Jim, I was at the meeting prior to the one you wrote about, and my feelings were similar. They are deliberately not addressing the world bank and IMF EVEN THOUGH its their annual meetings and Wolfowitz engineered the Iraq War and is the current president of the World Bank. And they keep dodging questions of funding and housing when its not directly related to UFPJ events.

Thanks for writing that and exposing this group. United only applies to certain people and certain single-issues.

UFPJ needs to bring justice back into their name or they need to drop it altogether. They kicked ass in funding the convergence space in Miami and working on those issues; but now that the bretton Woods system in 60+ years and not quite as novel as the FTAA or War in Iraq, MOST of UFPJ is turning a blind eye.

Wake up people! Lets go! Lets act! Lets make the connections between the war in iraq and the bretton woods system. Its all connected. Both movements are connected. We need to get UFPJ (and ANSWER) out of the way and work together grassroots style.

Alternatively and/or complementary lets embrace the fact that We're DC residents, SO lets co-opt UFPJ. Sign up for their chores. Do it your style, or don't do it all...whichever works for you. Refuse to pay the $$$ for tables and set up anyway. Don't go to their meetings, or shall i say, lectures. Or go and ask why we can't make decisions? Phonebank UFPJ's national office. Flood their office with faxes demanding to have a seat at the table. Perhaps even lobby their regional and natinal offices. Stage a sit-in.

Funny, how all these tactics we use against the sources of oppression...white house, senators, world bank, imf, etc. and now they can be used against what would, on the surface, appear to be an ally.

UFPJ needs to reform their ways or be prepared for massive resistance.

UFPJ decision-makers: remember your days as grassroots activists or hold on for a wild ride.