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DAVOS 2004 PROTESTS AGAINST THE WEF
ANTI-WEF - 31.12.2003 04:15
Call for actions and more !
International demonstration against the World Economic Forum (WEF) Saturday 24th January 2004 Davos Switzerland 14:00 in front of Davos train station
From the 21 of January to the 25 of January the WEF(www.weforum.org),a meeting of the richest multinational corporations and government buearacrats more than 2.000 (mostly european) "global leaders" from politics,medias and economy are meeting in Davos ski ressort, Switzerland.(www.davos.ch)
WIPE OUT WEF !
They discuss in a "private setting" about ways of making oppression and exploitation more efficient and more profitable. The WEF, which claims its mission is to help "eradicate poverty, promote security and enhance cultural understanding" is more often that not seen to represent the interests of multinational corporations.
It's members include microsoft, coca cola, nestle, shell and hundreds more. For 31 years the annual meeting of the WEF (world economic forum) has taken place in Davos. Except in 2002 the WEF went to New-York City. This year again the WEF comes back to Davos for its annual meeting .
The WEF-summit in Davos is another attempt to minimise the social and political rights in favour of the benefit of the capital - owners. The last summits have shown, that a critical public isn't welcome, neither inside nor outside the conference-buildings. Due to the past years mobilisation in Davos,the Swiss authorities hade authorized the demonstration in Davos on the 25 of January 2003 but in reality they mades everythig possible to denie acess to demonstartors. Only half of the crowd accessed Davos. The others were victimes of heavy repression as in 2001when the demonstration was forbiden and all, who protest against the meetings with their voice and their presence, were confrontated with a massive repression on the part of the police.
The state authorities protect the economy-bosses and the politicians with every method available (legal but also illegal) and try to suppress every single critic. 2004 will surely be the same. But we are going to confront the rulers with resistance that cannot be ignored. In Switzerland and in other countrys some autonomous groups have met to prepare and co-ordinate the actions against the wef-summit in Davos and also to support international mobilisation.
The following four points show the basis of our cooperation and our political self-image:
- we disapprove of the WEF and our attitude towards it is confrontative. It is impossible to reform the WEF, because of this we don¹t want to have any dialogue. our aim is, to smash the wef and to prevent their meetings. But the WEF is only one specific institution of the capitalistic system of exploitation, which we disapprove of completely. Our protest does not end with a smashed wef, our fight is against capitalism which can not be civilised its own logic and rules together with other forms of oppression like sexism, racism, homophobia, antisemitism characterise the injustice of our world.
- Our protest is against categorising, marginalising and excluding people and social groups; our aim is a society, that is orientated to the needs of all and not to the profit of a few. our protest contains the use of resources and information equal to all people. In our actions and in our kind of organising we try to live our own utopia. We are against a society based on hierarchy and control. We disapprove of the state as a place of capitalistic actions and we also refuse the new institutionalisation of the capitalistic exploitation by world economic forum, international monetary fonds or world trade organisation. Our answer is our protest, are our own actions. We do not rely on political parties or lobbies, we express our criticism together, independently and unmistakeably. The ways of protesting and showing the criticism depend on the people who express them. In our resistance there should be room for different kinds of actions and there should be no limits to creativity.
- the protest against the wef-summit in Davos is not the only thing, it is only one part of the global resistance against oppression and exploitation. Our solidarity is with all oppressed, who do not want to accept the prevailing contradictions without criticism, and our solidarity is with all, who realize their power and organise emancipated resistance. But as we are part of the prevailing contradictions, we have to question our positions all the time. Our action is a reaction on the prevailing situation, it is a logical and necessary answer to the ruling politics and the politics of the rulers.
- the wef-summit is used by the Swiss government to create a distinctive image of themselves as equal partners in the international context. Our protest against the wef-summit is connected with our resistance against the Swiss government politics, against racist and sexist politics and against the neoliberal basic position of our society.
Protest and actions programm against the WEF 2004:
Saturday 10 January 2004 14h30 Winterthur Place de la gare Demonstration against the WEF and for an anticapitalist alternative
Saturday 17 January Swiss wide ANTI-WEF action day !
