[asia-apec 1200] IFG Teach-In Seattle
Anuradha Mittal
amittal at foodfirst.org
Fri Jul 16 01:42:09 JST 1999
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
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