DC Destruction
passing this call to action on....
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Year after year, DC hosts mass mobilizations, and year after year there
are calls for decentralized direct action to shut down all or part of
downtown DC. This year’s call is a little different. Being
decentralized does not need to mean being disorganized. The Adopt an Intersection Campaign has developed a framework to allow Affinity Groups from around the country to plug into an organized, coordinated yet still
decentralized series of direct actions in order to maximize
effectiveness.
The Adopt an Intersection Campaign is a call for coordinated direct
action designed to prevent delegates of the World Bank and IMF from
getting to their meetings on September 25, 2005. The plan is for
affinity groups to adopt intersections- that folks in DC will help to
coordinate-and hold them as long as possible. By strategically locating these
intersections around the World Bank or around delegate hotels the
Campaign can increase the effectiveness of each action- while also ensuring and
respecting the diversity of tactics and messages of different groups.
Each group can decide what they want to do and why they want to do it.
There are places and roles for lots of different folks- from lockdowns
to moving groups to legal support to medical support. If your affinity
group doesn’t want to take an intersection by itself the Campaign can
help to coordinate with other groups.
We strongly encourage groups to contact us so that we can get a feel
for how much involvement there will be. There are lots of ways that this
action can be supported.
To contact us please email adoptanintersection@riseup.net, join our
listserve at adoptanintersection@lists.riseup.net, and visit our
website at adopt.septemberaction.org
We are also having weekly conference calls to get people involved. Our
next one is:
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at :9:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Dial-in Number:1-641-297-5500 (St. Marys, IA)
Participant Access Code:26637
Adopt an Intersection is solidarity in the streets, blockading for a
brighter future.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year after year, DC hosts mass mobilizations, and year after year there
are calls for decentralized direct action to shut down all or part of
downtown DC. This year’s call is a little different. Being
decentralized does not need to mean being disorganized. The Adopt an Intersection Campaign has developed a framework to allow Affinity Groups from around the country to plug into an organized, coordinated yet still
decentralized series of direct actions in order to maximize
effectiveness.
The Adopt an Intersection Campaign is a call for coordinated direct
action designed to prevent delegates of the World Bank and IMF from
getting to their meetings on September 25, 2005. The plan is for
affinity groups to adopt intersections- that folks in DC will help to
coordinate-and hold them as long as possible. By strategically locating these
intersections around the World Bank or around delegate hotels the
Campaign can increase the effectiveness of each action- while also ensuring and
respecting the diversity of tactics and messages of different groups.
Each group can decide what they want to do and why they want to do it.
There are places and roles for lots of different folks- from lockdowns
to moving groups to legal support to medical support. If your affinity
group doesn’t want to take an intersection by itself the Campaign can
help to coordinate with other groups.
We strongly encourage groups to contact us so that we can get a feel
for how much involvement there will be. There are lots of ways that this
action can be supported.
To contact us please email adoptanintersection@riseup.net, join our
listserve at adoptanintersection@lists.riseup.net, and visit our
website at adopt.septemberaction.org
We are also having weekly conference calls to get people involved. Our
next one is:
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at :9:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Dial-in Number:1-641-297-5500 (St. Marys, IA)
Participant Access Code:26637
Adopt an Intersection is solidarity in the streets, blockading for a
brighter future.