>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: CPA: Melbourne-Economic Forum =WTO. >Subject: WE ARE PEACEFUL, WE ARE MILITANT AND WE ARE DISOBEDIENT! > >Demonstrations to close down World Economic Forum: > >WE ARE PEACEFUL, WE ARE MILITANT AND WE ARE DISOBEDIENT! > >The World Economic Forum is to open in Melbourne tomorrow, September >11th for three days. The forum will hear speakers representative of >the worldís leading transnational corporations and compliant >politicians. >Thousands of demonstrators will take to the streets of the city of >Melbourne to demonstrate against the forum and what it stands for. > >A statement issued by the Communist Party of Australia which is >participating in the protests together with many other trade union, >community, evironmental and democratic organisations, says: > >Communist Party of Australia (CPA) members from all parts of >Australia have gathered in Melbourne to take part in the protests >against the meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). > >The WEF is a meeting of the leaders of the most powerful corporations >around the globe which monopolise economic, political and military >power, condemn millions to poverty and diseases, ravage the >environment and squander resources in their drive for profits. > >We cannot tolerate entering the new millenium with 50 per cent of the >world ís population surviving on just six per cent of world income. >The top 100 corporations hold assets equal to the combined GDP of 140 >low income countries. Over 80 per cent of the worldís six billion >people live in poverty. > >CPA members are joining forces with the large range of organisations >and individuals who oppose the right of this gathering of >unrepresentative robber barons to set a global agenda which inflicts >injustice and underdevelopment on the majority of the worldís peoples >and devastates the environment which is the basis for all life. > >The Federal Government has passed laws allowing the army to be >used against demonstrators. A barrage of media propaganda has >trivialised the protesters while simultaneously accusing them of >violence and ignorance. Despite this, thousands are attending forums >and festivals in the lead up to Mondayís actions to close the meeting >down. > >People have the power to change Australia and change the world. We >have to forge strong and lasting alliances among all the forces >committed to change in the interests of the people. The campaign to >close down the World Economic Forum meeting will play a part in this. > >The existing economic and political order does not and cannot serve >the interests of humanity. The transnationals are socially >and environmentally irresponsible and are obstacles to human >development. > >They cannot be reformed or regulated. They must be removed and >replaced by socially and environmentally responsible ways of meeting >peopleís needs, by a new way of organising society. This is the >message from the thousands demonstrating in Melbourne against the >World Economic Forum. " JC > > JC..Monday morning's happenings -so far > >JC. Radio National Australia, operating under the control of imported >RightWing CEO's, and having its Truth Documentary/news staff >disbanded, has reported the Melbourne street scenes at the moment. > > Our little Prime Minister, a 'friend of Clinton' has spent a lot of >his feeble racist energies in passing an Act allowing his government >to call in the Army to prevent rowdy street protests. Our neo-liberal >(meaning greed for wealth and power) Labour Party which also wanted >to ensure a toothless ABC and no street protests, concurred with >these things we describe as politicians. > > To protect the imperialists -many of whom are landing on the roof >from helicopters -a large metal framework was constructed, 9 meters >high, with a mesh of piping each meter. This surrounded the immediate >area of the meeting entrance. But these boys and girls -including the >welcome foreigners- have been there many times before and have >concentrated on the streets leading to the protected slime. > >So far, the ABC has reported violent scuffles with police -no Army in >sight yet -with one protester having his teeth knocked out -and a few >police needing first aid. The normal racist, religious Disney-loving >Premier from Western Australia has had his car repainted and his >tyres fixed. > >No doubt our mates with the muscles -Building trades, Wharfies and >many others who have lost their futures will be there. For every one >of them who are now forced on the bread lines, the Aust dollar slides >down in tandem. Like the USA, our figures for unemployment omit all >those who earn one hour or one day's work a week, or -with dependent >wife and children -train their probably tired faculties to learn a >new trade -particularly computers -at age 45. Their children have >been excluded from University. Education is now for the rich and the >wealthy Catholic schools, colleges. > >So that is the background. Tomorrow's reports will tell more facts >-hopefully -about the Melbourne battle. " JC _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
