Anticapitalathon Games 2010: Washington DC April 23-25

From April 23rd through 25th, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) will hold their annual spring meetings in Washington, DC.
The IMF/WB are responsible for saddling struggling economies with unmanageable debt, driving billions into deeper poverty through the
imposition of (badly misnamed) “poverty reduction” programs, and threatening countries who refuse to follow their austerity programs with
economic blacklisting and isolation.

Fortunately, none of that matters to us any more. The Self Described
Anarchist Collective (SDAC) has decided to abandon tiresome activism, and
instead become filthy rich through the creation of the Anticapitalathon
(TM) Games. The Anticapitalathon (TM) Games are not meant to protest the
worldwide destruction wrought by global capital, and we certainly have no
intention of showing solidarity with those affected by IMF policies.

The Anticapitalathon (TM) Games are being held at the same time and place
as the spring WB/IMF meetings– not to highlight the connection between
neoliberalism and economic misery, but to scam free publicity for our
budding sports empire.

In that spirit, we make the following suggestions concerning athletic
equipment: there will be no need for gas masks or goggles, and helmets and
reinforced banners will only slow you down. Don’t bother with masks;
after all, you can’t become a famous extreme athlete if nobody knows who
you are, right? Our friends at the DC Metropolitan Police Department,
sports fans all, will surely be too enthralled by our acrobatic grace and
athletic prowess to do anything so antisocial as actually arrest anyone.
However, if your paranoia overcomes your competitive instincts, wear as
much armor as you like, we won’t stop you.

The Anticapitalathon (TM) will be a dramatic weekend of games, scavenger
hunts and walking tours of the opulent downtown neighborhoods of the
empire’s capital.

So bring a team or come as a solo competitor to DC in April. Homemade
prizes, delicious food and radical levels of fun are sure to follow!

Interested in Getting Involved in the organizing, training or strategizing for the Anticapitalathon games, click here.

Friday, April 23

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Run on the Bank (5K Run and Rally). Meet at Malcolm X
Park (also called Meridian Hill Park).

2:15: Opening Rally and Press Conference meeting the runners as they come through the ‘finish line’.  Murrow Park (18th and H and Pennsylvania Ave NW)

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Walking Tour of Downtown DC. Meet at Farragut Square.
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Workshop Block 1 at convergence space:
Technology/Communications
Legal Team Meeting/Training
Health and Safety
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Dinner at convergence space with know your rights
overview.
10:00 pm: Fútbol/Soccer Game. Meet at Dupont Circle.

Saturday, April 24

9:00 am -10:30 am: Workshop Block 2 at convergence space:
Financial Collapse.
World Trade Organization.
11:30 am – 3:00 pm: Scavenger Hunt and Bag Lunch. Meet at Murrow Park. Wraps and snacks to be distributed at the park. Must be back from the hunt by 2:30 pm in order to be counted.

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Workshop Block 3: West End Library Small Meeting Room:
Bretton Woods 101.
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm: Baseball. Meet at Murrow Park.
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Downtime and dinner (Food to be distributed in the park).
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: Capture the Flag, Meet at Murrow Park.

10:00 pm: Closing Ceremony and ceremonial procession of athletes. Meet at
Murrow Park.

Sunday, April 25

10:30 am: Consulta and planning meeting for the October WB/IMF
demonstrations. Convergence space.