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09-01-2009, 11:10 PM
[div class="excerpt"]http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09244/994548-482.stm
Protest group publishes newspaper on G-20 objections
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Saying they are "coming out of our media shell," a local umbrella group organizing protests against the G-20 economic summit yesterday distributed its own four-page newspaper, explaining the group's objections to global economic policies.
"While the media has a role to play, we feel it's very important for people in the community to meet face-to-face with those who will be protesting in the coming weeks," said Jesse Ericson, a Bloomfield resident who spoke on behalf of the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project.
The PGRP has announced a series of workshops around protests expected to take place during the week of Sept. 24 and 25, when leaders of the world's leading economies will gather in Pittsburgh to discuss solutions to the ongoing global economic crisis.
The group says it printed 10,000 copies of the publication, which will be distributed door-to-door and at various businesses and civic centers, primarily in the city's East End.
Mr. Ericson said the paper is a "plain language" publication that the group hopes puts its resistance to G-20 into perspective for city residents.
"We live here, we work here, we're involved in organizing here and we're trying to be up-front with people about our politics and why we're resisting the G-20," he said. [/quote]
I have a copy of the flyer - it's nice.
There's a pdf link here:
http://resistg20.org/sites/resistg20.org/files/posters/Tuesday.pdf
Here's the text:
[div class="excerpt"]Say “No” to the G-20…
and “Yes” to Community Gatherings!
FOOD!...MUSIC!....FUN!....STORYTELLING!
This September, the political elites will be gathering in Pittsburgh to
push policies that harm workers, human rights, the environment and our
local quality of life.
On Tuesday, September 22, Pittsburghers who are opposed to global destruction will be gathering in Friendship Park-corner of Friendship Ave and S. Millvale in Bloomfield- (from 5pm to 7pm) to share food, music and conversation. This is not a protest; this is a chance to directly tell our story of the world for which we’re fighting. Organizers will provide some tasty food, but bring something delicious to share if you can! Local singer/songwriters will be on-hand with tunes, and feel free to bring your own acoustic or percussive instruments if you feel musically inclined.
And a special highlight of the evening…the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center will be collecting stories for its G-Infinity Media Project – a local forum for the voices of the people who will not be in the room, who are affected by the G-20 economic policies but whose stories go largely untold.
The G-20 summit brings together 19 national leaders from nations controlling 85% of the world’s wealth to make major economic policy decisions; is this a democratic forum for decision-making that affects all 203 nations and 6.7 billion people in the world? The Pittsburgh IMC (indypgh.org) exists for community-based, non-corporate, participatory media. Members are committed to countering the narrative that obscures the experience of those individuals and communities who have been left behind by economic transition, who continue to suffer discrimination, disenfranchisement, violence, epidemic health disparities, and lack of access to opportunity. By bringing together people working in their communities to tell their own stories in these forums, the project aims to create a full-spectrum media picture much broader than that of the G-20.
Come tell your story!
This event is sponsored by the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project. We are encouraging allies in other parts of the East End and beyond to hold similar gatherings in neighborhoods throughout the city. These events will work to bring together community members already active against the G-20 with their neighbors, and locals with out-of-towners who care enough to come to Pittsburgh to resist the G-20. This is a chance to create webs of solidarity between the people of Pittsburgh and the world.
resistG20.org [/quote]
Protest group publishes newspaper on G-20 objections
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Saying they are "coming out of our media shell," a local umbrella group organizing protests against the G-20 economic summit yesterday distributed its own four-page newspaper, explaining the group's objections to global economic policies.
"While the media has a role to play, we feel it's very important for people in the community to meet face-to-face with those who will be protesting in the coming weeks," said Jesse Ericson, a Bloomfield resident who spoke on behalf of the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project.
The PGRP has announced a series of workshops around protests expected to take place during the week of Sept. 24 and 25, when leaders of the world's leading economies will gather in Pittsburgh to discuss solutions to the ongoing global economic crisis.
The group says it printed 10,000 copies of the publication, which will be distributed door-to-door and at various businesses and civic centers, primarily in the city's East End.
Mr. Ericson said the paper is a "plain language" publication that the group hopes puts its resistance to G-20 into perspective for city residents.
"We live here, we work here, we're involved in organizing here and we're trying to be up-front with people about our politics and why we're resisting the G-20," he said. [/quote]
I have a copy of the flyer - it's nice.
There's a pdf link here:
http://resistg20.org/sites/resistg20.org/files/posters/Tuesday.pdf
Here's the text:
[div class="excerpt"]Say “No” to the G-20…
and “Yes” to Community Gatherings!
FOOD!...MUSIC!....FUN!....STORYTELLING!
This September, the political elites will be gathering in Pittsburgh to
push policies that harm workers, human rights, the environment and our
local quality of life.
On Tuesday, September 22, Pittsburghers who are opposed to global destruction will be gathering in Friendship Park-corner of Friendship Ave and S. Millvale in Bloomfield- (from 5pm to 7pm) to share food, music and conversation. This is not a protest; this is a chance to directly tell our story of the world for which we’re fighting. Organizers will provide some tasty food, but bring something delicious to share if you can! Local singer/songwriters will be on-hand with tunes, and feel free to bring your own acoustic or percussive instruments if you feel musically inclined.
And a special highlight of the evening…the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center will be collecting stories for its G-Infinity Media Project – a local forum for the voices of the people who will not be in the room, who are affected by the G-20 economic policies but whose stories go largely untold.
The G-20 summit brings together 19 national leaders from nations controlling 85% of the world’s wealth to make major economic policy decisions; is this a democratic forum for decision-making that affects all 203 nations and 6.7 billion people in the world? The Pittsburgh IMC (indypgh.org) exists for community-based, non-corporate, participatory media. Members are committed to countering the narrative that obscures the experience of those individuals and communities who have been left behind by economic transition, who continue to suffer discrimination, disenfranchisement, violence, epidemic health disparities, and lack of access to opportunity. By bringing together people working in their communities to tell their own stories in these forums, the project aims to create a full-spectrum media picture much broader than that of the G-20.
Come tell your story!
This event is sponsored by the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project. We are encouraging allies in other parts of the East End and beyond to hold similar gatherings in neighborhoods throughout the city. These events will work to bring together community members already active against the G-20 with their neighbors, and locals with out-of-towners who care enough to come to Pittsburgh to resist the G-20. This is a chance to create webs of solidarity between the people of Pittsburgh and the world.
resistG20.org [/quote]