Building for protests at the G20

The membership of the G-20 comprises:

• the finance ministers and central bank governors of the G7, 12 other key countries, and the European Union Presidency
  
• the European Central Bank
  
• the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
  
• the Chairman of the IMF
  
• the President of the World Bank
  
• the Chairman of the Development Committee

These are the people that decide the fate of billions of workers around the world, and they are almost without exception the same people that are responsible for the current crisis.

We know what their response to the crisis will be: more attacks on workers, more assaults on public spending and public services and pouring yet more public money into the coffers of the capitalists who got us here.

It is more important than ever that we build a mass protest movement on the level of the 1999 Seattle protests, to fight for the rights of workers and ordinary people. We are the ones with power in this society, and we can make them pay for the damage that they have done, and intend to do. The only way to do this is to appeal to radical organisations, trade unions and workers both nationally and internationally to come together in a constructive way.

I believe that now is the time to begin thinking about this issue, and coming up with creative ways to engage with people, and move the debate forward.