Free trains and cities protest tour starts Fribourg: 13.00 Place Python > Berne: 14.30 Heiliggeistkirche (in front of the station) > Burgdorf: 16.30 station > Langenthal: 18.00 station then concerts
mailto: zugumzug@immerda.ch
Poster :  http://www.indymedia.ch/de/2003/12/16668.shtml
Lugano in the swiss-italian canton of Tessin
anti-wef carnaval.... > > 12.00 minestrone, musica e scoregge anti-wef > 13.30 start of the demo SCACCIA WEF (hunt the WEF) > 15.30 thater and games : il frutto del desiderio (the fruit of desire) > 21.30 Concerts Zapatistes with : TRACCIAZERO (punckrock), MERDONALDS > (punck-oi), > RADICAL SOUNDS (reggae)
mailto: molino@inventati.org Homepage: http://www.ecn.org/molino
Zurich Volkshaus de Zurich, Stauffacherstr. 60 : the other Davos ( http://www.otherdavos.net/) conferences and workshops and seminairs from 10am to 10 pm
Geneva international demonstration against the WEF (HQ in Geneva) time and place to be confirmed … mailto: info@rebellion.ch
Homepage:: http://www.rebellion.ch
Wednesday 21 January 2004 decentralized blockades swiss wide but mostly concentrated on the road in between Zurich and Davos to block the WEF delagates to join Davos
Workshop and infos to prepare the blockages Sunday 18 January 2004 in Zurich place and time soon : http://www.blockadenetz.ch
More infos soon: http://www.antiwto.ch/reitschule/anti-wto/index.shtml and http://squat.net/contre-attaque/index2.htm
And in Lugano on Saturday 3nd and Sunday 4th January 2004 from 10.00 to 16.00 info: csa il molino (091.9421221) o molino@inventati.org o http://www.ecn.org/molino
From 19 to the 25 January 2004 snow and slide and more with the global leaders in Davos free programme (Do it Yourself with us !) bring your winter stuff
Saturday 24 january 2004 Big international demonstration in Davos 14:00 in front of Davos-Dorf train station . SMASH THE WEF ! WIPE OUT WEF !
Sunday 25 January 2004 Revenge on the slides and in Davos (Do it yourself with us !)
Preperations for actions and demos (talks and concerts) possible to sleep and cook (but limited) In Coire (Chur) not so far from Davos from Sunday 18 January to Sunday 25th January
e-Mail:: dadavos@gmx.ch Homepage:: http://www.dadavos.ch.vu
WIPE OUT WEF ! anti-wef Switzerland December 2003
Accomodation and facilities for you in Switzerland:
If you want to sleep in Davos here are the chapest
60.- Swiss Francs/ night but possible to sneak …. Hostel Name: Jugend Hostel (YouthPalace) Davos Adresse: Horlauberstrasse 27, 7260, Davos, Switzerland Phone: ++41 81 4101920 Fax: ++41 81 4101021
http://www.youthhostel.ch/e/home.cfm Very central !!!! 5mn walk to congress center
From 17.- swiss francs cummon room with your sleeping bag to 37.- in a nice bed in a room alone !
Possible to cook ! Owned by nice people ; ) but not central ! 10 min bus to congress center or good 30 min walk!
Herberge Reception form 9 am to 12 and 19pm to 22pm
Fam,Olaf Kreuzen/Stroo
Höhwald
CH 7265 Davos Wolfgang
Schweiz, Swiss, Switzerland
Tel. 0041-81-4162040 Fax. 0041-81-4130936 Handy 078-7483078 (004178 from out of swiss)
Homepage www.herberge.net E-mail davosolaf@freesurf.ch
Maps in Switzerland http://www.swissgeo.ch/
Trains : http://www.cff.ch
Buy a cheap train ticket "carte journalière" = daily pass (a week in advance !) http://www.ate.ch
Davos webpage: http://www.davos.ch
The WEF's webpage : http://www.weforum.org
Indymedia switzerland: www.indymedia.ch
"Correct" Mass media infos: www.swissinfo.ch
If you want to rent a car make many comparaisons because they can be great price differences !
