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  Protest the Republican National Convention!
Local Info: Get on the Bus trip information and signup! | Help Outreach with No To RNC Posters | Donate to help others get to the protests (please specify RNC) | pgh direct action organizing

NYC info: Timeline and Schedule of events during RNC What we know so far information to help groups coordinate protest actions during the convention)
NYC Groups RNC Not Welcome | Counter Convention | United For Peace and Justice | Still We Rise | RNC watch |
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"From August 30th through September 4th, the Republicans will be invading New York City to nominate George W. Bush as their candidate for President. Never has a convention been hosted so late in the year (the GOP moved it from its normal July time) and never before has the RNC been in New York City. Why host a convention in September? Why New York? By exploiting our grief and trauma from September 11th, the right wing intends to further their regressive political agenda."- from NYC residents organizing against the RNC

Pittsburghers! Get on the Bus to New York City – From August 29th-Sept 2nd hundreds of thousands of people will gather in NYC to show their opposition to everything this convention represents: the antithesis of the global justice movement! war, the influence of corporate money in politics, neo-liberalism, disregard for human and animal rights, destruction of the environment, an out of control system based on exploitation and force. The eyes of the world will be on New York... and they will be seen through the eyes, lenses, and pens of 15,000+ members of the media at will be some of the largest, most widely covered, and most intense protests in our nations history. This is a historic moment.  

Help local residents send a message to the rest of thebus world about how we feel about Bush and the state of things. Help break the corporate media consensus that there is support for this regime and the direction they are taking our country. Get the heck to the RNC trip information/signup!

Other upcoming Global Justice events
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Local:
August 15th: "Healthcare Not Warfare" March and Rally:
Noon at market square

National:
July 26 | Boston, MA | Democratic National Convention
July 31 | New York City | 2004 Anarchism & Christianity Conference
August 20 - 22 | New York City | Life After Capitalism Conference
Sept. 24-26 | Vermont | Renewing the Anarchist Tradition
October 16 | Washington, DC | Million Workers March - For Jobs and Justice


RNC Posters- A compilation of various convention related posters to download and distribute

Global Justice Speakers Bureau- We have people available to do a wide variety of presentations for your group or organization. From interactive workshops and video showings to lectures and more formal presentations.

Global Justice Fact Sheets:
FTAA and War [pdf]
CMU and war [pdf]

The Alphabet soup of corporate globalization

"Free" trade
Neo-liberalism
WTO: World Trade Organization IMF: International Monetary Fund
WB: World Bank
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank
NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
CAFTA: Central American Free Trade Agreement
FTAA: Free Trade Area of the Americas
WEF: World Economic Forum
F
ast Track: Presidential Trade Authority
MAI: Multilateral Agreement on Investments
SOA:
School of the Americas