[1771] in peace2
Protest World Bank Pres. Wolfie
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
Fri May 31 08:15:08 2002
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 08:13:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Payal Parekh <parekh@pimms.mit.edu>
To: McKay <mckay@enigma.oakland.ca.us>, Mark Laskey <kronstadt@juno.com>,
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Dear Friends,
James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, has been chosen as the
commencement speaker at MIT graduation on Friday, June 7. A major
protest is planned in Cambridge on that day, building on the momentum
of the passage of the World Bank Bond Boycott in Cambridge last month.
Here are the details:
WHERE: Gather on the park/traffic island in the middle of Commonwealth
Avenue in Boston, in between Gloucester and Hereford St., by the statue.
(Close to intersection of Mass. Ave. and Commonwealth Ave.; Hynes
Convention Center stop on Green B, C, and D lines, or #1 bus.)
WHEN: Friday June 7, 7:30 am. March towards MIT at 8 am SHARP.
FOR MORE INFO: please call the numbers or check out the websites or
e-mail the addresses below. Please, please DO NOT reply to this
e-mail for more info.
By phone: BankBusters 617-755-0795
By e-mail: BankBusters noimfwb@yahoo.com
On the web: BankBusters www.bostonglobalaction.net/bankbusters
OR
MIT alternate commencement site commence.mit.edu
If you are coming from out of town and need a place to stay, please
contact:
Catherine Benedict 617-983-0089 catherinebenedict@earthlink.net
If you are a local and would like to offer housing, also contact
Catherine.
There also are several events leading up to the June 7 protest:
Saturday June 1 and Sunday June 2, 12-5 pm.
Artmaking for the June 7 protests.
WHERE: MIT 4-153
June 4 Tuesday, 7-9 pm.
MIT community forum. Twenty students have been selected by lottery
to meet with James Wolfensohn. Let them know the questions you would
like Wolfensohn to be asked.
June 5 Wednesday, 3:30 pm, 5:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 9:30 pm
"Life and Debt" showing again at the Brattle Theater in Harvard
Square, Cambridge. If you haven't already seen it (or even if you
have), check out this fabulous film on Jamaica and the World Bank
and IMF.
June 6 Thursday, 7 pm
CHANT DOWN BABYLON
* Show of Life and Debt, followed by Q&A with director Stephanie
Black
* Concert by Yami Bolo, acclaimed reggae musician, featured on the
Life and Debt soundtrack.
WHERE: MIT 54-100
This event is free.
For more information: 617-285-4167
