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New Years gathering in Chicago
by Midwest Unrest Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003 at 2:35 AM
midwest_unrest_housing@yahoo.com

Come to Chicago new years to discuss Miami/FTAA and the future

Thursday, Nov. 20 marked an important day for the anti-capitalist anti-authoritarian direct action movement. Once again we found ourselves in the streets next to workers, students, immigrants, our elders, and people from poor neighborhoods. When the police attacked a handful of us, they ended up injuring us all. Even when the police broke every agreement they made with the AFL-CIO, we kept every agreement that was worked out. There is an enormous amount of support and solidarity for those who were adversely affected by the police�s actions coming from many different sectors of the global justice struggle. Many things have happened since the first swing of the club, and a large amount of progress has been made on our part.

Despite our welts, scars, and emotional trauma, we are faced with the fact that Miami was a police model and precursor for upcoming demonstrations. With the next consulta more than 2 months away, there is a necessity to build enough momentum to carry the energy created in Miami into our future.

The Midwest Unrest Action Faction is calling for a gathering to review, heal, analyze, and strategize from the events surrounding the Miami actions, to take place from December 29, 2003 through January 1st, 2004. A focus will also be placed upon networking more effectively on a regional basis (so if you are from the midwest, get on over here, yo!).

We are also fully aware of the holiday on Jan 1st 2004, so it would only be appropriate to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Zapatista Uprising.

*We are aiming for this gathering to be more relaxed and festive than the planning process for Miami. With this in mind, we hope that everyone who comes to Chicago bring with them their best ideas, skills, talents, and warm jackets! There will be plenty of time for workshops or skillshares, so please get in contact with us if you feel you have something great to share.

So... in other words, this isnt a consulta! Come prepared for: snowball fights, gravesite visits (gotta see emma!), parties, and rabble-rousin�. Don�t forget bring some extra cash for public transit... a CTA fare hike goes into effect on New Years Day. The price for transit jumps from 1.50 to 1.75 (from 1.80 to 2.00 with a transfer).

Let us know if your coming in so we can get prepared! Please specify:
your name
who else is in your traveling party
what group/collective are you with
your contact information (phone +email)
your reason for wishing to attend
if you need housing and how many people
when you will be arriving
special housing needs
other special needs

*Food: Basic help is needed to help feed all of those attending. please advise us if you can help with any contributions of food or cooking help.

send complete registration forms to midwest_unrest_housing@yahoo.com ASAP!

A schedule of suggested events will be posted once it is ready, along with a flyer.

Love and Revolution
Midwest Unrest Action Faction

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