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For years the World Economic Forum has conducted it's planning of the world economies from Davos, Switzerland. After years of direct action, like that which is planned in New York, they were forced to leave. New Yorkers and all others must tell them that their undemocratic, secret and closed meetings which have global repercussions but are held accountable to no one are not welcome here as well. The World Economic Forum is" funded by the contributions of 1,000 of the world's foremost corporation " according to its own bio and serves only the interests of those corporations, regardless of the social repercussions. Tell corporate rulers of the world that their exploitation of the third world, destruction of the environment and hijacking of elections is unacceptable.

Resisting the globalisation of capital
Discussion, debate and rethinking
of popular alternatives

The mythology surrounding "triumphal globalisation" or "globaloney" is being eroded. The global village is nothing more than archipelago in which only a very few islands are currently escaping the calamities befalling the rest of the world.


It comes as no surprise that the World Economic Forum in New York City (WEF) kicks off its agenda with an item addressing the backlash against globalisation and the necessity for the economic "rulers" to begin a dialogue with civil society. In doing so, the WEF sings the same old tune of a better tomorrow; but it never comes.


The private expropriation of socially produced wealth by a powerful minority has relegated half of humanity to conditions of extreme poverty and laid waste to the natural riches of the planet. Working people everywhere are pitted against one another in the fight for jobs and there is little doubt that their living conditions are becoming ever more precarious. In this process, global culture has been kidnapped by a handful of multinationals that are capable of moulding opinions everywhere.


Against this backdrop of a world subverted by the elite on parade in New York City, millions of women and men are struggling against the hold of capital in all its manifestations.


Against those who invoke the "invisible hand" of the market, "The Other Davos" gathers support from the hands and minds of working women and men who are building a world which will be the heritage of a future generation.

In spite of the oppression and arrogance of the powerful, the contours of another world are being drawn. A world in which working people, in free association, will decide on the distribution of income and the forms of work, a world which will allow them to regain a hold on the future of their lives.


From January 31 to February 4, corporate bosses from the world's largest transnationals and political leaders will meet in New York City for their annual World Economic Forum. In past years they met in Davos, Switzerland, but massive demonstrations forced a change in venue.

This year they'll be meeting at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in mid-town Manhattan. The World Economic Forum will celebrate war in Afghanistan and the Middle East, attacks on civil liberties, and corporate tax cuts.

The World and all who care for the well being of the world call for alternatives - jobs, health care, education, civil rights, and peace with justice - that reflect the needs of the vast majority of people. The corporate agenda wasn't welcome in Davos, and it's not welcome in New York City.



Join us at the Waldorf Astoria
in Midtown Manhattan and
demand social justice!!!

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