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Occupy Chicago for G8/NATO Summit
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Adbusters Issues New Call to Action: Occupy Chicago for G8/NATO Summit

Occupy Chicago

 

The Occupy Wall Street movement traces its origin to a call to action in the Vancouver-based magazine Adbusters.

Now, Adbusters has issued a Call to Action to Occupy Chicago for the G8/NATO summit this coming May:

Hey you redeemers, rebels and radicals out there,

Against the backdrop of a global uprising that is simmering in dozens of countries and thousands of cities and towns, the G8 and NATO will hold a rare simultaneous summit in Chicago this May. The world’s military and political elites, heads of state, 7,500 officials from 80 nations, and more than 2,500 journalists will be there.

And so will we.

On May 1, 50,000 people from all over the world will flock to Chicago, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and #OCCUPYCHICAGO for a month. With a bit of luck, we’ll pull off the biggest multinational occupation of a summit meeting the world has ever seen.

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NO TO NATO: PROTEST London & Chicago
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NO TO NATO: PROTESTS

MAY 19 1pm, US embassy, Grosvenor Square, London WC1
Protest: Troops out of Afghanistan - Don't Attack Iran - No intervention in the Middle East
Stop the War and CND has called this protest to support the US movement and to demand an end to NATO's disastrous policies.

May 19/20: Thousands of people will be demonstrating in Chicago on the weekend  as NATO officials gather
for a crucial conference.

Military action against Iran will be high on NATO's agenda. New big power negotiations with Iran show that popular concern about an attack is having an
impact. But still the right in the US and Israel favour an attack. For Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Iran is 'an existential threat'. The Republican
leadership in the US is unanimously in favour of 'tough action'.

Pressure for NATO military intervention in Syria is growing. NATO is masquerading as a champion of democracy in Syria, despite the fact that NATO
countries are backing dictators across from Bahrein and Saudi to Yemen. The West is already funding the opposition in Syria. Direct military intervention
will inflame the fighting; its only aim will be to increase the Western powers' grip on the region.

The Afghan disaster will also be discussed in Chicago. Though the war is clearly lost, occupying forces are set to stay in Afghanistan for at least two
more years. Keeping NATO troops in place will inevitably lead to more atrocities and destruction and as ex diplomat Carne Ross argued recently, make
a negotiated peace much more difficult. The threat of a further war is growing.

 spread the word.

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