[E-rundbrief] Info 832 - Peoples Economic Summit 0509

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 832 - Bail Out the People Movement (USA): People's 
Economic Summit, 31. May 2009, New York, USA. - UN-Conference on the 
World Financial and Economic Crisis postponed until 24. - 26. June 09.

Bad Ischl, 29.5.2009

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The People's Economic Summit WILL go ahead on schedule Sunday, May 31 -
Under Tents in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, New York.

The G20 countries' forced postponement of the UN Conference on the
Economic Crisis

MEANS THAT THE PEOPLES STRUGGLE AGAINST THE BANKERS IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN EVER!

Although pressure and hostility on the part of some G20 governments has
resulted in the UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis
and its Impact on Development being postponed from June 1 to 3 until
June 24 to 26, the People's Economic Summit this Sunday, May 31 will go
on as scheduled. The summit will take place from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. in
a summit tent city across the street from the UN in Dag Hammarskjöld
Plaza, 47 St. and 1st Ave.  The Bail Out the People Movement encourages
all who have made plans to attend the People's Economic Summit on May 31
not to change those plans. The postponement of the UN meeting makes it
all the more necessary that we meet on Sunday.

Because of recent developments, the May 31 Summit will not only be a
critical opportunity to discuss the causes of the world economic crisis,
hear the voices of those who are suffering the most because of this
crisis and plan mass action, it will also be a protest against the G20
governments, especially the U.S. and European imperialist powers that
have conspired for six months to either derail, discredit, or weaken the
UN economic summit.

The governments and banking establishments of the U.S. and Europe, whose
greed has pushed the world into the gravest economic crisis since the
depression of the 1930s never wanted the UN economic conference because
they don't want to listen to the poor of the world and they don't want
their imperial hegemony over the world economy challenged even in the
slightest way.

The rich want to use the UN, especially the Security Council, to
legitimize U.S. occupation and war, or to condemn, isolate and starve
countries like North Korea and Iran. The rich don't want the poor using
the UN as a vehicle to demand or implement any measures that might make
the governance over the world's economy, wealth and resources a little
more democratic, or equitable, or less driven by greed and profits. The
only UN meeting that Wall Street is interested in is one that rubber
stamps the continued globalization of poverty for the maximization of
their profits.

If you haven't done so yet, read the proposals in draft of the UN
Economic Conference Outcome document made public on May 8 at
http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/financialcrisis/outcomedoc.pdf.
Amongst other reasonable measures, the document proposes that three
trillion dollars, a mere 5% of the world's GDP, be allocated to bail out
poor countries where the scourges of hunger, disease and homelessness
have been made immeasurably worst by the worldwide depression. The
bankers of the world, who have insisted that they get tens of trillions
of dollars of bail out money, don't want to share any this fortune with
anyone, least of all the poor of the planet.

Any measure in the May 8 document that calls for power and wealth being
shared with the poor and working people of the planet will be furiously
resisted by the powers that be.

The banks that the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve have
given trillions of dollars to have recently demonstrated that they have
the power to stop the U.S. Congress from doing anything meaningful to
stop the mass eviction of millions due to home foreclosures. These very
same banks believe they have the right and the power to stop the UN from
bailing out the poor, and unless people organize and fight back, the
banks will prevail.

The campaign of the rich against the UN conference on the world economic
crisis should and must serve as a reminder that changes from above are
only possible if there is mass resistance from below. It is this
understanding and this purpose that the People's Economic Summit is
dedicated to. The People's Economic Summit will be discussing such
things as how can the mass movements work together, how can we elevate
the organization of the unemployed in the struggle for jobs, and how do
we respond to the next G20 summit meeting scheduled to take place in
September in NYC. Please join us, take part in this important discussion
and help realize the vision and plans that come out of it.

The Bail Out the People Movement invites you to a
People's Economic Summit in New York City

Another world is urgently necessary - but we must fight for it.

Sunday May 31--11 a.m.

Inside tents in DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD PLAZA, 47th St. & 1st Ave.

What you can do:

     1) Endorse: http://www.bailoutpeople.org/peoplessummitendorse.shtml

     2) Spread the word - forward this message to friends, fellow
activists, community organizers, trade unionists, and student
organizations.  Ask them to endorse and participate.

     3) Donate to help with organizing expenses:
http://bailoutpeople.org/donate.shtml

     4) Volunteer:
http://www.bailoutpeople.org/g20-peoplessummitsvolorgcents.shtml

     5) Become a local organizer:
http://www.bailoutpeople.org/g20-peoplessummitsvolorgcents.shtml


Bail Out the People Movement
Solidarity Center
55 W. 17th St. #5C
New York, NY 10011
212.633.6646
www.BailOutPeople.org
Email: bailoutpeople.org/cmnt.shtml


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Matthias Reichl, Pressesprecher/ press speaker,
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