteed income,
health care or a roof over their heads.

The demonstration is being called by International
A.N.S.W.E.R., a national coalition that was formed in
response to the headlong rush to war and racist attacks
following the horrific events of September 11.  A.N.S.W.E.R.
has the support of more than 500 organizations and prominent
individuals and scores of organizing centers in cities and
towns across the country.  Its national steering committee
represents major national organizations that have campaigned
against U.S. intervention in Latin America, the Caribbean,
the Middle East and Asia, and organizations that have
campaigned for social and economic justice for poor people
inside the United States. (For details see
www.InternationalANSWER.org.)

To endorse or support the February 2 mass march, email
ANSWER at afgj.org.


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