Aotearoa People's Global Action Convergence

November 8-10 2002, Wellington, New Zealand.

CALLING ALL GRASSROOTS, ANTI-CAPITALIST MOVEMENTS, GROUPS AND COLLECTIVES WHO HAVE AN AFFINITY WITH THE PGA HALLMARKS AND ORGANISATIONAL PRINCIPLES......

Peoples Global Action is a worldwide network that works towards a durable, peaceful, social, borderless and directly democratic alternative to capitalism and all systems of oppression. The Wellington Anti Capitalist All-sorts (for want of a better word to describe the informal Wellies networks) are calling on the different Aotearoa movements who have an affinity with the networks hallmarks to converge on Nov 8th -10th here in WeLLington. This convergence will follow up last years http://aotearoa.wellington.net.nz/mayday/wto/fuckthewto.htm Last years was more info desemination based, this year we are looking at having a more at having a more strategic based convergence.

possible strategic sessions

• state militarism and paramilitarism
• borders, migration and freedom of movement
• defense and recognition of self-determination and land sovereignty of all people
• strategising against privatisations
• Campaign on construction of alternative models to the capitalist system
• Indymedia
• GE
• the environment
• organising against the wto and capitalist globalisation

In Aotearoa PGA was initially picked up by indigenous Tino Rangatiratanga collectives, firstly with Foundation for an Independent Aotearoa in 1998 culminating in the indigenous Hikoi against the MAI, (Multilateral Agreement on Investment -and then in 2000 when [AE!] Aotearoa Educators took up the kaupapa. Non-indigenous involvement in PGA, in Aotearoa, began when the Wellington CEC independently and autonomous of the Tino Rangatiratanga movement, picked up the PGA callout for May day and organised the first Carnival against Capitalism in 2000.

The defining documents of the PGA are its five hallmarks, its organisational principles and its manifesto. At the conference in Bangalore, India in August 1999 the hallmarks and the organisational principles were amended to reflect discussions about clarifying differences to right-wing anti-globalisers. A new second hallmark was added.

HALLMARKS:

1. A very clear rejection of capitalism, imperialism and feudalism; all trade agreements, institutions and governments that promote destructive globalisation;
2. We reject all forms and systems of domination and discrimination including, but not limited to, patriarchy, racism and religious fundamentalism of all creeds. We embrace the full dignity of all human beings.
3. A confrontational attitude, since we do not think that lobbying can have a major impact in such biased and undemocratic organisations, in which transnational capital is the only real policy-maker;
4. A call to direct action and civil disobedience, support for social movements' struggles, advocating forms of resistance which maximize respect for life and oppressed peoples' rights, as well as the construction of local alternatives to global capitalism;
5. An organisational philosophy based on decentralisation and autonomy.

PGA Organisational Principles

http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/cocha/principles.htm

manifesto

http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/en/pgainfos/manifest.htm

PGA-Pacifika email list

http://lists.myspinach.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pga-pacifika

global action archive

http://pga.so36.net/