September 13 actions against war and corporate globalization in the Baltimore area. In solidarity with the demonstrations against the WTO ministerial in Cancun, we will be hosting a day of street theater and non-violent action against institutionalized injustice.
We will begin on September 13 with a "Tour of Shame" around downtown Baltimore starting at 1 PM at War Memorial Plaza!!!
URGENT !!!
-- Friends and comrades, In solidarity with the international call for a global day of action against war and corporate globalization on September 13 coinciding with the anti-WTO actions in Cancun, the NO FTAA Towson group is issuing a call for a "Tour of Shame" and autonomous street theater actions on that date in and around the Baltimore area. Hoping to inspire actions that highlight the dangers of corporate-led globalization, so-called free trade, profit-based wars and occupations, and capitalist oppression of the poor, we are prepared to coordinate independent actions by various groups within and around the city. We urge every organization or affinity that opposes the aforementioned injustices to create and perform an action on this date, using theater, puppetry, poem, song, music, performance art (acting, dancing), and any other creative methods to educate the public about the urgency of opposing war and free trade, and/or to disrupt business as usual by forcing people to think about the effect their lives have on the lives of others in the global south and poor communities at home. We will begin on September 13 with a "Tour of Shame" around downtown Baltimore starting at 1 PM at War Memorial PlazaThe tour will be stopping at federal sites, banks, corporations, and symbols that represent the domination and destruction of the planet through the use of sweatshops, funding slum landlords, funding international finance institutions like the World Bank and IMF, contributing to homelessness and profit-based housing operations, funding and participating in warfare on the basis of private gain, and jacking prices on utilities and services for the poor. The tour will begin with a brief rally at War Memorial Plaza located at the intersection of East Fayette and Gay streets and will include a number of speakers who will be discussing the connections between stops along the tour and the global injustices of war and corporate globalization. Following the tour of shame affinity groups will spread throughout the city and head to their pre-determined targets to begin doing street theater-style actions vocalizing their oppositi on to injustice and war and/or promoting alternatives to destructive policies. The following are ideas for street theater actions that your organization or affinity could utilize on the 13 to highlight the injustices described above: - Mock evictions of companies that evict the poor - Temporary privatization of public resources on behalf of multinationals - Temporary sweatshops outside of slave-abusing corporate targets - Zombies walking around detailing the horrors of war - Grim reapers carrying coffins representing dead civilians from war - Holding a funeral for democracy - "Business people" explaining to real business people the exploits of corporate globalization - A representation of the Patriot Act walking around with a chained up slave - A costumed conga line that will shout out the absurdity of war and free trade - A super-patriot bl oc representing the image of modern American apathy - A "bum bloc", which will attempt to spare freedom/democracy from the passer-by - A drum circle or drum line to beat out the message of unity, solidarity, and mutual aid - TV-headed people or fake camera people to highlight the absurdity of the media These are just ideas, some have already been claimed and will be utilized and performed on the 13. If you wish to perform theater, please contact us so that we can coordinate all the actions and make sure that there are not overlapping actions at different sites. Please email or call us and give us a little info on your action and your location. If you wish for your action to remain secret, please maintain legal and non-violent status and document your action with photo or video. In closing, we wish to urge all organizations and affinities who are concerned about war, occupation, and corporate globalization to act on September 13 in solidarity with people all over the globe and join us on the streets of Baltimore. Finally, and once again, in an attempt to coordinate this massive effort we ask that you please contact us about your action idea and location.
In solidarity, NO FTAA Towson towsonftaa
lists.riseup.net www.noftaatowson.cjb.net
*To endorse this call please contact towsonftaalists.riseup.net (please spread far and wide)
Baltimore, MD • "Tour of Shame" No WTO Protest
Saturday, September 13th 2003 ':' ' - ':' '
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?calid=5793
In solidarity with the international call for a global day of action against war and corporate globalization on September 13 coinciding with the anti-WTO actions in Cancun, the NO FTAA Towson group is issuing a call for a « Tour of Shame » and autonomous street theater actions on that date in and around the Baltimore area.
Hoping to inspire actions that highlight the dangers of corporate-led globalization, so-called free trade, profit-based wars and occupations, and capitalist oppression of the poor, we are prepared to coordinate independent actions by various groups within and around the city. We urge every organization or affinity that opposes the aforementioned injustices to create and perform an action on this date, using theater, puppetr y, poem, song, music, performance art (acting, dancing), and any other creative methods to educate the public about the urgency of opposing war and free trade, and/or to disrupt business as usual by forcing people to think about the effect their lives have on the lives of others in the global south and poor communities at home.
We will begin on September 13 with a "Tour of Shame" around downtown Baltimore starting at 1 PM at War Memorial Plaza
The tour will be stopping at federal sites, banks, corporations, and symbols that represent the domination and destruction of the planet through the use of sweatshops, funding slum landlords, funding international finance institutions like the World Bank and IMF, contributing to homelessness and profit-based housing operations, funding and participating in warfare on the basis of private gain, and jacking prices on utilities and services for the poor. The tour will begin with a brief rally at War Memorial Plaza located at the intersection of East Fayette and Gay streets and will include a number of speakers who will be discussing the connections between stops along the tour and the global injustices of war and corporate globalization.
Following the tour of shame affinity groups will spread throughout the city and head to their pre-determined targets to begin doing street theater-style actions vocalizing their oppositi on to injustice and war and/or promoting alternatives to destructive policies.
The following are ideas for street theater actions that your organization or affinity could utilize on the 13 to highlight the injustices described above:
- Mock evictions of companies that evict the poor
- Temporary privatization of public resources on behalf of multinationals
- Temporary sweatshops outside of slave-abusing corporate targets
- Zombies walking around detailing the horrors of war
- Grim reapers carrying coffins representing dead civilians from war
- Holding a funeral for democracy
- "Business people" explaining to real business people the exploits of corporate globalization
- A representation of the Patriot Act walking around with a chained up slave
- A costumed conga line that will shout out the absurdity of war and free trade
- A super-patriot bl oc representing the image of modern American apathy
- A "bum bloc", which will attempt to spare freedom/democracy from the passer-by
- A drum circle or drum line to beat out the message of unity, solidarity, and mutual aid
- TV-headed people or fake camera people to highlight the absurdity of the media
These are just ideas, some have already been claimed and will be utilized and performed on the 13. If you wish to perform theater, please contact us so that we can coordinate all the actions and make sure that there are not overlapping actions at different sites. Please email or call us and give us a little info on your action and your location. If you wish for your action to remain secret, please maintain legal and non-violent status and document your action with photo or video.
In closing, we wish to urge all organizations and affinities who are concerned about war, occupation, and corporate globalization to act on September 13 in solidarity with people all over the globe and join us on the streets of Baltimore. Finally, and once again, in an attempt to coordinate this massive effort we ask that you please contact us about your action idea and location.
In solidarity,
NO FTAA Towson
towsonftaalists.riseup.net
www.noftaatowson.cjb.net
*To endorse this call please contact towsonftaalists.riseup.net
Location:
War Memorial Plaza Baltimore
Contact:
No FTAA Towson
towsonftaalists.riseup.net www.noftaatowson.cjb.net