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SUBJECT: WEALTH WARNING: G20 epidemic coming to town!
As you may or may not know by now, the finance ministers and central bank governors of 19 of the world’s richest countries, a representative of the European Union and the leaders of the World Bank and IMF will be meeting on November 18-19 at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne. These people are SERIOUSLY INFECTED with NEOLIBERALISM and will be QUARANTINED inside the hotel by police. t’s now up to us to make sure the rest of the city is informed about the DANGERS OF NEOLIBERALISM and why it’s bad for our health and the health of the planet.
WHAT’S HAPPENING WHEN?
* Saturday Nov 11: Creating Community:
Discovering the Local Alternatives Around Us – interactive forum on
practical alternatives to capitalist-led globalisation.
Venue: Melbourne (venue TBC)
* Sunday Nov 12, 12pm – 6:30pm: Media of Dissent!
A convergence of independent media makers for an afternoon of workshops,
skill shares and discussions.
Venue: Trades Hall (corner Victoria & Lygon Streets – see www.3CR.org.au for
more info soon)
* Tuesday Nov 14-15: A Space Outside: Active Interventions Within
Conference on critiques and analyses of capitalism. See
www.aspaceoutside.org Venue: Check website closer to date for secret
location.
* Evenings of Nov 15 & 16 Spokescouncils
Venue: TBC (www.stopg20.org)
* Thursday Nov 16: Make Poverty History forum
Venue: Melbourne Town Hall
* Friday Nov 17: Corporate engagement day
Decentralised actions, for affinity groups to focus on their own issues
concerning the corporate harm done to people and the planet.
Venue: Various corporate offices around the CBD
* Friday Nov 17, evening:
- Generation2015 Make Poverty History concert
Venue: Sidney Myer music bowl
- Stopg20 video evening
Venue: Gathering at a space nearish to the concert, in the gardens
around the Sidney Myer music bowl.
* Saturday Nov 18:
- Carnival Against the G20!
STREET CARNIVAL of joyful resistance.
Venue: Gathering at 12 Noon outside the State Library in Swanson St in
the city. Street Party venue TBC.
- Make Poverty History festival
Venue: Alexandra Gardens
* Sunday Nov 19
- Melbourne Social Forum G20 Alternatives, 11am – 3pm. See
http://www.melbournesocialforum.org
Venue: TBC.
- Helping the Police quarantine the Greed20 virus Street theatre
concerning the Greed20 virus and inoculating ourselves against
capitalist-led globalisation
Venue: As close to the Grand Hyatt as the Police Quarantine allows -
Night-time: Celebration!
Venue: TBC
GET INVOLVED
Here’s how you can participate to help stop the spread of the G20 epidemic:
* Join the stopG20 announcements list -
http://lists.riseup.net/www/add_request/g20-announce – to receive
regular updates on meetings, trainings, events, notices from particular
groups organising activities, etc.
* If you have skills in a particular area — visual arts, street
theatre, puppet making, first aid, independent media, legal support,
riding bikes (to disseminate and share information during the
festivities), debriefing, etc – contact info@stopg20.org so that we can
connect you with others who are organising in these areas
* Come to general meetings, every Tuesday at 7pm at RMIT SUC Meeting
Room (see www.stopg20.org for directions), and find out which sub-group
you’d love to help with
* Form an affinity group with others and consider how you’d like to
participate in the festivities
* Put posters and stickers up around town (these can be downloaded from
www.stopg20.org)
* Contribute vital nuts ‘n bolts work — come to a meeting or contact
info@stopg20.org to get plugged in to how you can help
* Donate or lend any resources you might have
* Got stuff you’d like to give away? How about a service you can
provide? The Really, Really Free Market project needs you!
* Are you a DJ? Play in a band? Come down to the Carnival (see below)
with your decks and PA and make some noise!
* Bring down your couches and beanbags on the day of the 18th to help
make the Carnival a funky chill-zone (and to better block the street)
*Organise fundraising gigs
