Posted on 09/19/2002 8:22:23 PM PDT by kristinn
The D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com invites all FReepers and lurkers in good standing to come to Washington, D.C. a week from Saturday and celebrate with us as we commemorate our fourth anniversary with a counter-freep of the communists and anarchists who will be ostensibly protesting the World Bank and IMF, but in reality are protesting against America and in favor of communism.
FreeTheHostages explained our reasons for standing against this crowd on this thread:
Hey, I'm with the DC Chapter and I live right near their Ground Zero protests each year. TRUST ME they're only PRETENDING to hate the World Bank. What they actually hate is private property. As per the above news article, they intend to destroy some. They make it clear that they want to harm the entire "system" in downtown DC.
They come, they have banners about the virtues of socialism, etc. Oh, TRUST me, they're socialists. Also there are a lot of Green Party people that come with environmental stuff. (Hey, I even believe there's manmade global warming, but I'd protest their anti-capitalist solutions to it.)
The name of the group is the Anti-Capitalist Convergence. That should give you an idea that globalization is just this banner for their rantings.
Sauropod added: I assure you that no one is more anti-globalization than myself on this forum. Yet I will be out there counter-protesting these eco-fascists. They are not anti-globalization. They are just anti-globalization because they are not the globalists in control.
We will not be demonstrating in favor of the World Bank and IMF. We will be demonstrating in favor of capitalism, private property rights and America.
The D.C. Chapter demonstrated against this same crowd last September 29. That demonstration was peaceful and boisterous. We expect the same atmosphere at this one. Law enforcement officers will be everywhere like last year.
Alas, also like last year, we will have to wait a few more days before we announce our meeting place. The leftists just changed the place of their rally from the Ellipse to the Sylvan Theater at the Washington Monument and have yet to announce a march route.
We will exercise our right to stand on the sidewalk (somewhere) along the parade route and peacefully offer our opinions on their message.
As always, the D.C. Chapter's rules for protesting will be in effect: No violence, no racism, no profanity, no threats, no provocations, obey the law and treat all law enforcement officers with respect.
When: Saturday, September 28. We'll start gathering around 11 a.m.
Where: TBA, in downtown Washington, D.C. along the march route.
Bring: American flags, signs and a sense of humor.
Afterwards: We will have an early dinner to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the D.C. Chapter and plan for our future actions at a restaurant to be determined then.
We demand a change in the miserable conditions and exploitation enforced by these institutions and demand a world based on freedom and compassion. We demand:
That the World Bank and IMF be abolished! We don't want a seat at the table to discuss reform; they are not reformable.
An end to privatization and structural adjustment everywhere.
An end to all debt! From debt owed by developing countries to personal debt.
Housing and food for everyone.
Freedom for everyone - Immigrant Rights, Civil Liberties, Women's liberation.
An end to the racist prison industrial system.
An end to imperialism and terrorism by the US government and all states.
An end to the colonial status of DC and developing countries.
We are striving toward the abolition of capitalism! No longer should ones survival and access to human needs be determined by ones economic means
Now get some sleep! You have troublemakers to outwit tomorrow, and this weekend, and ...
:-)
We will then fan out along their parade route wherever it is.
Please try to arrive at 11 a.m. sharp.
Federal Triangle is the closest Metro station.
Sign idea: Keep America Beautiful--Take a Bath!
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