Call to Action! Halifax June 14-15th
We would like to see actions that clearly oppose the G7, work in solidarity with G8 protests and support local and regional grassroots social justice efforts. This is an invitation to all organizations, affinity groups and individuals in the eastern provinces as well as the northeastern United States.
Call to Action! - Distribute Widely
The Finance Ministers of the seven richest countries in the world will be meeting at the World Trade and Convention Centre in Downtown Halifax on June 14th and 15th in preparation for theG8 meetings in Kananaskis later that month.
Their economic policies shape both global and local economies and encourage decision making policies that put profit before people.
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These policies adversely affect worker's rights, degrade our environment, and increase poverty. This threat has also become apparent in recent laws such as the "anti-terrorist" legislation. These laws constitute a judicial assault on political, civil, and human rights and political organizing, have clear racist implications that create an atmosphere of the worst forms of prejudice, resulting in a new wave of scapegoating and attacks on immigrant and refugee communities.
What is a change to legislation here in Canada amounts to war in other parts of the world. There have been brutal and indiscriminate assaults on the people of Afghanistan since October 7th, when the retaliation began. In Palestine, the autonomous areas are being invaded by thousands of troops backed by tanks. In Iraq, the threat of war is becoming more and more plausible. The tragic events of September 11th are being exploited as a pretext to target social movements in the Philippines and Colombia, and to expand Western control.
A group of citizens are meeting as the Atlantic G7 Welcoming Committee to provide education about G7 and to plan an appropriate reception for the Finance Ministers.
We would like to see actions that clearly oppose the G7, work in solidarity with G8 protests and support local and regional grassroots social justice efforts. This is an invitation to all organizations, affinity groups and individuals in the eastern provinces as well as the northeastern United States.
Atlantic G7 Welcoming Committee meets on a regular basis.
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