Seattle Sequel in D.C.. The Nation. Article and LINKS!
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April 24, 2000.
www.thenation.com/
Seattle Sequel in DC.
"Seattle East," "A16," "Mobilization for Global Justice"--by whatever name you call it, a coalition of Teamsters and turtles, students and scholars, church, human rights, consumer and environmental activists is about to descend on Washington to call the global economy to account. On April 9 the AFL-CIO joins the church-based Jubilee 2000 in a rally to demand the cancellation of the debts of impoverished countries. On April 12, student activists will join 10,000 workers and their families as they flood Congress on "lobby day," urging a no vote on a bill that would clear the way for China's entry into the WTO, a move that would almost certainly dash any hope of fundamental change in that corporate-friendly organization. On April 16 there will be a rally and direct action against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Already, A16 has generated consternation in high places. The business lobby carted in 500 employees to lobby for the China vote. The Washington Post featured a story on police training for the coming confrontations and another that portrayed the nonviolent activists, who were remarkably well disciplined in Seattle, as eerie anarchists. Hysterical corporate apologists have been fulminating against know-nothings and protectionism.
But the cacophony won't drown out the message. Even in the midst of the longest US economic expansion on record, the global economy faces a growing crisis of legitimacy. The movement against it has many voices, but it is united by a sense of moral urgency. This is the new internationalism that has captured the imagination of the most politically committed young people, just as civil rights and Vietnam did for their parents' generation. And much of its agenda is supported by the vast majority of Americans. Polls consistently show that more and more Americans believe workers are getting the shaft in the global economy, oppose giving China permanent trading status, favor enforcing workers' rights and environmental protections in trade accords, and want action against sweatshops and child labor. It is also a movement that is not restricted to the United States: The protesters in Seattle included farmers from France, human rights supporters from Tibet and environmental activists fr! om Latin America.
This movement, like its predecessors, is faced with the entrenched resistance of both major parties, whose leaders join in pushing the corporate globalization agenda. Even now, the Administration is working behind the scenes to find some fig leaf that will allow Democrats in Congress to vote for the China bill while maintaining that they are concerned about workers' rights.
Seattle East will display the passion of this growing movement, but it represents only a corner of its activities. Pension fund managers are now forced to address questions of corporate behavior. University administrators are learning how to deal with sit-ins again. Democrats are discovering that newly energized labor will no longer give them a free pass. And this is just the beginning. Spring is in the air--and a new movement is blossoming.
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Background and Related Information
Mobilization For Global Justice
The Direct Action Network, Global Exchange and Fifty Years is Enough maintain this website for information on the protests in Washington, DC, on April 16.
www.a16.org
Direct Action Network
DAN is a decentralized, directly democratic organization working to create a movement to overcome corporate globalization and all forms of oppression with a commitment to take direct action to realize radical change.
www.agitprop.org/artandre...home.html
Global Exchange
Global Exchange is a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political and social justice around the world.
www.globalexchange.org
Fifty Years is Enough
A coalition of 205 grassroots organizations dedicated to global economic justice and the profound transformation of the World Bank and the IMF.
www.50years.org/index1.html
Ruckus Society
Organization committed to change through direct action, which offered the successful Alternative Spring Break training.
www.ruckus.org
Independent Media Center
The Independent Media Center will report live from DC and stream news of events as they unfold onto their site.
www.indymedia.org
Direct Action Media Network
Multimedia news service that covers protests, marches, strikes and other direct actions.
damn.tao.ca/index2.htm
AFL-CIO
Source for information regarding union involvement in the anti-IMF/ World Bank protests.
www.aflcio.org/home.htm
Corporate Watch
Corporate Watch continuously updated section on the World Bank and IMF has information on A16 events.
www.corpwatch.org
Jubilee 2000 Coalition
Jubilee 2000 is an international movement calling for debt cancellation for the world's poorest countries by the year 2000 through a fair and transparent process.
www.j2000.org
Jubilee South
Jubilee South seeks debt cancellation and is a coalition of debt cancellation movements from across the Global South.
www.aidc.org.za/j2000
Committee for the Cancellation of Third World Debt
Information on debt cancellation, the World Bank and the IMF. Many documents in French only.
users.skynet.be/sky74032/angframe.html
IGC Net
This site posts information regarding a myriad of issues, such as the struggles for peace, gender and racial equality and ecological justice.
www.igc.org/igc/gateway/index.html
Student Alliance to Reform Corporations
This student organization (mentioned in Jane Spencer's 2/24/00 article) offers various information, such as the award for the Egregious 8, resources and links.
www.corpreform.org
United Students Against Sweatshops
An international coalition devoted to stopping sweatshop labor worldwide.
