The GAPATISTAS will be staging actions in seven cities - L.A., Tucson, El Paso, Austin, New Orleans, Tallahassee, & Miami Beach (see below for dates, times, locations) - en route to the mass protests against the FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS (FTAA) in Miami, Nov 17-21, where up to 100,000 protestors are expected to converge!!! Our FTAA/Gap action in each city will start with a march including a 200-year-old giant redwood stump-logged by the Fishers of the Gap-to the entrance of the Gap store or mall. A mini FTAA & LOCAL ISSUES TEACH-IN will ensue using the stump as a stage. Speakers will alternate with GREAT SONGS and RADICAL CHEERS (download our song sheet), all building to the CLIMACTIC MOMENT when we STRIP for JUSTICE IN FOREST, FIELD, & FACTORY!!! We will round off the action with leafleting and one-on-one. Come strip with us for Redwoods & Workers Rights, for Global Justice and Global Ecology!!! Bring drums, noise-makers, and outlandish underwear!!! 

 

WHY THE GAP? Gap Inc is a poster-corporation of transnational exploitation and the debacle of corporate economic globalization. From the Devastation of the Aral Sea to the Ruination of the Redwoods! From the exploitation of cotton-workers in Uzbekistan to needle-workers in sweatshops throughout the global south! From union-busting in maquiladoras to union-busting on US docks. Whether it's advising the President on lethal global trade policies, coercing the City of San Francisco to slash business taxes by 5/6ths, or engaging in sweetheart deals to the tune of $18 million in public subsidies! Whether blocking a living wage for city workers or privatizing national parks, public schools, and public television - THE GAP IS THERE!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Gap, 6830 Hollywood Blvd. (near Highland); assemble at Las Palmas & Hollywood Blvd.

 

Tucson Mall (parking lot main entrance), 4500 N. Oracle Rd.

Thurs, Nov 13, 12 noon - El Paso, Texas

Cielo Vista Mall (parking lot main entrance), 8401 Gateway West Blvd.

Fri, Nov 14, 12 noon - Austin, Texas

South Central S/C (parking lot main entrance), 4001 N. Lamar

Sat, Nov 15, 12 noon - New Orleans, Louisiana

1 Poydras St., Riverwalk Marketplace

Sun, Nov 16, 12 noon - Tallahassee, Florida

Old Navy, in the strip mall across from Governors Square Mall, 1565 Governors Square Blvd.

Mon, Nov 17, 2 pm - Miami Beach, Florida

The Gap, 673 Collins Ave. (at 7^th Street.); assemble around the corner at Ocean Ct. near 7th

 

Notes: All actions are at 12 noon, except Miami Beach at 2 pm. At the malls, we'll assemble on the public sidewalk at the perimeter of the main entrance to the parking lot. At Gap stores that front on public streets, we'll assemble around a near by corner for our march to the entrance of the store-either meet us at the assembly point or at the action site. Try to check the web site before the action for any last minute changes! You can also download our "Sing Along with the Gapatistas" song and radical cheer sheet and leaflet masters from the site!