We call upon the peoples of the world to rise up against the G20!
On November 30th and December 1st 2018, the Heads of State of the G20 will meet in Argentina. These countries represent 85% of the global GDP, two thirds of the world population and 75% of international trade. Based on these figures, they self-proclaimed the legitimacy of this forum and the right to impose its policies on all the peoples of the world. We know that these policies and those who endorse them are responsible for the global economic, social, political and environmental crises we are currently experiencing. The recent agreement with the IMF, to preserve the interests of those who call themselves creditors is a genuine expression of the G20 policies for Argentina and the world.
It is not a coincidence that the summit is taking place in Argentina. We are living in a historical moment in which the G20 and financial institutions like the IMF are working towards a global re-ordering of the system to overcome the crisis of capitalism. The found the representation of Mauricio Macri’s government both genuine and essential since it enjoys electoral support and favors the agenda of multinational corporations and financial, speculative capital. However, the G20 summit is not only an issue of the Argentinian people or the peoples from these 20 countries, whose governments stand as powerful defenders of capital: it is an issue that concerns the entire world. This is why we call on peoples from all over the world to raise their bodies, their voices and their fists against this forum where the fate of the world is decided without us, as well as the future of our work, of our common goods and our life on this Earth.
It is worth mentioning that the security measures taken during the G20 Summit will lead to the fulfillment of militarization in our country and the buying of weapons, “anti-riot” equipment and air defense to discipline rising social protests. More than a third of the 3 billion peso budget dedicated to the G20 will be allocated to security and defense. What is more, during the actual days of the summit, the Argentine government will hand over control of security directly to the forces of major countries, such as the USA, England, Germany, France and Israel (which does not even participate in the G20).
That is why we need to organize ourselves from all the territories of the world to make them hear our rejection of the G20 policies that brirg about poverty, hunger, destruction and massive exploitation. We do not need more closed borders, more walls raised, more debt to be carried by present and future generations. We need good education and public health, better work under adequate labor conditions. We need human rights and the rights of nature to be respected. We need a world that works with a different logic.
To prepare for the arrival of the leaders of the G20 in Argentina and the advancement of their policies on the planet, the NO G20 Assembly together with other organizations convened a National Preparatory Meeting on August 31st at the Faculty of Social Sciences (in Santiago del Estero 1029, CABA) Classroom HU400 from 10am to 6pm and an International Preparatory Meeting on September 1st, in the same location, from 10 am to 5 pm.
Let’s build bridges between our countries and peoples!
Long live international solidarity!
Let’s unite our creativity to put an end to a system that excludes, exploits, destroys,
contaminates and kills!
Let’s raise our voices and our bodies against the governments of the G-20 and in favour of life!
WE WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU IN BUENOS AIRES!
Download the call in PDF here: Call for National and International Preparatory Meeting