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From: Peter Cooper <pcooper@Essential.ORG>
To: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY <ipe@csf.colorado.edu>
Subject: Economic Globalization Teach-in, No (fwd)
This should prove to be an outstanding conference!!
Peter Cooper
Public Citizen
Global Trade Watch
215 Penn Avenue SE
Washington DC 20001
Internet: pcooper@Citizen.ORG
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THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION
presents
A PUBLIC TEACH-IN:
The Social, Ecological, Cultural, and Political Costs of
ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION
Co-sponsoring organizations: Institute for Policy Studies, the Harriman
Institute, the Learning Alliance, Public Citizen, People-Centered
Development Forum, Third World Network, Institute for Agriculture
and Trade Policy, Friends of the Earth U.S., Rainforest Action Network,
Council of Canadians, The Ecologist, the Foundation on Economic
Trends, the International Center for Technology Assessment, Equipo
Pueblo, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Action Canada Network,
Daybreak Magazine, Foundation for Deep Ecology, The Humane
Society of the U.S., The Humane Society International, World Society
for the Protection of Animals, American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, Program on Corportions, Law and Democracy,
The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, International Rivers
Network, Greenpeace U.S., ECOROPA, Redefining Progress, Chilean
Ecological Action Network, International Society for Ecology and
Culture, Cordillera Women's Education and Resource Center, Sierra Club.
WHEN: November 10-12, 1995
WHERE: Columbia University
New York, New York
TICKETS AND INFORMATION:
New York: The Learning Alliance
324 Lafayette St., 7th floor,
New York. N.Y. 10012
Tel: 212-226-7171
Fax: 212-274-8712
Email: alliance@blythe.org
-or-
San Francisco: The International Forum on Globalization
950 Lombard Street,
San Francisco CA 94133
(415) 771-1102
THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION:
The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is a new alliance of leading
activists, economists, researchers, and philosophers who have joined together
to respond to the threats of economic globalization to the environment,
communities, human rights, equity, and democracy.
We believe the world's corporate and political leadership is undertaking a
restructuring of global politics and economics that may be as historically
significant as any event since the industrial revolution. If continued, this
trend will have grave impacts on every aspect of human life, and on the
natural world.
This event is the first in a series to be held in the United States, Canada,
and abroad, to focus increased attention on the major issues resulting
from the rush to globalize.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 8 pm-11 pm
International House, Davis Hall,
500 Riverside Drive, New York NY
THE CRISIS OF GLOBALIZATION
Ralph Nader, Public Citizen
- The Assault on Democracy
Vandana Shiva, Third World Network
- Social and Ecological Impacts on the Third World
David Korten, People-Centered Development Forum
-The Failed Paradigms of Globalism
Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
-NAFTA, and the Dismemberment of Canadian Sovereignty and Culture
John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies
-U.S. Politics and Corporate Domination
Open discussion from the floor.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 9 am-7 pm
Columbia University
Altschul Auditorium, School of Internationall & Public Affairs
420 West 118th Street, New York, NY
PANEL #1: REPORTS FROM THE PLANET
Martin Khor, Third World Network
-GATT: Neocolonialism in the Third World
Sara Larrain, Chilean Ecological Action Network
-NAFTA and Chile
Agnes Bertrand, Institut d'Etude sur la Globalisation Economique, France
-Resistance in the European Union
Leah Wise, Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network
-Internal Colonialism: The South in the North
Carlos Heredia, Equipo Pueblo
-NAFTA, the World Bank, and the Mexican Bailout
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Cordillera Women's Education and Resource Center
-Globalization's Assault on Native Peoples
Open discussion from floor
PANEL #2: RELOCALIZATION, DECENTRALIZATION,
ALTERNATIVES TO GLOBALIZATION
Helena Norberg-Hodge, International Society for Ecology and Culture
-The Pressure to Modernize
Edward Goldsmith, The Ecologist magazine
-The Need to Return to the Local Economy
Colin Hines, Co-author, "The New Protectionism"
-The New Protectionism
John Mohawk, Daybreak magazine
-Indigenous Communities and Long-Term Viability
David Morris, Institute for Self-Reliance
-Steps to Localization
Open discussion from floor
PANEL #3: ENVIRONMENT, TECHNOLOGY & GLOBALIZATION
Carl Pope, Sierra Club
-The Coming Monoculture
Jeremy Rifkin, Foundation on Economic Trends
-Biotechnology, Computers and the End of Jobs
Andrew Kimbrell, International Center for Technological Assessment
-Biocolonization and Intellectual Property Rights
Randy Hayes, Rainforest Action Network
-Globalizing Means Ravaging the Globe
Leesteffy Jenkins, The Humane Society
-Animal Issues and GATT
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 9 am-5pm
Columbia University
Altschul Auditorium, School of Internationall & Public Affairs
420 West 118th Street, New York NY
PANEL #4: NEW ORGANIZING STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES
Mark Ritchie, Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy
-Cross-Border Organizing
Lori Wallach, Public Citizen
-NAFTA, GATT & the WTO
Richard Grossman, Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy
-Dismantling Corporations
Tony Clarke, Action Canada Network
-Reversing Corporate Rule
Carolyn Kazdin, Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
-Labor Rights, NAFTA, and GATT
Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth
-Environmental Activism and Globalism
Ted Halstead, Redefining Progress,-
Creating New Economic Paradigms
WORKSHOPS (Partial listing):
New Paradigms: Redefining Progress
Organizing Against Corporate Rule
Organizing Against the World Trade Organization
Technological Assessment and Resistance
Organizing in the New York Area (The Learning Alliance)
Uniting Labor and Environment
Globalizing the New Protectionism
World Bank/IMF: 50 Years is Enough
Uniting the South and the North
Other speakers and workshop leaders at the Teach-In will include:
Walden Bello, Institute for Food and Development Policy
Atila Roque, IBASE (Brazilian Institute for Socio-Economic Research)
Nilo Cayuqueo, South and Meso American Indian Rights Center
David Levine, The Learning Alliance
David Phillips, Earth Island Institute
Jerry Mander, Foundation for Deep Ecology
Candido Grzybowski, IBASE
Mika Iba, Network for Safe and Secure Food and Environment (Japan)
Ruth Mayne, OXFAM
Patrick McCully, International Rivers Network
Ignacio Peon Escalante, Mexican Action Network on Free Trade
Steve Shrybman, Canadian Environmental Law Association
Victor Menotti, International Forum on Globalization
Maria Gilardin, TUC Radio
TICKET ORDER FORM
International Forum on Globalization presents:
a Teach-In on "Economic Globalization"
Mail to: The Learning Alliance,
324 Lafayette St., 7th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10012
Tel: 212-226-7171 Fax: 212-274-8712
Email: alliance@blythe.org
No mail requests can be filled after November 1, 1995. Some tickets may be
available at the door.
The following prices include a $5.00 public membership in the International
Forum on Globalization, which entitles you to several mailings or
newsletters per year.
Students &
Gen. Low Income* Contributor
1. ALL EVENTS, Nov. 10-12 $35__ $20__ $75__
2. Friday evening only, Nov. 10 $12__ $6___ $25__
3. Saturday, all day only, Nov. 11 $25__ $10__ $50__
4. Sunday, all day only, Nov. 12 $20___ $7___ $40__
* Scholarships are available. Please contact the Learning Alliance to apply.
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