" With the upcoming NATO/G8 summit looming over Chicago, itâs time to present the historical background and context for both of these organizations and why they are meeting in Chicago this spring. As two of the central bodies pursuing the interests of the global 1 percent, understanding how and when they were formed and for what purpose is essential to making sense of why the Occupy movement should resist them. Itâs also essential to understanding why Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other city officials are willing to spend millions of taxpayer dollars, shred essential civil liberties and lock down the city center to accommodate the 10,000 or so diplomats, policymakers and media teams that will descend on the city. This teach-in will cover a short history of both NATO and G8, what theyâve done and do in the world, and how their decisionsâmade by largely unaccountable and unelected people at big summitsâshape the lives of the global 99 percent. The immense resources theyâve commanded throughout the last several decades have largely created the world we now inhabit, and understanding these processesâboth economic and politicalâis the main objective of this meeting."
A recent article Ruder wrote about NATO and G8 in Chicago: âThe enforcers for the global 1 percentâ http://socialistworker.org/2012/01/05/enforcers-for-the-1-percent
Occupy Chicago Education Committee http://peoplesuchicago.tumblr.com
See: NATO promotes narko State strategy. http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2007/issue3/english/art1.html
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