Food in switzerland: from the supermarket 1 kilo pasta = 1 to 2 Euros 500grammes bread= 2 Euros
100grammes chocolat = 1 Euro one apple = 50 cent a piece of cheese 250 grammes = 3 Euros
A pizza in a ristorante = 9 Euros
Nice meal in a restorant arond 16 Euros to 20 Euros
A bier in a bar around 2,5 Euros in a shop 1 Euro
Usefull links:
http://www.indymedia.ch
http://www.bermuda.ch/reitschule/anti-wto/
http://www.ecn.org/molino
http://www.smashwef.ch/
http://www.ark.ch.vu
http://www.otherdavos.net
http://www.otherdavos.net
http://www.rebellion.ch
http://www.aufbau.org/
http://www.blockadenetz.ch
http://www.dadavos.ch.vu
http://www.a-g-o.ch/
http://www.antiwto.ch/reitschule/anti-wto/index.shtml
http://squat.net/contre-attaque/index2.htm
http://www.evb.ch/
http://www.antirep.ch
http://wef.linkgroup.org/
http://www.perspektivennachdavos.ch/
http://www.no-wef.ch.vu/
maps: http://www.swissgeo.ch/
trains: www.cff.ch http://www.cff.ch
Carte journalière = cheap train pass: http://www.ate.ch
Hostels at Davos: http://www.youthhostel.ch/e/home.cfm ou http://www.herberge.net
Davos: www.davos.ch http://www.davos.ch
WEF : www.weforum.org http://www.weforum.org
Last year demo pictures: http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/wef/images/wef2003.htm
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| supplements | | | Achtergronden WEF en eerdere protesten | linking - 01.01.2004 20:29
Achtergronden World Economic Forum en eerdere protesten:
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2003/12/15934.shtml
Crack the WEF!
AGB - 08.12.2003 17:12
Crack the WEF - Craquer la WEF - knackt das WEF - schiacciare il WEF
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2003/07/12925.shtml
Afstel Wereld Economisch Forum in Ierland
wipe out WEF! - 18.07.2003 20:35
Vrijdag maakte het Wereld Economisch Forum bekend dat de conferentie in Ierland over "competitiveness" niet door zal gaan. De officiele reden is dat een belangrijk document voor discussie, niet af is. Actievoerders in Ierland hadden leuke plannen voor het forum.
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2003/01/8672.shtml
25/26 jan.: acties tegen Wereld Economisch Forum (WEF)
omslag (repost) - 21.01.2003 02:08
Tegenstanders van neoliberale globalisering bereiden een massale demonstratie voor rond het World Economic Forum, dat donderdag begint in Davos. Ook vanuit Nederland vertrekken activisten naar de protesten.
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2003/01/8395.shtml
Davos: ongehoorzaamheid gewenst
myrthe - 10.01.2003 21:28
Het Platform dat oproept voor een demonstratie in Davos tegen het World Economic Forum (WEF), op 25 januari, ziet zich geconfronteerd met autoriteiten die alvast vlijtig in de weer zijn om de vrijheid van demonstratie in te perken.
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/12/8112.shtml
Ga mee naar Davos anti-WEF akties
Autonome Alpinisten voor Democratische Global - 21.12.2002 14:42
De Autonome Alpinisten voor een Democratische Globalisering nodigen je uit!
In januari komt in Davos het World Economic Forum weer bijeen. Tegen dit verderfelijke gezelschap wordt op 25 januari gedemonstreerd. Ga ook mee en reserveer een plek in de bus.
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/11/7547.shtml
WEF in hol van de leeuw.
Arie Waarheid - 19.11.2002 17:57
Zowat 400 Latijns-Amerikaanse topeconomen, grote ondernemers, regeringsvertegenwoordigers en medewerkers van niet-gouvernementele organisaties beginnen morgen (woensdag) in Rio de Janeiro aan een driedaagse Cumbre Latinoamericana de Negocios.
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/09/6380.shtml
Radicale betoging in Salzburg tegen WEF
15.09.2002 21:15
Op zaterdag was er een eerste betoging tegen het Wereldeconomisch Forum in Salzburg. Els Deschoemacker was erbij en brengt verslag uit op http://belgium.indymedia.org/
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/07/5668.shtml
The struggle continues: salzburg, sept. 14-15
AJaK - 31.07.2002 18:36
Looking at last years meeting of the WEF in Salzburg, at the american warmongering and the growing instability of capitalistic society show that this years WEF meeting is going to be something special.
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/07/5247.shtml
Smash the WEF in Salzburg
antiwef - 06.07.2002 14:36
The antiwef-coordination is a loose network of individuals, autonomous groups and collectives that teamed up to mobilize together against the WEF in Salzburg and to show resistance.
