[Shadow_Group] For a Global Disruption of Empire = A Call for decentralized, local actions around the world on J20

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For a Global Disruption of the Empire

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In Solidarity with the DAWN (DC Anti-War Network,

http://www.dawndc.net/<http://www.dawndc.net/>) call for groups to converge from around the

country and around the world to converge on DC, we call on those who

cannot make the trip to DC to organize local actions in their own

communities.



Why This Call to Action?



The empire can only function with the complicity of its populace, and

the empire we face is global in nature. As a result, our resistance

must be as global as the empire we are opposing. The war, neo-liberal

economic policies, increased militarization and border controls, the

manipulation of the media only for propaganda are faces of the empire

that we are facing all over the world. We make this call because our

opposition is not only about stopping the inauguration of one

president, but about creating a world of dignity, freedom and equality

for people all over the world who are currently being crushed under

the boot of global capitalism.



We make this call in the spirit of many global calls to action that

have come before us, in the spirit of an open invitation. This is an

invitation to join in a global insurrection and absolute rejection of

the U.S. policies of torture, disappearances without trial and

preemptive war, which under the guise of legality and legitimacy

threaten to spread around the world and endanger the freedom and

safety of all people.



Our Rejection



We call on people around the U.S. and around the world to join in our

rejection of the U.S. policies, but also in a rejection of

illegitimate elections. Widespread election irregularities and the

systematic disenfranchisement of people of color have damaged any hope

of a legitimate election in the United States.



Moreover, we reject an administration built on lies and illegal

policies which violate not only the U.S. constitution, but violate the

inherent dignity of the people of the U.S. and the people of the

world.



We look to the traditions of Bolivia and Argentina who ousted their

criminal presidents through non-violent mass mobilizations of people

and we hope to do the same.



What Will J20 Look Like?



We call on the people of the empire to use their privilege of living

within the empire to stop it from functioning on January 20th, 2005,

the day that George W. Bush is to be inaugurated the next president of

the U.S. Together, we can stop the gears of global capitalism from

turning. We call for actions across the U.S. and around the world

which are focused on stopping the machinery of war and global

capitalism. These actions include both mass mobilizations, street

parties, Civil Disobedience and Direct Action as well as Assembleas

Populares, Encuentros and other forms of real, direct democracy.



Alongside the bodies in the streets, we also call for networks of

electronic civil disobedience, hacktivism, and tactical media to join

in the struggle. Against the bio-electronic forms of empire dominating

the conduits of capital, media, and everyday life, we make this call in

the spirit of the Critical Art Ensemble, Conglomco, RTMArk, and all the

radio pirates and Indymedia centers worldwide.





Who is making this call?



This call comes from that intersection of absolute militarism,

indigenous resistance and the natural, organic movement of people that

is known as the U.S. Mexico border. The call comes from a region which

used to be part of Mexico, but is now known as San Diego, California.

Living on the border, we have an influx of inspiration both from

Seattle, San Francisco and Quebec City, but also from Chiapas, Buenos

Aires and Cochabamba. We have seen both how war tears families apart

as it sends our generation off to die and how occupation at home is

very real and operates in our very neighborhoods.



We see hope in the People's Global Action hallmarks and we make this

call under those hallmarks.



HALLMARKS:



     1. A very clear rejection of capitalism, imperialism and feudalism;

all trade agreements, institutions and governments that promote

destructive globalisation;

     2. We reject all forms and systems of domination and discrimination

including, but not limited to, patriarchy, racism and religious

fundamentalism of all creeds. We embrace the full dignity of all human

beings.

     3. A confrontational attitude, since we do not think that lobbying

can have a major impact in such biased and undemocratic organisations,

in which transnational capital is the only real policy-maker;

     4. A call to direct action and civil disobedience, support for

social movements' struggles, advocating forms of resistance which

maximize respect for life and oppressed peoples' rights, as well as

the construction of local alternatives to global capitalism;

     5. An organisational philosophy based on decentralisation and

autonomy.





The ORGANIC collective

Opposing Repression Globally and Nurturing Independent Communities

http://ORGANICcollective.org<http://organiccollective.org/>


       
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