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Why did 40,000 people form a human chain around the summit meeting
of the leaders of the world's richest countries (the G-7) in Cologne,
Germany? And why were seven activists arrested at the IMF headquarters
on Good Friday?
What is the debt crisis? What are the impacts of international
debts? What can you do to support the movement for debt cancellation?
What are the roles of the G-7, the IMF, and the World Bank in
the debt crisis?
Why do sweatshop jobs abound in Manila, Managua, and Manhattan?
Why is the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle?
Why are thousands of activists going to Seattle for the WTO?
Are there alternatives the oppressive global economic systems?
What are the real-life alternatives and models (local currencies,
fair trade goods & services, community cooperatives, etc.)
that preserve peoples rights, protect the environment, and create
opportunities for jobs and livelihoods?
Join activists from around the world at the No Debt, No Sweat:
Organizing for Global Justice conference to answer and explore these
and other questions.
From the Opening Plenary through Sunday's rally, we will lay out
key issues and then focus on alternatives, develop and share strategies
for responding to oppressive systems, learn from and teach each
other, work to build the movement for global justice, and celebrate
action and resistance in our communities and around the world.
Confirmed Speakers: Carmencita Abad,
Anti-sweatshops activist (Philippines); Brent Blackwelder, Friends
of the Earth; Delphine Bjiaribe, Association for the Defense of
Human Rights (Chad); Dennis Brutus, Jubilee 2000 Afrika (South Africa);
Joanne Carter, RESULTS; Camille Chalmers, PAPDA (Haiti); Kevin Danaher,
Global Exchange; Marie Dennis, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns;
Zie Gariye, Uganda Debt Network (Uganda); Kofi Klu, Jubilee 2000
Afrika (Ghana); Samuel Nguiffo, Center for Environment Development
(Cameroon); Mercedes Osuna, Enlace Civil (Mexico); Seydina Senghor,
Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign USA-NY (Senegal); Coumba Toure, Institute
for Popular Education (Mali); and Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's
Global Trade Watch; and many others.
TENTATIVE AGENDA
Thursday, September 23
6 p.m. Registration
7:00 Opening Plenary - The
Progress Made and the Challenges Ahead
Friday, September 24
8:30 Registration - Refreshments
9:00 Plenary: Debt, Sweatshops,
the WTO, & other Hot Topics
11am - 3:45pm Workshop Series
4:15 - 6pm Plenary: Voices and Struggles in the Global South
8pm Party!
Saturday, September 25
8:30 Registration - Refreshments
9am Plenary: In the Struggles
for Social and Economic Justice for All
11am - 3:30pm Workshop Series
4pm Closing Plenary: Eyes on
the Prize: Organizing for Global Justice
Sunday, September 26
12 Noon: Rally for Social & Economic
Justice
The conference culminates in a public demonstration at the headquarters
of the International Monetary Fund as the world's Finance Ministers
gather for a meeting of the IMF's "Interim Committee,"
where they will consider the G-7's inadequate debt relief proposal.
With renewed vigor, we will let the most powerful decision-makers
of the global economy know our demands and commitment to a just
and equitable global economy.
Please Register Early:
All events are open to the public, but space is limited.
Conference fees:
* before September 10th - $45.00
* after September 11th - $55.00
The registration fee will cover costs and scholarships for those
who cannot afford to pay and for partners from the Global South.
* Apply for scholarship before September 15th 1999.
For more information contact us at:
Tel: 202/IMF-BANK; Email: <wb50years@igc.org>;
Web page at <www.50years.org>
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