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/02/1983.shtml
WEF - Thousands march in NYC, 02-02-02
DeWaarheid.nu - 03.02.2002 12:34
AFP (with additional material by AP and BBC). 2 February 2002.
Thousands march against globalization.
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/01/1729.shtml
Protest the World Economic Forum in NYC
Monoko - 28.01.2002 12:19
The World Economic Forum is an annual gathering of the world´s richest and most powerful CEO´s and politicians. This year it is meeting in New York City. In its mission statement, the WEF claims that it is committed to "improving the state of the world"
Protest the World Economic Forum in NYC, January 31-February 4, 2002
| | Trilaterale Commissie | guidoke - 03.01.2004 16:30
Dit komt uit le Monde Diplomatique van november 2003.
Vrij vertaald,
Ondertitel:
30 jaar van een geheime institutie.
Titel:
Ondoorzichtige macht van de Trilaterale.
Inleiding:
"Directeurs van multinationale ondernemingen, regeringsleden van rijke landen hadden vlug begrepen dat ze moetsen samenzitten als ze hun visie over de wereld wouden doorduwen.
In juli 1973, toen nog een bipolaire wereld, heeft David Rockefeller de Trilaterale Commissie opgericht,...
De Trilaterale is minder gemediatiseerd dan het forum van Davos, maar is heel actief door een geheim netwerk."
bron, Le Monde Diplomatique, november 2003.
Website Trilaterale Commissie:
http://www.trilateral.org/
About the Organization:
The Trilateral Commission was formed in 1973 by private citizens of Japan, Europe (European Union countries), and North America (United States and Canada) to foster closer cooperation among these core democratic industrialized areas of the world with shared leadership responsibilities in the wider international system. Originally established for three years, our work has been renewed for successive triennia (three-year periods), most recently for a triennium to be completed in 2006.
http://www.trilateral.org/about.htm
Membership:
http://www.trilateral.org/memb.htm
| | WTO overleg tijdens WEF | Keest - 08.01.2004 08:43
Volgens NRC-handelsblad gaat er tijdens het WEF een poging gedaan worden om de WTO-onderhandelingen vlot te trekken:
"Ministers van een dertigtal lidstaten van de
Wereldhandelsorganisatie (WTO) komen 23 januari bijeen in het Zwitserse Davos. Ze zullen dan opnieuw proberen de vastgelopen wereldhandeslbesprekingen nieuw leven in te blazen. Dit lukte ambassadeurs van de in totaal 148 WTO-leden vorige maand niet in Geneve, het hoofdkwartier van de WTO. In Davos zullen de belangrijkste tegenstrevers elkaar ontmoeten. Daarbij gaat het onder
meer om de Verenigde Staten, de Europese Unie, Japan, Brazilie, India en China. (...)"
De NRC vergeet te vermelden dat er op dat moment de topconferentie van het World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos plaatsvindt Het zoveelste voorbeeld van de invloed van het volstrekt ondemocratische elite-instituut, waartegen ook dit jaar weer flink geprotesteerd zal worden.
| | Wereld Sociaal Forum IV in India | linking - 16.01.2004 13:12
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2004/01/16241.shtml
Wereld Sociaal Forum IV in India
fwd. - 05.01.2004 21:30
Van vrijdag 16 tot woensdag 21 januari is er in het Indische Mumbai het vierde Wereld Sociaal Forum. Het WSF ontstond drie jaar geleden als het sociale antwoord op het Wereld Economisch Forum dat ieder jaar in het Zwitserse Davos plaats vindt. Naast het Sociaal Forum in India, zijn er ook dit jaar opnieuw protesten in Davos tegen het globaliseringsproject van de kapitalistische plannenmakers.
| | WEF in Aantocht | linking - 20.01.2004 21:11
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2004/01/16457.shtml
WEF in Aantocht
Kees, XminY - 19.01.2004 19:41
Het jaarlijkse bal der rijken breekt weer aan, op een besneeuwde heuvel in Zitserland. De onderdanen gaan proberen ze daar vanaf te krijgen...
| | WEF-acties van Woensdag | ketellinkie - 23.01.2004 02:05
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2004/01/16507.shtml
WEF-acties van Woensdag
Kees, XminY - 22.01.2004 18:59
Woensdag Wefdag, de miljonairs beginnen binnen te stromen en worden af en toe in hun gangen gehinderd...
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