home.sprintmail.com/~jeffnkari/usas
Center for Campus Organizing
A national group that supports campus activism.
www.cco.org
Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing and nonviolent direct action.
www.ran.org
Sustainable Energy and Economy Network
This site offers information on the World Bank and climate change.
www.seen.org
Center for Economic and Policy Research
The Center for Economic and Policy Research was established to promote democratic debate on important economic and social issues. Find information here on the ill effects of globalization and the impacts of the IMF on the United States and throughout the world.
www.cepr.net
Center for Economic Justice
The Center for Economic Justice is working to strengthen international grassroots movements to counter and control globalization and to promote just alternatives.
www.preamble.org
Bank Information Center
BIC's mission is to empower citizens in developing countries to influence policy in a manner that fosters social justice and ecological responsibility.
www.bicusa.org
Alternative Information and Development Center
The AIDC is an alternative information center involved in research, education and training, as well as campaigning and lobbying on issues affecting development in South Africa.
aidc.org.za
Development GAP
The Development Group for Alternative Policies works to ensure that the priorities of women and men in the Southern Hemisphere inform economic and environmental decisions made about them in the North.
www.igc.org/dgap
Focus on the Global South
FOCUS is a progressive development policy research organization dedicated to regional and global analysis and advocacy in conjunction with NGOs in Asia Pacific and other regions.
www.focusweb.org
Third World Network
The Third World Network is an independent, international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North-South issues.
www.twnside.org.sg
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WTO Seattle Riots 1999 - @ www.ezboard.com. Message board:
pub3.ezboard.com/fdrugpol...s1999.html
*Drug War. Interesting links. Revised.
www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/links.htm
WORLD DRUG WAR CHARTS. JUST THE CHARTS. Revised. Very few notes.
www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/charts2.htm
*WORLD DRUG WAR TABLES AND CHARTS. Revised. WITH MANY NOTES.
www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/charts.htm
This came in from HT eco. I guess you know how much I apreciate your accomplishments. Its been a real pleasure knowin ya ma'am.
DdC
Please forward. Thanks to FoM of www.cannabisnews.com for telling Cannabis.com Politics message board readers of this article in The Nation, and for creating her own ezboard message board on Seattle/WTO (links at the end).
WTO Seattle Riots 1999
pub3.ezboard.com/fdrugpol...s1999.html
This is on the web (with all links clickable) at:
www.cannabinoid.com/wwwbo...4171.shtml
Here is the The Nation article below for those who are interested. Check out the many links at the end. Many of these groups now see the drug war connections to hemp, global warming, pollution, petrochemical-pharmaceutical complex, Colombia, death squads, human rights, racism, racial profiling, medical cannabis.
April 24, 2000.
www.thenation.com/
Seattle Sequel in DC.
"Seattle East," "A16," "Mobilization for Global Justice"--by whatever name you call it, a coalition of Teamsters and turtles, students and scholars, church, human rights, consumer and environmental activists is about to descend on Washington to call the global economy to account. On April 9 the AFL-CIO joins the church-based Jubilee 2000 in a rally to demand the cancellation of the debts of impoverished countries. On April 12, student activists will join 10,000 workers and their families as they flood Congress on "lobby day," urging a no vote on a bill that would clear the way for China's entry into the WTO, a move that would almost certainly dash any hope of fundamental change in that corporate-friendly organization. On April 16 there will be a rally and direct action against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Already, A16 has generated consternation in high places. The business lobby carted in 500 employees to lobby for the China vote. The Washington Post featured a story on police training for the coming confrontations and another that portrayed the nonviolent activists, who were remarkably well disciplined in Seattle, as eerie anarchists. Hysterical corporate apologists have been fulminating against know-nothings and protectionism.
But the cacophony won't drown out the message. Even in the midst of the longest US economic expansion on record, the global economy faces a growing crisis of legitimacy. The movement against it has many voices, but it is united by a sense of moral urgency. This is the new internationalism that has captured the imagination of the most politically committed young people, just as civil rights and Vietnam did for their parents' generation. And much of its agenda is supported by the vast majority of Americans. Polls consistently show that more and more Americans believe workers are getting the shaft in the global economy, oppose giving China permanent trading status, favor enforcing workers' rights and environmental protections in trade accords, and want action against sweatshops and child labor. It is also a movement that is not restricted to the United States: The protesters in Seattle included farmers from France, human rights supporters from Tibet and environmental activists fr! om Latin America.
This movement, like its predecessors, is faced with the entrenched resistance of both major parties, whose leaders join in pushing the corporate globalization agenda. Even now, the Administration is working behind the scenes to find some fig leaf that will allow Democrats in Congress to vote for the China bill while maintaining that they are concerned about workers' rights.
