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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 07:26:20 -0500
From: "David L. Richards, Jr." <bd90619@binghamton.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list HRS-L <HRS-L@BINGVMB.BITNET>
Subject: forwarded PBS special anncmnt
This is from Suzanne Stenson Harmon:
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Uprisings in Indonesia and Nigeria, massive layoffs of miners in South
Africa, and protests against child labor worldwide have all been
reported as separate and distinct events. GLOBALIZATION & HUMAN RIGHTS,a
new public television special from the producers of RIGHTS AND WRONGS
and SOUTH AFRICA NOW, explores how these and other current events are
linked to the forces of "globalization," the economic engine that is
transforming the world in its own image.
GLOBALIZATION & HUMAN RIGHTS takes viewers on a journey that starts at a
summit for corporate decision-makers - the World Economic Forum in the
Alps of Switzerland - and travels deep into the gold mines of South
Africa, then visits the controversial Shell oil fields of Nigeria and
Nike shoe factories in Asia while examining an emerging conflict in a
new world order between those making macro-economic decisions and those
struggling to cope with the impact of those decisions. At the core of
the program is the ongoing debate over whether or not human rights
concerns should be linked to economic policies.
** For broadcast dates and times of GLOBALIZATION & HUMAN RIGHTS in
your hometown, send any message to globaltv-info@igc.org. A computer
will answer and send you the complete list, to date.
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** For information on public television's mission and mandates, go to
the home page of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting at
http://www.cpb.org
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** Institute for Global Communication has a fantastic set of human
rights-related organizations on the web. Find them at
http://www.igc.org/igc/issues/hr/
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** Create an active electronic community of justice and peace, a
community of conscience-partners who engage, study, reflect, change and
act at all levels on what causes injustice. http://www.justicenet.org/
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** An outstanding collection of justice, peace & environmental links
including many links on international issues, plus reports on
Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia. http://www.ipt.com/htmlpub/jpi/hotlist.htm
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** On Usenet news, there are two groups you can download whose topics
are extremely relevant: soc.rights.human and alt.activism.soc.politics.
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** Quaker programs addressing human rights...some of them pretty close
to home. Imagine that. Here's a place you can get involved.
http://www.afsc.org/pindx/humright.htm
** More Quaker programs addressing the global economy
http://www.afsc.org/pindx/globecon.htm
** For a full list of programs, including human rights, by location:
http://www.afsc.org/location.htm
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** See our homepage at http://www.globalvision.org for more information
about this show and other Globalvision productions.
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** http://www.imf.org
Try it. It's very educational.
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** What is our elected body up to? Try a word search on "human
rights"... http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html
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** British Columbia's National Centre for Sustainability's incredible
"Globalization & the MAI" pages. (MAI is "Multilateral Agreement on
Investment", but maybe you knew that.)
http://www.islandnet.com/~ncfs/maisite/
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** The way to your heart is through your stomach? Go to Institute for
Agricultural and Trade Policy (IATP)'s Globalization and Global
Governance page
http://www.iatp.org/global/
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** If you live in California, you probably already know about this. The
rest of us? Let's take a lesson.
http://www.emf.net/~cheetham/keys.html
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** The Steelworkers site, with a lot of current union information, along
with background on their own lawsuit against NAFTA.
http://www.uswa.org
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** Visit the web site of ITVS, one of GLOBALIZATION & HUMAN RIGHTS'
funders.
http://www.itvs.org
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There is so much more out there. The intersection of human rights,
labor practices, and the trend toward globalization bring myriad issues
together...not just overseas, but here at home. Get involved. Do
something. If nothing else, watch the show!
Rory O'Connor & Danny Schechter
Producers, GLOBALIZATION & HUMAN RIGHTS
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