ENVTECSOCers, WSNers:
The impressive lineup at this conference seemed to merit its cross-
posting. Timmons Roberts timmons@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
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> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:10:56 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Chris McGinn <cmcginn@citizen.org>
> To: Jeremy Madsen <jmadsen@citizen.org>
>
>
> INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION presents
>
> GLOBAL TEACH-IN 2:
> THE SOCIAL, ECOLOGICAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL
> COSTS OF ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION
>
> WHEN: MAY 10-12, 1996
>
> WHERE: George Washington University Lisner Auditorium
> (21st and H St., NW - Washington, DC)
>
> TICKETS: (800) 955-5566 or in D.C. (703) 218-6500; Discount tickets
> and scholarships are available.
>
> INFORMATION: International Forum on Globalization
> P.O. Box 12218, San Francisco, CA 94211-0218
> (415) 771-3394 Fax: (415) 771-1121 Email: ifg@igc.org
>
>
> Friday, May 10, 7:30pm: Panel I, Consequences of Economic Globalization
>
> Saturday, May 11, 9 AM - 6 PM: Panel II, Reports from the Planet
> Saturday May 11, 7-9 PM: Debate: Do Free Trade and Economic Globalization
> Benefit Human Beings and the Earth?
>
> Sunday, May 12, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM: Panel IV: Equity, Labor and Jobs in a
> Global Economy AND Panel V: The Crisis of Government and the
> Emergence of Global Corporate Rule
>
> The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is a new alliance of
> leading activists, economists, researchers and writers representing more
> than twenty countries. We have joined together to respond to the threats
> of economic globalization to democracy, communities, human welfare and
> the environment.
>
> We believe the world's corporate and political leadership is undertaking
> a restructuring of global politics and economics that may prove 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 the natural world.
>
>
> FRIDAY, MAY 10, 7:30 PM
> PANEL I: CONSEQUENCES OF ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION
>
> Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science Technology and Natural
> Resource Policy, "The Commodification of Nature"
>
> Lori Wallach, Public Citizen, "The Assault on Democracy"
>
> Carl Pope, Sierra Club, "NAFTA and GATT: Disaster for the Environment"
>
> Martin Khor, Third World Network, "Re-colonizing the Third World"
>
> David Korten, People-Centered Development Forum, "The Failed Paradigms
> of Globalization"
>
> Helena Norberg-Hodge, International Society for Ecology and Culture,
> "Destroying Local Economies and the Homogenization
> of Culture"
>
> Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians, "NAFTA and the Loss of Canadian
> Sovereignty and Culture"
>
> Jerry Mander, Public Media Center, "The Media - Missing the Story
>
>
> SATURDAY, MAY 11, 9 AM - 6 PM
> PANEL II:
> REPORTS FROM THE PLANET
>
> Edward Goldsmith, "The Ecologist" Magazine, "The Backlash to European
> Integration"
>
> Richard Moore, Southwest Network for Environmental and Social Justice,
> "Resistance within the United States"
>
> Yao Graham, Integrated Social Development Center, "The Implications
> for Africa"
>
> Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, Cordillera Women's Education and Resource Center
> "Women, Native Peoples, and the Marginalization of the
> Third World"
>
> Sara Larrain, Chilean Ecological Action Network, "Expanding NAFTA to Chile"
>
> Ignacio Peon Escalante, Mexican Action Network on Free Trade
> "The Costs of "Adjustment" for Mexico"
>
> Anurahda Mittal, Instsitute for Food and Development Policy, "The
> Failure of Development"
>
>
> PANEL III: GLOBALIZATION, ECOLOGY, AND SUSTAINABILITY
>
> Randy Hayes, Rainforest Action Network, "The Final Invasion of
> Wild Places"
>
> Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth-U.S., "Globalized Economy:
> Inherently Unsustainable"
>
> David Morris, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, "The Viability of
> Local Economies"
>
> Christina Desser, Migratory Species Project, "Creating a Consciousness
> of Sustainabilty at the Grassroots"
>
> Andy Kimbrell, International Center for Technology Assessment, "Mega-
> Technologies and the Natural World"
>
> Leesteffi Jenkins, Trade and Animal Protection, "Global Environmental
> Deregulation"
>
>
> SPECIAL DEBATE, 7-9 PM, MAY 11
> DO FREE TRADE AND ECONOMIC GLOBALISM BENEFIT HUMAN BEINGS
> AND THE EARTH?
>
> Ralph Nader, Center for Study of Responsive Law
>
> Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics, Columbia University
>
> Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and
> Resource Policy
>
> Plus other prominent representatives from business and trade communities
>
>
> SUNDAY, MAY 12, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
> PANEL IV: EQUITY, LABOR, AND JOBS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY
>
> John Cavanaugh, Institute for Policy Studies "Dynamics of Global
> Economic Inequity"
>
> Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South, "Dark Side of the Asian
> Miracle"
>
> Jeanne Guana, South West Organizing Project, "The South in the North"
>
> Colin Hines, Campaign Against the Single European Currency, "The
> Politics of Economic Insecurity"
>
> Barbara Shailor, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
> Workers, AFL-CIO, "Organized Labor's Response to
> the Global Economy
>
> Bill Troy, Tenn. Industrial Renewal Network, "The Rise of Contract
> Labor and the Just-in -Time-Workforce
>
>
> PANEL V: THE CRISIS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL
> CORPORATE RULE
>
> Ted Halstead, Redefining Progress, "Economic Indicators as Instruments
> of Corporate Rule"
>
> Richard Grossman, Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy, "Democracy
> and the Historical Relationship Between Citizens
> and Corporations"
>
> Agnes Bertrand, Institut d'Etude sur la Globalisation Economique,
> "The WTO: Enforcing the New Economic World Order"
>
> Mark Ritchie, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, "The New
> Role of Government Under Global Corporate Rule"
>
> Mika Iba, Network for Safe and Secure Food and Environment, "Japan:
> Creating the Corporate State"
>
> Atila Roque, Instituto Brasiliero de Analyses Socio-Economico, "Responding to
> Globalization's Impacts on Democracy in Brazil"
>
> Tony Clarke, The Polaris Institute, "Dismantling Corporate Rule"
>
>
> PLUS 30 WORKSHOPS (PARTIAL LIST)
>
> Defining a New Economic Paradigm: From Growth to Sustainability
>
> Policy Steps Towards Economic Localization
>
> Beyond Left and Right
>
> Biocolonization and Intellectual Property Rights
>
> The Globalization of Media and Technology
>
> Protecting Biodiversity and Wilderness Against Globalization
>
> Gender and Globalization
>
> >From the IMF to the GOP: Structural Adjustment and the Contract with America
>
> Fighting Global Deregulation
>
> Industrial Agriculture vs. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
>
> Organizing Labor in a Globalized Economy
>
> The Migratory Species Project: A Strategy for Creating a Grassroots
> Consciousness of Sustainability
>
> Ending Sweatshops at Home and Abroad
>
> Organizing Around the World Bank and the IMF
>
> Dismantling Corporate Rule
>
> Globalization and the Roots of Violence
>
> Organizing in the Washington, DC Area
>
>
>
>
>
>
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