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Subject: Re: DC NTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION May 10

cd@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> From: dawn star <cd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> This message waw sent but without conference file, sorry for the confusion, dawn star, Paris.
> For those interested in global development issues, re asia, please be
> informed about this upcoming washington dc conference. If you would like
> to write about it, we need correspondents there. Thank you. Dawn Star,
> Paris, UVI.net
> 
> Ps we would be happy to see the likes of Zarni, Strider or Simon
> Billenness as speakers there on Burma, and ethical corporate investing!

> 
>            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 St., NW - Washington, DC)
> 
> TICKETS:  (800) 955-5566 or in D.C. (703) 218-6500; Discount tickets
>           and scholarships are available.
> 
> INFORMATION: International Forum on Globalization
>            P.O. Box 12218, San Francisco, CA 94211-0218
>            (415) 771-3394  Fax: (415) 771-1121  Email: ifg@xxxxxxx
> 
> Friday, May 10, 7:30pm: Panel I, Consequences of Economic Globalization
> 
> Saturday, May 11, 9 AM - 6 PM: Panel II, Reports from the Planet
> Saturday May 11, 7-9 PM: Debate: Do Free Trade and Economic Globalization
>             Benefit Human Beings and the Earth?
> 
> Sunday, May 12, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM: Panel IV: Equity, Labor and Jobs in a
>            Global Economy AND Panel V: The Crisis of Government and the
>            Emergence of Global Corporate Rule
> 
> 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 the world's corporate and political 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 the natural world.
> 
> FRIDAY, MAY 10, 7:30 PM
> PANEL I: 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 Globalization"
> 
> 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, 9 AM - 6 PM
> PANEL II:
> REPORTS FROM THE PLANET
> 
> Edward Goldsmith, "The Ecologist" Magazine, "The Backlash to European
>                   Integration"
> 
> Richard Moore, Southwest Network for Environmental and Social Justice,
>                    "Resistance within the United States"
> 
> Yao Graham, Integrated Social Development Center, "The Implications
>                  for Africa"
> 
> Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, Cordillera Women's Education and Resource Center
>                  "Women, Native Peoples, and the Marginalization of the
>                   Third World"
> 
> Sara Larrain, Chilean Ecological Action Network,  "Expanding NAFTA to Chile"
> 
> Ignacio Peon Escalante, Mexican Action Network on Free Trade
>                 "The Costs of "Adjustment" for Mexico"
> 
> Anurahda Mittal, Instsitute for Food and Development Policy, "The
>                 Failure of Development"
> 
> 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"
> 
> Christina Desser,  Migratory Species Project,  "Creating a Consciousness
>                     of Sustainabilty 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"
> 
> SPECIAL DEBATE, 7-9 PM, MAY 11
> DO FREE TRADE AND ECONOMIC GLOBALISM  BENEFIT HUMAN BEINGS
> AND THE EARTH?
> 
> Ralph Nader, Center for Study of Responsive Law
> 
> Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics, Columbia University
> 
> Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and
>                Resource Policy
> 
> Plus other prominent representatives from business and trade communities
> 
> SUNDAY, MAY 12, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
> PANEL IV: EQUITY, LABOR, AND JOBS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY
> 
> John Cavanaugh, Institute for Policy Studies "Dynamics of Global
>                Economic Inequity"
> 
> Walden Bello,  Focus on the Global  South, "Dark Side of the Asian
>                 Miracle"
> 
> Jeanne Guana, South West Organizing Project,  "The South in the North"
> 
> Colin Hines, Campaign Against the Single European 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,  Tenn. Industrial Renewal Network, "The Rise of Contract
>                     Labor and the Just-in -Time-Workforce
> 
> PANEL V: THE CRISIS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL
> 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 World 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"
> 
> PLUS 30 WORKSHOPS (PARTIAL LIST)
> 
> Defining a New Economic Paradigm: From Growth to Sustainability
> 
> Policy Steps Towards Economic Localization
> 
> Beyond Left and Right
> 
> Biocolonization and Intellectual Property Rights
> 
> The Globalization of Media and Technology
> 
> Protecting Biodiversity and Wilderness Against Globalization
> 
> Gender and Globalization
> 
> >From the IMF to the GOP: Structural Adjustment and the Contract with America
> 
> Fighting Global Deregulation
> 
> Industrial Agriculture vs. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
> 
> Organizing Labor in a Globalized Economy
> 
> The Migratory Species Project: A Strategy for Creating a Grassroots
> Consciousness of Sustainability
> 
> Ending Sweatshops at Home and Abroad
> 
> Organizing Around the World Bank and the IMF
> 
> Dismantling Corporate Rule
> 
> Globalization and the Roots of Violence
> 
> Organizing in the Washington, DC Area
> 
> Dale Wiehoff
> Communications Director
> Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
> 1313 5th Street SE, Suite 303
> Minneapolis, MN 55414-1546 USA
> Tel: (612) 379-5980 Fax: (612) 379-5982
> Email: dwiehoff@xxxxxxxx
> URL: http://www.iatp.org/iatp
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