Thursday, December 18, 2008

Rioters Of The World Unite!

"We are the law, we'll stay on the streets."

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE GREEK UPRISING
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20TH!

WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 20, 4pm
WHERE: 24th & Mission, San Francisco

WHAT:
On Saturday, December 20th a march will begin at 24th and Mission at 4:00PM as part of an international day of action called for by the assembly of the occupied Athens Polytechnic University. Worldwide actions are planned in resistance to global capital and exploitation, in memory of all assassinated youth, and in solidarity with migrants and other marginalized people and all those struggling for freedom and human dignity.


WHY:
For two weeks now, Greek youth, immigrants, and workers have been taking over streets and schools demanding an end to police brutality and capitalist exploitation.

Last week, students at the occupied Athens Polytechnic University issued a callout for solidarity actions on Dec. 20 - both to commemorate the Greek student killed by police several weeks ago, and to commemorate other youth killed by the police worldwide, such as Alwy Al-Nadhir, Byron Debassige, and Fredy Villanueva.

At the same time, here at home we are facing increasing precarity - and people of color, immigrants, youth, and others who are the most marginalized in our society are the ones who are suffering the most. From the streets of Athens to the streets of San Francisco, we can't afford to stand idly by while marginalized communities face the precarious
conditions of economic decline, are increasingly denied the basic right to food, affordable housing, education and dignified conditions of labor.

While the banks get bailouts, we get pink slips and eviction notices, police harassment and the skyrocketing cost of living, schools close and social services are cut. And in the Mission District of San Francisco we get gentrification and ICE raids. In order to survive the great storm that is upon us, we must come together as a community and develop autonomous ways of supporting and sustaining each other.

PLEASE JOIN US!

Come join us this Saturday for a march and General Assembly where we can begin to imagine a new society - a free Mission District, a free Greece, and a free world. Come in solidarity with the university occupations and street battles in Greece, France, Italy and Spain and with the occupation of the New School in New York City. Their struggle is our struggle.

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