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>Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 23:13:47 -0800 >From: Csaba Polony <leftcurv@wco.com> >Reply-To: leftcurv@wco.com >Organization: Left Curve Publications >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: "St.Auby" <iput@c3.hu> >Subject: Re: Against Free Trade! >> From: Play Fair Europe! Aachen Subject: Peoples' Movements vs. "Free" >>Trade and the WTO - Worldwide >> > Conference - February 1998 >> > >> > **Please help us to distribute this message** >> > >> > From the 23 to the 25 of February 1998, 600 representatives of peoples >> > movements will meet in Geneva to establish a platform for worldwide action >> > against trade liberalisation: the Peoples' Global Action against "Free" >> > Trade and the WTO (PGA). >> > >> > The PGA will work as a tool for coordination, exchange of information and >> > mutual support for the struggles of all those hit by neoliberal >> > globalisation. It calls for non-violent civil disobedience and the >> > construction of local alternatives by local people, as answers to the >> > action of multilateral institutions, governments and corporations. >> > >> > The first big-scale action in the calendar of the PGA will be a wave of >> > decentralised mobilisations and protests all over the world parallel to the >> > Second Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which >> > shall take place on 18-20 May 1998. >> > >> > The meeting in February will be the founding conference of the PGA, since >> > it will lay down the basis of the alliance in the form of a manifesto. It >> > is being convened by a committee formed by some of the most representative >> > peoples' movements of all continents, including peasant movements (like the >> > Brazilian Movimento Sem Terra, the Indian KRRS and the Peasant Movement of >> > the Philippines), indigenous peoples (like the Mexican Zapatistas, the >> > Nigerian Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, the Indigenous >> > Women's Network of North America and the Pacific and FIA, a Maori >> > organisation from Aotearoa), unions (like the Central Sandinista de >> > Trabajadores from Nicaragua) and women's organisations (like Mama 86, an >> > organisation of Ukranian women affected by the Chernobyl disaster, and the >> > above mentioned Indigenous Women's Network). >> > >> > Other events will take place around the first PGA conference. From the 18 >> > to the 21 of February, there will be several information and discussion >> > roundtables on topics such as gender, food production, culture, economics, >> > etc., prepared by organisations participating in the conference. On >> > February 22 there will be a one-day intensive seminar on the WTO, the MAI >> > and trade liberalisation. On February 26 there will be a number of >> > coordination and planning sessions in small groups, divided according to >> > the topics treated in the roundtables. Finally, on February 27 there will >> > be a European meeting to launch a Europe-wide movement of civil >> > disobedience against "free" trade. >> > >> > If you want more information about the PGA and its first conference, please >> > visit the web page http://www.agp.org or send a message to >> > playfair@asta.rwth-aachen.de >> > >> > IMPORTANT: If you are interested in this conference and come from Africa, >> > Asia, Latin America or Central and Eastern Europe, please get in touch with >> > the conference secretariat RIGHT NOW, even if you are not sure about your >> > participation. The Swiss visa procedure is probably the most difficult one >> > in the whole world. There will be limited funds to support the travel >> > expenses of some delegates; you will receive more information about this at >> > the beginning of 1998, but you should anyhow send your application now. >> >> --- >> # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission >> # is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, >> # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets >> # more info: majordomo@icf.de and "info nettime" in the msg body >> # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@icf.de