Stop G8, London from June 10 to 14, #J11 Carnival Against Capitalism on June 11
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Stop G8 is organising a week of action and events in London from June 10 to 14, including the #J11 Carnival Against Capitalism on June 11. Our aim is nothing less than the destruction of capitalism, a system that is literally killing us. Capitalism means unemployment, cuts, and the rise of fascism in the “West”; poverty, colonialism, brutal exploitation in the “Third World”. Capitalism is war and famine for profit, private prisons, police checks, CCTV to keep us scared and controlled. It is a system that robs our lives of meaning and beauty, puts our dreams and our
dignity up for sale, and risks the very future of our planet.We are ready to fight, Join Us!
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Call-out for workshops and events: Ideas vs. CapitalismPosted on March 27, 2013 by stopg82013 | Leave a commentCalling all talkers, thinkers, writers, readers, fighters, teachers, learners, artists, rebels, performers, rappers, poets, musicians … and anyone with any skills, ideas or dreams to share … The StopG8 week of resistance is taking place in London on 10-14th June, in the week running up to the G8 World Bosses’ summit. As well as action in the streets, the week will include an events programme of talks, meet-ups, films, games, concerts, and more, all over London and beyond.Please get in touch at stopg8events [at] riseup.net if you would like to run or take part in an event, if you can help with organising or venues or publicity, or if you just have an idea for something you’d like to see happen. We want this to be big, so we’re starting to plan the week right now.The ‘ideas’ bit of the events programme is going to be built around five main themes. Four of these are the main political issues we particularly want to think about during the week. But there is also an open slot if you have any ideas that don’t fit into these. Events could include workshops, talks, plays, performances, films, comedy, art shows, games, skillshares, practical training sessions, and talks about anti-capitalist struggles … or anything else you can think of.***1) Understanding capitalism.Politicians and the mass media try to divert our anger away from the real causes of poverty, inequality, and everyday bullshit. They give us scapegoats: migrants, foreigners, “scroungers”, or a few corrupt “bad apple” cops or bankers. When really it’s the whole system that’s rotten, top to bottom. But just what is capitalism? How does it work? How does it shape our lives, and even try to control our desires? Who’s profiting from the system, and who’s keeping it going?2) Resistance: how to fight, how to win.Every resistance movement that shakes the world has to start small. We can win real victories on our streets, in workplaces and neighbourhoods, in our daily lives, and so we grow. What lessons can we learn from movements in history, and across the world? And we need practical skills. How to be safe and look after each other on the streets. Legal rights: how to support each other against stop and search, police and immigration controls. Direct action: how to fight the powerful, and get away with it. How to organise, publicise, feed an army, heal the wounded, … and much more. Enough hype, enough bullshit: let’s share ideas and skills that will actually work. We especially want to facilitate the sharing of ideas between a diverse range of campaigns and empower people to embark on new struggles.***3) Creating new worlds.We can’t wait until “after the revolution” to create alternatives to capitalism. We need to start now, in our communities, in our daily lives. Put simply, the economics of mass production, mass consumerism, and endless growth is killing our planet. We need new ways of living and working together. And we need to create new cultures, new values, where our lives are more than just things to be bought and sold.***4) Anarchism.Anarchism is the philosophy that says we don’t need governments and bosses, we can make communities based on mutual aid and solidarity. Anarchism means rejecting all forms of domination, oppression, and exploitation, and living as free as we can, right here right now. Anarchism is the most beautiful idea we know. Not everyone in the StopG8 network is an anarchist, but many of us are. We think we need to get the positive message out about what anarchism really means. What can we learn from more than 200 years of anarchist history? What can anarchism mean in the 21st century?***5) Open slot.Anything else that fits our principles but doesn’t fit under the first four headings. Bring it on!→ Leave a commentPosted in General#J11: Carnival in the West End of London.Posted on March 15, 2013 by stopg82013 | Leave a comment11 June 2013. #J11. One Common Struggle. Carnival Against Capitalism.Their London?London is right at the heart of global capitalism. And the West End of London, including elite areas like Piccadilly, Mayfair and Knightsbridge, is where power and greed are most concentrated. The West End is home to:* Corporations. Many of the world’s most brutal and polluting companies, including oil and mining giants, arms dealers, and the businesses profiting from cuts and privatisation. * Vulture funds. Global base of the “hedge fund” and “private equity” industries, laundering the world’s blood money to invest in war, food speculation and debt slavery. * Tyrants. Government offices, embassies, cultural and commercial fronts of colonial powers and murderous regimes. * Playground of the mega-rich. Middle Eastern dictators, Russian mafia oligarchs, and home-grown parasites all see London as a “safe” place to hide and spend their loot.Our Carnival.Traditionally, carnival is the time where the people take over the streets, the bosses run and hide, and the world gets turned upside down. It is a time to celebrate our resistance and our dreams, to bring music and colour to the streets. And also to show our strength and our anger.The powerful feel safe in London so long as they go unchallenged. But the people looting our planet have names and addresses. On #J11 we will party in the streets, point out the hiding places of power, and take back the heart of our city for a day. Our streets. Our world.Join us.Like any good carnival, everyone’s invited: this will be an open, inclusive, and lively event. There will be a main route with sound systems and public meeting points. Bring music, costumes, banners, friends, ideas. We also encourage independent actions, and will publish soon a detailed map of the area to help you make your own plans. The Green and Black Cross group will provide experienced medical and legal support.***Click here to download the PDF of the Week of Action flyer (front)Click here to download the PDF of the Week of Action flyer (back)***“There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines“. Voltairine de Cleyre.
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