[asia-apec 1200] IFG Teach-In Seattle

[Anuradha Mittal]

From: The International Forum on Globalization

The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is organizing a Teach-In on
the World Trade Organization (WTO), to be held in Seattle, Washington, on
Saturday November 27, 1999.  The event will take place at the 2,500-seat
Benaroya Seattle Symphony Hall a few days before the WTO Ministerial
meeting.  Most of the Teach-In events will be free to the public.

The Seattle Teach-In will focus on the problems of economic globalization
and, specifically, on the activities of the WTO and other international
agreements and institutions.  Panels of speakers will address the current
failed economic model, and focus on areas such as agriculture, the
environment, human rights, labor rights, consumer rights, food safety,
public health, and many more issues that are affected by the WTO.

We will keep you posted on more specific Teach-In information as it
develops.  The following is a partial list of featured speakers:

Maude Barlow
Council of Canadians - Canada

Walden Bello
Focus on the Global South - Thailand

John Cavanagh
 Institute for Policy Studies - U.S.

Tony Clarke
Polaris Institute - Canada

Edward Goldsmith
The Ecologist - U.K.

Randall Hayes
Rainforest Action Network - U.S.

Colin Hines
Protect the Local, Globally - U.K.

Martin Khor
Third World Network - Malaysia

Andrew Kimbrell
International Center for Technological Assessment  - U.S.

David Korten
People-Centered Development Forum  - U.S.

Tim Lang
Center for Food Policy - U.K.

Sara Larrain
RENACE (Chilean Ecological Action Network) - Chile

Jerry Mander
Public Media Center - U.S.

Anuradha Mittal
Institute for Food and Development Policy - U.S.

Helena Norberg-Hodge
International Society for Ecology and Culture - U.K.

Mark Ritchie
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy - U.S.

Vandana Shiva
Third World Network - India

Steven Shrybman
West Coast Environmental Law - Canada

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Indigenous Peoples' Network for Policy and Education - Philippines

Lori Wallach
Public Citizen - Global Trade Watch - U.S.


For More Information, please contact:

International Forum on Globalization
1555 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tel: (415) 771-3394  Fax:(415) 771-1121
Email: ladan at ifg.org
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Anuradha Mittal
Policy Director
Institute for Food and Development Policy - Food First
398 60th Street, Oakland, CA 94618 USA
Phone: (510) 654-4400  Fax: (510) 654-4551
http://www.foodfirst.org