A-Infos (en) US, Pittsburgh, April 1: Financial Fools Day, Solidarity with Resistance to G20 Summit

After decades of deregulation and corporate-led globalization, financial markets around 
the world have collapsed. Major stock indexes have lost nearly half their value, banks 
have gone bankrupt, and commodity prices have plummeted. And while the bankers and 
executives continue to buzz around the world in private jets, raking in millions in 
salaries, stock options, and perks, it's us workers and ordinary people who are feeling 
the blow. ---- Unemployment rates are skyrocketing and more families are being forced from 
their homes by foreclosure than ever before; wage rates are plummeting as workers are 
seeing their pensions disappear and healthcare costs rise out of reach. From Kimberly, 
Wisconsin, to Granite City, Illinois, community after community is being rocked by this 
economic collapse.

And after perpetrating the most devastating economic collapse in 80 years, the neoliberal 
masterminds that built the failed global financial system want another opportunity to 
construct a system that exploits us for their gain. This April, the G20, the leaders of 
the world’s largest economic powerhouses, will meet in London to remake world’s financial 
markets. They are hoping to build a new global financial system that will allow 
multinational corporations rake in profits at the expense of people and our shared earth.

But as we face down the daunting impacts of this collapse, we come together to say that we 
will not let them do this again. We won’t let these fools rebuild their corporate 
playground and we won’t let them devastate our communities again.


Wednesday, April 1 at 4:00pm Market Square (Forbes and Market St Downtown)

On April 1, join us to say that any economic system that puts profits before people and 
our environment is foolish! We’ll meet for a brief rally at 4:00pm in Pittsburgh’s Market 
Square before marching through the city center, and visiting the offices of some major 
purveyors of corporate globalization—PNC Bank, the Federal Government, Payday Lenders, 
Mellon Bank, and our local city and country government.

- March Route http://www.organizepittsburgh.org/node/node/352

Pittsburgh Organizing Group
pog@mutualaid.org
www.organizepittsburgh.org
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Who We Are

Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) is an anarchist group based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
Our goal is the creation of a directly democratic, free society capable of maximizing 
human potential and freedom within a framework of collective responsibility, mutual-aid, 
and solidarity. In short... Anarchism. We are consensus-based, non-hierarchical, believe 
in affinity groups, and support a diversity of tactics. We are committed to building a 
movement that recognizes and opposes the interconnected forms of oppression. Our 
membership includes a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We believe in autonomy 
and celebrating the strength all individuals bring to our movement due to their own unique 
life experiences. For more information on what we believe see our statement POG is an 
Anarchist Group For info on our structure and how we operate see our structure and 
statement of solidarity pages.
Read more at: http://pog.activeresistance.org/node/265
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