Activists from Pittsburgh, the U.S., and across the globe will converge to protest the destructive policies of the G-20 – meeting in Pittsburgh this September 24-25.

The Group of Twenty (G-20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors represents the world’s economic leaders, intimately connected to the most powerful multi-national corporations that dominate the global economy. Their neo-liberal policies have squandered billions on war, plunged economies into deep recessions, worsened social, economic and political inequality, and polluted the earth.

We believe a better world is possible. We anticipate involvement and support from like-minded people and organizations across the country for projected actions from September 19-25:

People’s Summit – Sept. 19, 21-22 (Saturday,Monday,Tuesday)
A partnership of educators and social justice groups is organizing a People’s Summit to discuss global problems and seek solutions that are informed by the basic principles of genuine democracy and human dignity. This will bring together informed speakers and panels to discuss problems we face and possible solutions, also providing interactive workshop discussions.

Mass March on the G-20 – Friday, Sept. 25:
Money for human needs, not for war!
A peaceful, legal march is being sponsored by the Thomas Merton Center, an umbrella organization that supports a wide variety of peace and justice member projects in Pittsburgh. We will hold a mass march to demand “Money for human needs, not for war!”.

WE SEEK THE BROADEST RANGE OF SUPPORT, PARTICIPATION, AND ENDORSEMENTS FOR THE MASS MARCH AND PEOPLE’S SUMMIT

Endorsers (list in formation): Iraq Veterans Against the War Chapter 61, Pittsburgh; PA State Senator Jim Ferlo; Veterans for Peace Chapter 047, Pittsburgh; National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations; Thomas Merton Center Pittsburgh; Codepink Pittsburgh Women for Peace; Bail Out The People; Green Party of Allegheny County; World Can’t Wait; ISO (International Socialist Organization); WILPF (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom) Pittsburgh; Socialist Action; Ohio Valley Peace; Bay Area United Against War; Coloradans For Peace; Radio Free Maine; Code Pink; Voters For Peace; Community Organizing Center (Columbus, Ohio); Columbus Campaign for Arms Control; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee

To endorse, E-mail: info@pittsburghendthewar.org
Or contact: Thomas Merton Center AWC, 5125 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224

A number of other events are being planned by a wide variety of community, social justice, and environmental groups in Pittsburgh.

For more information and updates please visit http://www.thomasmertoncenter.org/g20action.htm