[DEBATE] : (Fwd) World water protests, 14-22 March

[Patrick Bond]

Global Week of Actions for Water Justice

March 14-22, 2009


As part of the call to the global water justice movements to mobilize
against the false World Water Forum, we commit to mobilize for the
Global Week of Actions for Water Justice. The global week of action
serves as a common platform for movements, peoples' organizations,
activists and citizens, elected representatives and governments
committed to water justice for all communities to access safe,
affordable water for drinking, fishing, recreational, and cultural uses
in an equitable, effective, democratic way. These actions will support
all the activities being planned by groups in Turkey to challenge the
5th World Water Forum.


We invite and urge movements, organizations and citizens around the
world to undertake actions in their own countries that reflect their own
struggles, character, and possibilities. This can either be a seminar or
forum about your struggles, rally or symbolic action, a concert or press
conference, etc. All actions related to our common goal of water justice
are welcome from more modest actions to larger mobilizations.


We invite you to share information about your plans by going to
www.peopleswaterforum.org, then press “add an event”, and write the
details of your action. You can also send us a short paragraph outlining
your planned activities and engagements (including date and place),
contact details, including Country and Organization.Information can be
sent to mbmanahan at focusweb.org or claucampero at yahoo.com (for Spanish).


This week includes special dates:

March 14: The International Day of Action for Rivers
http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/day-of-action

March 22: World Water Day

We once again invite you to go to www.peopleswaterforum.org to find out
more about how you can support these efforts. With you, together we can
build a truly global week of action for water justice.