Seattle East will display the passion of this growing movement, but it represents only a corner of its activities. Pension fund managers are now forced to address questions of corporate behavior. University administrators are learning how to deal with sit-ins again. Democrats are discovering that newly energized labor will no longer give them a free pass. And this is just the beginning. Spring is in the air--and a new movement is blossoming.
E-mail this story to a friend.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Background and Related Information
Mobilization For Global Justice
The Direct Action Network, Global Exchange and Fifty Years is Enough maintain this website for information on the protests in Washington, DC, on April 16.
www.a16.org
Direct Action Network
DAN is a decentralized, directly democratic organization working to create a movement to overcome corporate globalization and all forms of oppression with a commitment to take direct action to realize radical change.
www.agitprop.org/artandre...home.html
Global Exchange
Global Exchange is a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political and social justice around the world.
www.globalexchange.org
Fifty Years is Enough
A coalition of 205 grassroots organizations dedicated to global economic justice and the profound transformation of the World Bank and the IMF.
www.50years.org/index1.html
Ruckus Society
Organization committed to change through direct action, which offered the successful Alternative Spring Break training.
www.ruckus.org
Independent Media Center
The Independent Media Center will report live from DC and stream news of events as they unfold onto their site.
www.indymedia.org
Direct Action Media Network
Multimedia news service that covers protests, marches, strikes and other direct actions.
damn.tao.ca/index2.htm
AFL-CIO
Source for information regarding union involvement in the anti-IMF/ World Bank protests.
www.aflcio.org/home.htm
Corporate Watch
Corporate Watch continuously updated section on the World Bank and IMF has information on A16 events.
www.corpwatch.org
Jubilee 2000 Coalition
Jubilee 2000 is an international movement calling for debt cancellation for the world's poorest countries by the year 2000 through a fair and transparent process.
www.j2000.org
Jubilee South
Jubilee South seeks debt cancellation and is a coalition of debt cancellation movements from across the Global South.
www.aidc.org.za/j2000
Committee for the Cancellation of Third World Debt
Information on debt cancellation, the World Bank and the IMF. Many documents in French only.
users.skynet.be/sky74032/angframe.html
IGC Net
This site posts information regarding a myriad of issues, such as the struggles for peace, gender and racial equality and ecological justice.
www.igc.org/igc/gateway/index.html
Student Alliance to Reform Corporations
This student organization (mentioned in Jane Spencer's 2/24/00 article) offers various information, such as the award for the Egregious 8, resources and links.
www.corpreform.org
United Students Against Sweatshops
An international coalition devoted to stopping sweatshop labor worldwide.
home.sprintmail.com/~jeffnkari/usas
Center for Campus Organizing
A national group that supports campus activism.
www.cco.org
Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing and nonviolent direct action.
www.ran.org
Sustainable Energy and Economy Network
This site offers information on the World Bank and climate change.
www.seen.org
Center for Economic and Policy Research
The Center for Economic and Policy Research was established to promote democratic debate on important economic and social issues. Find information here on the ill effects of globalization and the impacts of the IMF on the United States and throughout the world.
www.cepr.net
Center for Economic Justice
The Center for Economic Justice is working to strengthen international grassroots movements to counter and control globalization and to promote just alternatives.
www.preamble.org
Bank Information Center
BIC's mission is to empower citizens in developing countries to influence policy in a manner that fosters social justice and ecological responsibility.
www.bicusa.org
Alternative Information and Development Center
The AIDC is an alternative information center involved in research, education and training, as well as campaigning and lobbying on issues affecting development in South Africa.
aidc.org.za
Development GAP
The Development Group for Alternative Policies works to ensure that the priorities of women and men in the Southern Hemisphere inform economic and environmental decisions made about them in the North.
www.igc.org/dgap
Focus on the Global South
FOCUS is a progressive development policy research organization dedicated to regional and global analysis and advocacy in conjunction with NGOs in Asia Pacific and other regions.
www.focusweb.org
Third World Network
The Third World Network is an independent, international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North-South issues.
www.twnside.org.sg
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----- end of article in The Nation ------
WTO Seattle Riots 1999 - @ www.ezboard.com. Message board:
pub3.ezboard.com/fdrugpol...s1999.html
*Drug War. Interesting links. Revised.
www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/links.htm
WORLD DRUG WAR CHARTS. JUST THE CHARTS. Revised. Very few notes.
www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/charts2.htm
*WORLD DRUG WAR TABLES AND CHARTS. Revised. WITH MANY NOTES.
www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/charts.htm
