Resist the G20 in St. Andrews, November 6-7!!

By Nae Tae G20, submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 27/10/2009 - 19:32

Protest the G20 in St. Andrews on November 6-7th, 2009!

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In St. Andrews, we say "Nae Tae G20!

No to G20 neo-liberalism! No to economic exploitation! No to environmental destruction!

Yes to sustainability, community cooperation and peoples' representation!
Yes to liberation, solidarity, equality, human rights and peace!
Yes to revolution!

On the first weekend in November, the financial leaders of the world's twenty richest countries will be hosting closed door meetings in order to decide how our world should be run. The Group of Twenty (G20) finance ministers have chosen to host these meetings in the town of St. Andrews, Scotland, and in response groups of residents and students have paved the way to make our voices heard.

We the residents and students of this community are coming into the streets to say loud and clear, "The G20 is not welcome in our town," or as the Scots say, "Nae tae G-20!" We are joining together to say that the neo-liberal development, trade and environmental policies furthered by the G20 will not solve the global financial crisis, not solve the global ecological crisis and do not address the ever-increasing wealth gap. We are resisting the G20 because it is a mechanism of the global ruling elite that seeks to enrich the "1st world" at the expense of increasing poverty for the "underdeveloped" and "developing" world.

There are a number of organizations making exciting plans in St. Andrews during the weekend of the G20 meeting, and while Put People First (g20standrews.org) has organized an educational event, we have set our sights on getting people into the streets to show our collective dissent. To this end we have called for two days of festive actions:

- Friday, November 6, 2009, 11:00am, join us for a protest rally at the center of town fountain, located near the intersection of Market Street and College Street.

- Saturday, November 7, 2009, 1:30pm, join us for a march, also starting at the fountain at the center of town. The march will be gathering at 1:30pm and departing by 2:00pm.

In addition to these actions, groups are encouraged to organize locally in their communities, and come to St. Andrews to share their creative resistance with us during these two days. We will do our best to support your action if you require some assistance.

This action has been endorsed locally by Stop the War, the Scottish Socialist Party, numerous St. Andrews University student societies, and assorted Scottish workers unions.

Please direct all questions, endorsements, press inquiries and hate mail to NaeTaeG20@gmail.com and for more information as it arises visit: http://naetaeg20.wordpress.com/

See you in the streets, November 6th & 7th!

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-- brought to you by Nae Tae G20, an adhoc group of St. Andrews residents who love St. Andrews and hate the G20

Comments

Re: Resist the G20 in St. Andrews, November 6-7!!

By Anonymous, submitted on Thu, 05/11/2009 - 01:12

Have a good protest all, from those who met the tyrants in Pittsburgh, US a couple months ago!

There are a couple problems with your declarations, though. Do not buy into the "Yes to sustainability" garbage. That is an enormous part of the global elite's agenda. They have, and will continue to use false scarcity to trick us into accepting a lower standard of living. This concept of "sustainability" is a centerpiece of the Neo-Liberal's agenda, that we must continue to fight. Their idea of sustainability is artificially inflating energy prices, and taxing us to death!

Also, our planet faces many serious environmental challenges, but please don't buy into calling CO2 a poison! They will use it to take the people's money and control every facet of your life! The G20 must be fought at every opportunity, but we are playing right into the elite's hands if we go to St. Andrews demanding sustainability and a damn carbon tax!

For those of us who live in the West, we must not blame our history, our lifestyles, and our forms of government for the crises that we are in today. Socialism WILL NEVER WORK, damn it! It will work for the tiny elite that rule over the proleteriat, but for the rest of us it is austerity. Humanity is too imperfect, men too evil, to expect those at the top to sit and uncorruptibly oversee the equitible division of wealth. FIGHT the G20, fight crony-capitalism and the ponzi bankers.

But don't forget about liberty. Freedom must be defended at all costs, even if the third world does not evolve.

Re: Resist the G20 in St. Andrews, November 6-7!!

By CH, submitted on Thu, 05/11/2009 - 19:31

Anonymous wrote:
For those of us who live in the West, we must not blame our history, our lifestyles, and our forms of government for the crises that we are in today. Socialism WILL NEVER WORK, damn it! It will work for the tiny elite that rule over the proleteriat, but for the rest of us it is austerity. Humanity is too imperfect, men too evil, to expect those at the top to sit and uncorruptibly oversee the equitible division of wealth. FIGHT the G20, fight crony-capitalism and the ponzi bankers.

Your definition of socialism is broken. It has nothing to do with a "tiny elite ruling over the proletariat". That was Leninism. Working class control is a better (but imperfect) definition.

And the problems with capitalism go way deeper than just cronyism and Ponzi schemes. This current crisis isn't a bug, it's a feature. Allowing the accumulation of wealth leads to wealth accumulating from the majority of workers to the minority of rulers.

even if the third world does not evolve.

And this is just weird. What do you mean by that?

Re: Resist the G20 in St. Andrews, November 6-7!!

By Anonymous, submitted on Sun, 08/11/2009 - 23:08

CH wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
For those of us who live in the West, we must not blame our history, our lifestyles, and our forms of government for the crises that we are in today. Socialism WILL NEVER WORK, damn it! It will work for the tiny elite that rule over the proleteriat, but for the rest of us it is austerity. Humanity is too imperfect, men too evil, to expect those at the top to sit and uncorruptibly oversee the equitible division of wealth. FIGHT the G20, fight crony-capitalism and the ponzi bankers.

Your definition of socialism is broken. It has nothing to do with a "tiny elite ruling over the proletariat". That was Leninism. Working class control is a better (but imperfect) definition.

And the problems with capitalism go way deeper than just cronyism and Ponzi schemes. This current crisis isn't a bug, it's a feature. Allowing the accumulation of wealth leads to wealth accumulating from the majority of workers to the minority of rulers.

even if the third world does not evolve.

And this is just weird. What do you mean by that?

I understand that by definition, there should be no tiny elite. But today's political establishment is pushing socialism, ostensibly to give our wealth to the third world (Read Club of Rome, Agenda 21 documents). In reality, they are eugenicists who seek a form of neo-feudalism; a high-tech police state control grid to protect their wealth and power. The only hope we have is to preserve our freedom and to arrest the criminals. I too seek a more equitable distribution of wealth. Here in America, we have the largest levels of income inequality in the deveolped world. I, personally, believe that no one person's work (hour for hour) should be worth more than 10x that of anothers.

I am far from rich, I can hardly sustain a meager existance. So when I hear the so-called liberals talk about the decadent lifestyle of westerners, and our responsibility to help the third world, I can't help but laugh. Society is at a tipping point, and the globalist social engineers are pushing socialism because it helps their cause.

Do you think Al Gore and his ilk are true humanitarians and environmentalists. No, they have invested in the control mechanisms for a new world order, and stand to make obscene personal profits at the expense of human liberty.