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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 11:49:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: International Forum on Globalization
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 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 Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C.
TICKETS (800) 955-5566 or in D.C. (703) 218-6500
CONTACT INFORMATION International Forum on Globalization PO Box 12218 San Francisco, CA 94112-0218 USA Tel: 415-771-3394 Fax: 415-771-1121 Email: ifg@igc.org
In Washington, D.C. 202-234-9382 x 244
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 that the world's corporate and politcal 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 on the natural world.
This public event is the second in a series being held in the US, Canada and abroad, to focus attention on the major issues resulting from the rush to globalize.
The International Forum on Globalization (a project of El Bosque)
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PROGRAM *Friday, May 10, 7:30pm*
Panel I The 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 Globalism
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, 9am-6pm*
Panel II Reports from the Planet
Edward Goldsmith, The Ecologist The Backlash to European Integration
Richard Moore, Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice Resistance within the United States
Yao Graham, Integrated Social Development Center The Impacts on Africa
Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, Cordillera Women's Education & Resource Center Women, Native Peoples, and the Marginalization of the Third World
Sara Larrain, Chilean Ecological Action Network Expanding NAFTA to Chile
Ignacio Pen Escalante, Mexican Action Network on Free Trade The Costs of RAdjustmentS for Mexico
Anuradha Mittal, Institute for Food and Development Policy The Failure of Development
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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
Nicanor Perlas, Center for Alternative Development Initiatives World Trade and the Ecology of Asia
Christina Desser, Migratory Species Project Creating a Consciousness of Sustainability 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
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Special Debate, 7-9pm, May 11
Do Free Trade and Economic Globalism Benefit Human Beings and the Earth?
Including:
Ralph Nader, Center for Study of Responsive Law Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics, Columbia University* Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy* plus other prominent representatives from the business and trade communities.
Sunday, May 12, 9:30am - 5:30pm
Panel IV Equity, Labor, and Jobs in a Global Economy
John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies The Dynamics of Global Economic Inequity
Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South Dark Side of the Asian Miracle
Jeanne Gauna, SouthWest Organizing Project The South in the North
Colin Hines, Campaign Against the European Single 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, Tennesse Industrial Renewal Network The Rise of Contract Labor and the Just-In-Time-Workforce
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Panel V The Crisis of Government and the Emergence of 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 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
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Plus 30 Workshops (Partial List)
Defining a New Economic Paradigm: From Growth to Sustainability Policy Steps Toward Economic Localization Beyond Left and Right Biocolonization and Intellectual Property Rights The Globalization of Media and Technology Gender and Globalization Protecting Biodiversity and Wilderness Against Globalization From the IMF to the GOP: Structural Adjust. and the Contract With America Fighting Global Deregulation Industrial Agriculture vs Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Organizing Labor in a Globalizing Economy A Strategy for Creating a Grassroots Consciousness of Sustainability Ending Sweatshops at Home and Abroad Organizing Against the World Bank and the IMF Dismantling Corporate Rule Globalization and the Roots of Violence Organizing in the Washington, D.C. Area
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TICKETS BY MAIL
SEATS ARE LIMITED. ORDER SOON.
General Students/Seniors (ID required)
All Events: May 10 -12 $ 50 ____ $ 25 ____
Friday night only $ 15 ____ $ 8 ____
Saturday only (includes debate) $ 30 ____ $ 15 ____
Sunday only $ 25 ____ $ 12 ____
Event Sponsor - all events $100 ____ (includes sponsorship packet)
TOTAL # tickets ________ ________
Enclosed is my check for $ __________ made payable to the IFG: El Bosque.
Discount: Please deduct 10% for orders postmarked by April 26.
Limited scholarships available. Please contact the IFG to apply.
The IFG relies on your donations to fund these programs. $100 sponsors will receive a special sponsorship packet including IFG publications.
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Mail to: International Forum on Globalization PO Box 12218 San Francisco, CA 94112-0218
Mail orders must be postmarked by April 26. Some tickets may be available at the door.
All prices include a $5 public membership in the International Forum on Globalization, which entitles you to annual mailings and newsletters.
Co-sponsoring organizations: Overseas Development Network, Institute for Policy Studies, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, Third World Network, Friends of the Earth-US, International Center for Technology Assessment, Citizens Trade Campaign, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, People- Centered Development Forum, Foundation on Economic Trends, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice, Humane Society International, Mexican Action Network on Free Trade, International Society for Ecology and Culture, Institut d'Etude sur la Globalisation Economique, Council of Canadians, Equipo Pueblo, Chilean Ecological Action Network, Institute for Food and Development Policy, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, Cordillera Women's Education and Resource Center, Rainforest Action Network, Learning Alliance, Overseas Development Network, International Rivers Network, Georgetown Law School/Harrison Institute, The U.S. 50 Years Is Enough Network, Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy. ```
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