Bank Against the G8!

.IT'S A STATE OF EMERGENCY!!!

We've got the bands, we've got the goods, we've got the speakers; but Fair World Fair needs your donations to secure a space for civil dialogue and Carnaval, to be a beacon of enlightenment and hope in the long shadow cast by the global elite, the G-8, meeting on Sea Island June 8-10th, 2004.

In the long, sleepless months that Fair World Fair has existed as an alternative to the Summit of the Greedy Eight, we've been working to raise the roof and raise the funds necessary to host the tens of thousands expected to arrive in Glynn County next week. And while we've raised thousands of dollars, we're still only halfway to our fiscal goal. We'd like to invite you to to be part of the solution.

AND WE THOUGHT SEATTLE WAS THE BELLY OF THE BEAST?!?!?

In many ways, the work that has already gone forward is something of a victory for Glynn County and coastal residents, and for Georgians as a whole. We lay claim to justice--environmental, economic, and social--Global Justice--in some of the Deepest of the Deep South; in the midst of the Plantation mentality, in a State that strives to enshrine discrimination into its very constitution, on a privatized island where the local, regional, and national elite come to hide from the many groups and citizens who would hold them accountable.

As groups and individuals, many of us have been intimidated and silenced, reviled and insulted and ignored; but no one can keep us from speaking out against the programs of global injustice set in motion by the meeting of the Greediest Eight Heads of State on the globe. No one can keep us from coming together to share the solutions that will make our world more fair.

A SOLIDARITY ECONOMY

Here is an opportunity. If you can't travel to be with us, to offer your stories, your tactics, and your wisdom, please take this chance to help us build the political captial to stick truth to power--and the social capital necessary for long-term change. With your help, we can create a space for civil society, for education and political revelry in the Dirty South. Despite a Climate of martial law, the outlook is Fair.

DONATE ONLINE THROUGH COMMON GROUND!

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Common Ground Athens is proud to be the fiscal sponsor for Fair World Fair! To make a tax-deductible donation over our secure server, please click on the link below. When making your transaction, make sure you click the circle that says "I would like to donate to Fair World Fair."

Or, if you prefer, please Send your check or money order to "Common Ground" Re: "Fair World Fair" to the address below:

Common Ground
P.O.Box 408
Athens, GA 30603

Scott Eustis
Fair World Fair
Common Ground Athens
Athens, GA 30603
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