Ireland and the
Day of action in support of S26 Prague

On September 26th over 20,000 of the world's bankers, economists and investors arrived in Prague for the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.  A colourful and diverse collective of Irish groups gathered in solidarity with organisations from around the world that are concerned with the impact on society and the environment caused by the policies of the World Bank and IMF. This page records statements from some of those organisations and gives you an idea of the activities that took place.

Some of the following accounts are from people that were involved with the S26 collective, others are not. In either case as they were written after the S26 collective had ceased to exist they are obviously not representive of the views of anything but the individuals that wrote them.

With Pink/Silver

• Praha - Personal Account!

The Blue march

• Victory in Prague - IMF and World Bank closed down
• Irish eyewitness report on S26 demonstration in Prague [In French] [In German] [with photos]
  • Anti-fascist march in Prague

Calls from Prague for Day of Action General Position of the Initiative against Economic Globalization - Prague 2000 Join the campaign against IMF/WB summit in Prague - Initiative Against Economic Globalization - Prague 2000 Mobilise for anti-IMF/WB protests in Prague in September 2000 - Czech 'ORA-Solidarita' organisation The INPEG page - home of the coalition behind the organisation of the Prague demonstrations. Lots of useful info

Leaflets produced by S26 collectives

• Who are we fighting? - S26 Cork
• So what's wrong with the World Bank and the IMF? - S26 Cork

Press statements

• S26 = September 26th - S26 Dublin
• Fifty years of exploitation is enough! - S26 Cork

S26 Ireland contacts - groups in Dublin, Cork, Belfast and Derry

Events

On September 26th

Dublin: Demonstration at the IFSC in Dublin on at lunchtime
- Meet opposite the Amnesty Flame

Cork: *Main protest - South Mall Financial area, Cork city 12 - 2 pm.

Derry: Protests at various banks -details to follow

On September 30th

Dublin: Carnival for Global Economic Justice

A day of events with workshops in the morning, a march in the afternoon and gigs into the night. Based around the Temple Bar Music Center where there will be stalls all day.

Cork: - Carnival for GLobal Justice -

Starting from Daunt Square at 2.30pm, we will do a loop of the city, with talks outside banks, companies known to exploit labour and environmental resources, ending with a rally at Daunt Square again.

Dublin Carnival workshops

10.30 - 11.45	Condemned to Debt - The IMF & World Bank in the Third World Conall O'Caoimh (Debt & Development Coalition), African refugee	Multinationals, privatisation, de-regulation & workers resistance Gearoid O'Liongsigh (co-author of the report on Smurfit in Columbia), Irish Trade Unionist, Socialist Party	Racist Controls in a "Free Market" world Gregor Kerr (Anri-Racism Campaign), Asylum seeker
12.00 - 13.15	Is there an economic alternative to neo-liberalism? Richard Douthwaite (Feasta), Kevin Doyle (Workers Solidarity Movement), Claudine Gaidoni (ATTAC)	The politics of resistance Mike Allen (Labour Party), Deirdre de Burca (Green party), Kieran Allen (Socialist Workers Party), To be announced (Latin American Solidarity Centre)	How the IMF/WB are destroying our Planet Gus Worth (Earthwatch), other speakers to be announced

Dublin March leaves Central Bank at 2.30

If your interested in playing the gig or having a stall at the Dublin event phone 01-8741223

Irish supporters to date include: Micheal D. Higgins (Labour TD), Terry Eagleton, Deirdre De Burca (Green Party), Eamonn McCann (journalist), Des Bonass (Dublin Trades Council), Joe Moore (Cork Trades Council), Dennis Keane (CPSU), Eddie Conlon (TUI), Pat Cahill (ASTI), Carolann Duggan (SIPTU), Jimmy Kelly (ATGWU), Socialist Workers Party, Workers Solidarity Movement, Latin American Solidartiy Center, Anti Racist Campaign, Anti Nazi League, Housing Action Campaign, Reclaim the Streets, Irish Mexico Group, Voice, Campaign to End Iraq Sanctions - Ireland, ATTAC - Ireland, Baby Milk Action

Other groups not members of S26 but who will be participating in the events or organising their own activities include the Debt and Development Coalition - Jubilee Ireland, Red Banner, Socialist Democracy, Oxfam Ireland (also see statement list below)

• Inital call for Irish action in support of Prague demonstrations - S26 Dublin
• S26 Collective - Ireland founding letter - S26 Dublin

Get the news as it happens

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Bundles of leaflets will be available to pick up from LASC (5, Merrion Row, ph 6760435 )

Ireland - why we oppose the World Bank/IMF

Statements from the different organisations involved in S26 or participating in the event

• Green Party
• Workers Solidarity Movement
• Feasta, The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
• DDCI/Jubilee Ireland
• Irish Mexico Group
• Dublin Food co-op
• Attac
• Baby Milk Action
• Socialist Democracy
• Atlantis Foundation Action Network
• Ogoni Solidarity Ireland
• Network of Development Education Centres & Groups
• The Irish Women's Environmental Network
• Irish Missionary Union

Further reading suggested by groups/individuals in S26 or groups working arond the Prague Summit

• Civil-izing Societies by David C. Korten (from Feasta)
• From the Czech Republic: Why we organise against the IMF by ORA-Solidarita (from WSM)
• The Poor's Most Deadly Enemy by George Monbiot (from Guardian via Sustainable Ireland Foundation)
• Africa: Multinationals make a killing from aids by Socialist Worker (from SWP)
• 2nd Declaration of La Realidad by the Zapatistas (from Irish Mexico Group)
• Challenging the WTO by Hilary French (from Green Party)
• People before profits (from the Anti Racism Campaign)
• Amsterdam APPEAL for the Cancellation of African debt Africa : From Resistance to Alternatives (from Attac)
• Democracy and accountability: The IMF's deficit (from Oxfam - Ireland)
• Amnesty International on social responsibility of international companies

Activities of individual organisations in connection with S26 or groups working arond the Prague Summit

• Jubilee 2000 - Public Forum Wednesday 20^th September
• Socialist Workers Party - About their delegation to Prague
• Workers Solidarity Movement - stickers and public meetings
• Attac meeting in Prague - gathering of Irish and other groups

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Information

• Quick intro to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
• Initiative against Economic Globalization - Prague 2000

News

• One World news on IMF/WB
• A-Infos
• Undercurrents - intend to produce and distribute a video post-Prague.

Organisations

• Peoples Global Action
• Third World Network
• One World
• 50 Years is Enough
• Global Exchange
• Corporate Watch
• Jubilee 2000 debt relief campaign

The bad guys

• IMF offical web page
• a Canadian Security Intelligence Service report on ANTI-GLOBALIZATION - A SPREADING PHENOMENON

News from Prague as it happens

Keep up to date, join our mailing list by sending a mail to global_irl-subscribe@egroups.com, we will be posting announcements for the Irish events, details of planning for Prague and news from Prague as and after it happens.

• IndyMedia Prague

Previous Global Days of Action

• The Irish N30 page in Solidarity with Seattle