June 6th - International Capitalism Day

The First Sunday in June each year is INTERNATIONAL CAPITALISM DAY. The World Celebrates Capitalism's Benefit to Mankind. Events Will Take Place from Brussels to New York City.

Fourth Annual Worldwide Celebrate Capitalism Day, Sunday, June 6, 2004

New York City, NY (PRWEB) June 3, 2004 -- This Sunday, June 6, 2004 at noon, the fourth annual Celebrate Capitalism walk will begin at the steps of Federal Hall to promote and celebrate the benefit to mankind that comes from the freedom inherent in capitalism. The walk will be just one of the Celebrate Capitalism events taking place in more than 150 cities and 46 countries on this day. From Belgium to Brazil, individuals will express their enthusiasm for capitalism through walks, music, speakers and more.

They are individuals as excited about capitalism as the event's founder Prodos, an Australian internet radio host who wants the day to be for "people of every walk of life and from every corner of the globe." "It's a day," he says, "to thank the Producers and Creators -human kind's great benefactors and to praise their achievements, independence of thought and their courage in following their dreams in order to uphold the only political system which makes all this possible. Capitalism."

A system founded upon freedom and creativity. And it's the life-affirming ideal of Celebrate Capitalism that through this system, the quality of life for all people is made better. As Prodos says, "the rich get richer, the poor get richer." It's an ideal passed down to us by pro-capitalist thinkers like Ayn Rand, Adam Smith and Thomas Jefferson. And it's highlighted in The Bernstein Declaration, Celebrate Capitalism's official position statement, written by New York-based philosopher and novelist Dr. Andrew Bernstein, now translated into more than 20 languages making it the most widely translated pro-capitalism literature ever and is available at www.CelebrateCapitalism.ORG/bernsteindeclaration. It reads, "It is no accident that man's freest periods have seen his greatest achievements. From the Golden Age of Athens to the Italian Renaissance to the technological and industrial breakthroughs of the United States, the freedom of man's mind has led to magnificent advances in philosophy."

Whether it's been the gathering of 40 people in Poland or Perth, Australia's union of two for the cause of capitalism, those involved in Celebrate Capitalism in previous years have seen the value of the marriage of belief and action. New Yorkers will see it again during their walk which starts at the Federal Hall steps, overlooking the NY stock Exchange and the JP Morgan building. It will commence after a brief speech on how these two institutions helped other institutions in America, before winding through capitalism's monument, the financial district of NYC and arriving at Old U.S. Customs House, (1 Bowling Green, across the street from the Bowling Green train station) where speakers will share of the happiness and prosperity that comes from the freedom of capitalism.

robert-at-begley.com
www.newyork.celebratecapitalism.org
Robert Begley / 917.655.2053

The Bernstein Declaration opens with:

Capitalism is the only system based on the recognition that each individual owns his life. Capitalism is the only social system in which individuals are free to pursue their rational self-interest, to own property and to profit from their actions. It entrenches individual rights, limited Constitutional government, and political/intellectual/economic freedom.

Celebrate Capitalism calls attention to Aristotle, Adam Smith, John Locke, Frederic Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, Ayn Rand, and Ludwig von Mises as the "'official' thinkers for this campaign." It mentions the following cities and countries getting involved:

• Amherst, Annapolis, Arlington (Virginia), Atlanta, Austin, Binghamton, Birmingham, Boston, Breckenridge (Colorado), Bristol (Rhode Island), Burlington, Carson City, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland (Ohio), College Station, Columbia, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas, Dayton, Detroit, El Paso, Gainesville, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Iowa City, Kalispell (Montana), Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Medford (Oregon), Miami, Montgomery, New York City, New Haven (Connecticut), Oklahoma City, Orlando, Portland (Oregan), Raleigh, Reno, Sacramento, St Louis, Salisbury (Maryland), Salt Lake City, San Jose (California), Saratoga Springs, Seattle, Spokane, Syracuse, Tucson, Washington, Westminster (MD)
  
• Austria, Georgia, Romania, Ecuador, Australia, Netherlands, Estonia, Venezuela, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Botswana, Portugal, Brazil, Canada, Poland, Suriname, Hong Kong, Lithuania, Slovak Republic, Spain, Kenya, Mexico, United Kingdom, Nigeria, France, Pakistan, Norway, Czech Republic, Germany, New Zealand, Turkey, Finland, India, Albania, Barbados, South Africa, Bangladesh, Italy, Greece, Argentina, Korea, Yugoslavia, Costa Rica, Hungary, Russia

Bureaucrash also has a small page for it.

Wish I had known about this earlier. The Travis County Libertarian Party's calendar for June doesn't mention this nor does their e-mail newsletter.

Posted by Drizzten at June 03, 2004 09:28 AM