Shut Down the SPP!

They talk about "security" and "prosperity", but their agenda really means insecurity and misery for working and oppressed peoples in the Americas. In brief, the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" (SPP) combines the destructive neo-liberal policies of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the fear and paranoia of post 9-11 "Homeland Security" policies. The SPP is firmly rooted within a colonial and capitalist framework.

With politicians and corporate leaders hiding behind police and 10-foot steel fences, and the rest of us excluded on the outside or forced into useless protest pens -- Montebello is Fortress North America.

When the Bush/Harper/Calderon meeting began, a network of direct action, anti-capitalist, social justice activists from Ontario and Quebec, within the framework of the People's Global Action (PGA) Network, tried to disrupt the summit.

They were not going to lobby the SPP leaders or governments to be nicer. They were not interested in negotiating the terms of our own misery, or to be bought off by crumbs. Justice and dignity is achieved through grassroots mobilizing, struggle and direct action, not the charity of corporations, rock-stars, politicians and NGOs complicit in a destructive system. Bush, Harper and Calderon deserve to be confronted directly.

For more information: www.psp-spp.com -- www.agp.org -- info@psp-spp.com

Photos by TGH