Pittsburgh plans for protests
G-20 to discuss economic crisis
Tara Tanzos
Issue date: 9/21/09 Section: News
A handful of West Chester University students plan to attend the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh this week, where finance ministers and central bank governors of the Summit plan to discuss the ongoing economic crisis.
The G-20 is comprised of Heads of State and invitees of 19 countries representing North and South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
The final member of the G-20 is the European Union, represented by the European Central Bank and its rotating Council presidency.
G-20 members called for a third Summit meeting after holding a previous convention in London this past April. French President Nicolas Sarkozy relayed to a press conference that Pittsburgh's Summit will focus on evaluating the London conference and continue planning for the global economic crisis.
Peace activist and WCU sociology major Nick Hiller will be driving with friends to Pittsburgh on Wednesday to protest the Summit held Sept. 24-25.
"I'm protesting the failed economic policies they're putting forth, [policies] that are really screwing over the rest of the world," Hiller said.
"What affects Third World countries effects us. Everything we eat, everything we have comes from countries like those. I try to let the Third World countries speak for themselves, while I speak for myself, but I'm doing this in solidarity for those [countries], not necessarily with them."
One example of a G-20 policy Hiller provided involved water distribution within Bolivia, where resources were taken from social services and turned over to larger businesses and corporations.
"[They] prioritized water so that it was illegal to collect rainwater," Hiller said. He continued to explain that the people of Bolivia held a strike that lead to the water laws being rescinded.
Activists and protestors are organizing various events in order to speak out against the Summit. On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project will say "No to the G-20, Yes to Community Gatherings" at Friendship Park, following by a presentation by the People's Summit titled "Another World IS Possible."
The G-20 is comprised of Heads of State and invitees of 19 countries representing North and South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
The final member of the G-20 is the European Union, represented by the European Central Bank and its rotating Council presidency.
G-20 members called for a third Summit meeting after holding a previous convention in London this past April. French President Nicolas Sarkozy relayed to a press conference that Pittsburgh's Summit will focus on evaluating the London conference and continue planning for the global economic crisis.
Peace activist and WCU sociology major Nick Hiller will be driving with friends to Pittsburgh on Wednesday to protest the Summit held Sept. 24-25.
"I'm protesting the failed economic policies they're putting forth, [policies] that are really screwing over the rest of the world," Hiller said.
"What affects Third World countries effects us. Everything we eat, everything we have comes from countries like those. I try to let the Third World countries speak for themselves, while I speak for myself, but I'm doing this in solidarity for those [countries], not necessarily with them."
One example of a G-20 policy Hiller provided involved water distribution within Bolivia, where resources were taken from social services and turned over to larger businesses and corporations.
"[They] prioritized water so that it was illegal to collect rainwater," Hiller said. He continued to explain that the people of Bolivia held a strike that lead to the water laws being rescinded.
Activists and protestors are organizing various events in order to speak out against the Summit. On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project will say "No to the G-20, Yes to Community Gatherings" at Friendship Park, following by a presentation by the People's Summit titled "Another World IS Possible."
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