[asia-apec 472] Peasant Forum at APPA

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1998 PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ON APEC 
Peasant Forum: Throwing Off  the Yoke of Imperialist Globalization
November 11 - 12, 1998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Concept

The 1998 APEC Leaders Summit will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on
November 18-19.  The Malaysian non-governmental organizations will convene a
parallel People's Assembly to be held on November 8-14. Its theme is:
Confronting Globalization, Reasserting Our Rights. The Assembly is divided
into three major components: 3rd International Women's Conference; Sector-
and Issue-Fora or Workshops; and Plenary sessions. November 15 is reserved
for an anti-APEC mass action.

The Peasant Forum: Throwing Off the Yoke of Imperialist Globalization will
be one of the sector-fora to be held on November 11-12. It is sponsored by
KMP (Philippine Peasant Movement),  Asian Peasant Forum of the AIWPS
(Anti-Imperialist World Peasant Summit), APWN (Asian Peasant Women Network),
Amihan (Philippine federation of peasant women associations) and Pamalakaya
(Philippine federation of fisherfolk organizations). KMP will act as the
Peasant Forum's secretariat.

It will be attended by peasant and fisherfolk leaders and advocates from the
different APEC-member countries who will discuss in plenary sessions and
workshops strategies which have proven effective in the struggle that the
peasant movements are waging against monopoly capitalist globalization being
pushed by the US, Japan, EU and the multinational/transnational corporations
(MNCs/TNCs) aided by instrumentalities such as the IMF/WB/WTO/APEC, the
client states of the imperialist powers and the local ruling elite like the
big landlords and big business.=20

Objectives

To learn from the sharing of effective strategies against imperialist
globalization and adopt them in the national struggles against monopoly
capitalist exploitation of the peasantry and fisherfolk.

To expand and consolidate the Asian and global network of peasant and
fisherfolk organizations which were started by the AIWPS, APWN and the
People's Campaign Against Imperialist Globalization.

To pinpoint and coordinate specific and issue-based international peasant
campaigns as part of the over-all People's Campaign Against Imperialist
Globalization.

Programme=20

Day 0 (Nov. 10)

Registration

Day 1 (Nov. 11)

Opening=20
Keynote Address by Ka Rafael Mariano, KMP Chairperson
Sharing by peasant movement leaders from APEC-member countries in
=B7 Latin America
=B7 South Asia
=B7 South-East Asia
=B7 East Asia

Workshops where participants will be divided into smaller groups to discuss
the major impact of globalization in their (global) regions; the
strategies/alternatives which they have found effective in resisting the
onslaught of globalization; issues of immediate concern which need
international campaign support; and plans for the proposed international
campaign.

Day 2 (Nov. 12)

Plenary Session
=B7 Workshop reports and resolutions
=B7 Adoption of Peasant Forum statement to be presented to the People's
Assembly plenary session
Closing=20
Solidarity Activities

Those who plan to attend the People's Assembly and the Peasant Forum can
write to
KMP (Attn: Lu Baylosis, Secretariat) <kmp at info.com.ph>
Or KMP National Office (Attn: Lu Baylosis)
69 Maayusin  corner Malambing Streets
 UP Village, Diliman, Quezon City 1100
Philippines
=20
Submitted by:
Ka Rafael Mariano, KMP Chairperson
Head, KMP Delegation