Mon Dieu,Mon Dieu, just when I had given up all hope for hope, a friend turns up on the Crashlist !jo* On Tue, 6 Mar 2001 08:01:30 -0000 "Mark Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Starhawk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 06 March 2001 00:29 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Women's Call to Action > > >HERE YOU WILL FIND AN INVITATION TO A NON-VIOLENT WOMEN'S >ACTION AGAINST GLOBALISATION AND THE FTAA TO BE HELD DURING >THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS IN QUIBEC CITY IN APRIL 2001. > >French version below. >Invitations in Spanish and Portuguese available soon. The formatted >version of the invitation will be sent out in PDF format as soon as it >is >ready (one week or so). Please send me any translations into other >languages. Also below is something I wrote on why we're opposing the >FTAA. >Thanks, Starhawk >www.starhawk.org > >Please circulate widely. > >****** >Weaving a Web of Solidarity >A feminist action against globalisation >Summit of the Americas on the FTAA >Quebec City, April 2001 > >On the weekend of April 20-22, leaders of thirty four countries will >come >to Quebec to tie a new strand in the web of corporate globalisation: >the >Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA), the regional accord that >will expand NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) throughout >the hemisphere. In response, thousands of us will come to Quebec City >to >resist them. From Canada to Argentina, women and men will take action >to express our opposition to the extension of the corporate web. >Women bear the brunt of the violence of globalisation, yet despite all >the >oppression, repression and exploitation, women continue to rise up. >This >is a call to rise up as we join together in a Womens Action, to take >place >alongside the many actions and events of the weekend. >We are taking action because we will no longer tolerate the web of >corporate control that binds us down and constricts our lives. We >will not >allow this system to continue. We have taken its measure: its time is >done. Instead, we will become spiders, spinning a new web of >connection, >of solidarity out of our rage, out of our love. >We will, as women, weave together our hopes and dreams, our >aspirations, our indictments, our testimony, our witnessing, our >demands, >our visions. We will write on ribbons, on strips of cloth, on rags. >We will >draw, paint, knot cords, braid yarn, whisper into pieces of string. >And >from these materials we will weave our web. >If they ignore our voices and continue their deliberations, the cries >of >women will haunt them and undo all their plans. Though they erect a >fence to stop us, we will twine our web through its mesh to be the >visible >symbol of the power of women, of the revolution we weave. When they >try to wall us out of their meetings, they will only wall themselves >in. We >claim all of the world beyond their wall. >We ask our brothers to support us, to honor our womens space so that >we >who have so often been invisible can stand forth and be seen. We ask >you >to support us by looking honestly at the ways that, even within our >own >movements, women are ignored, suppressed, or discounted. And when >you support us in this action, where we stand together as women, it >will >spark actions where we fight side by side. For we know that you too, >are >weavers of this web. >We ask the ancestors to stand with us. For the web of life links the >living >and the dead. We ask the generations of the future to stand with us, >for >we fight for the world you will inherit. We ask the spirits of the >earth to >support us and be our ground, for we fight for the continuance of >life. >We are invincible, for life itself weaves with us. > >AN INVITATION TO THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD TO > >Form an affinity group >An affinity group is a group of 10-20 people with whom you have >affinity; that is, a common bond (family, friends, common issue, >work >colleagues, etc.), that meets regularly to discuss common issues and >to >act. Choose one or two members to represent your group at the Council >of >representatives. The Council of representatives will meet in virtual >space >until the week before the Summit of the Americas, at which point >meetings will take place in Quebec. The Council of representatives >meetings will be the forum to decide on strategy for the action. Keep >your >eye on the CMAQ (Quebec Centre for Independent Media) website >(www.cmaq.net) for a Womens web of solidarity action link. > >Initiate (or continue), in your affinity group, a dialogue on the >impacts of >globalisation on women in your home area >Women around the world bear the brunt of globalisation our voices >together will allow us to add to the feminist analysis of >globalisation, and >to strengthen our cause. > >Weave your part of the web of solidarity >Take what comes out of your dialogue on women and globalisation, and, >as a group, weave a section of the web of solidarity to represent your >consensus. Use your imagination use yarn, materials, photos, >newspaper >clippings. The sky is the limit. > >Add your section of the web to the web of solidarity in Quebec City in >April >2001 >Here are some suggestions on the many ways to join your section of the >web to the larger web of solidarity: >*Come as an affinity group to Quebec City in April 2001, to >participate in >the collective weaving of the web of solidarity >A fence is being erected around the buildings where the Summit is >being >held in order to keep protesters out residents inside the perimeter >are >required to have identity cards in order to gain access to their own >homes >during the Summit. This fence symbolises, for us, the anti-democratic >process of the FTAA we want to reclaim that fence, that space. Those >wanting to weave (literally or symbolically and non-violently) their >parts >of the web into the fence are invited to do so on the 19th of April >(the day >preceding the opening of the meeting). Affinity groups not wanting to >approach the fence are invited to plan other kinds of actions using >the >web parts (blocking an intersection to catch Summit negotiators in the >web, or decorating a park with parts of the web, etc.). Creativity and >imagination are key! The sky is the limit! >*Send your section of the web to the address below and the women >present in Quebec will ensure that your section is woven into the >larger >web. >*Send a photograph of your section of the web to the address below, >and >the women present in Quebec will enlarge it and add it to the larger >web. >*Get together with other affinity groups in your area and weave your >sections together closer to your home. > >Quibec contact information: >E-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Mailing address: Toile femme Quibec 2001, C.P. 70021, Quibec, Quibec >(Canada) G1R 6B1 > >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > >ICI VOUS TROUVEREZ UNE INVITATION @ UNE ACTION FEMMES >NON-VIOLENTE CONTRE LA MONDIALISATION QUI AURA LIEU LORS DU >SOMMET DES AMIRIQUES @ QUIBEC EN AVRIL 2001. > >Les versions espagnoles et portugaises ` suivre. La version >"publiable" >sera envoyi en formal PDF d'ici une semaine. > >SVP circuler le plus possible! > >******** >Tisser la toile de notre solidariti >Action fiministe contre la mondialisation >Sommet des Amiriques sur la ZLEA >Quibec, avril 2001 > >Au cours de la fin de semaine du 20 au 22 avril, les dirigeants de >trente-quatre pays se riuniront ` Quibec pour ajouter un autre fil ` >la >toile mondiale du commerce et renforcer encore davantage la >mondialisation de l'iconomie : la Zone de libre ichange des Amiriques >(ZLEA), l'accord rigional qui itend l'ALENA (Accord de libre-ichange >nord-amiricain) aux deux himisphhres des Amiriques. Afin de riagir ` >cela, des milliers de personnes convergeront vers Quibec pour >manifester >leur opposition. Du Canada jusqu'au Brisil, des femmes et des hommes >poseront des gestes pour exprimer leur opposition ` l'ilargissement du >riseau des grandes entreprises. >Les femmes subissent de plein fouet les effets de la mondialisation, >et >malgri toute l'oppression, la ripression et l'exploitation, les femmes >se >soulhvent encore et toujours. Cette lettre est un appel : levez-vous >et >joignez-vous ` notre Action fiministe qui aura lieu parallhlement aux >nombreuses actions et ivinements de la fin de semaine. >Nous entreprenons des actions parce que nous ne pouvons tolirer plus >longtemps le riseau de contrtle tissi par les grandes entreprises qui >nous >entrave et phse de tout son poids sur nos vies. Nous ne permettrons >pas ` >ce systhme de se perpituer. Nous en avons pris toute la mesure et >c'est >assez. Nous deviendrons des araignies. De notre rage, de notre amour, >nous tirerons la matihre premihre pour tisser un riseau, une toile de >solidariti. >Nous, les femmes, tisserons une toile faite de nos espoirs, de nos >rjves, >de nos aspirations, de nos accusations, de nos timoignages, de nos >exigences, de nos visions. Nous les icrirons sur des rubans, des >bannihres, des chiffons. Nous allons peindre, dessiner, nouer des >cordes, >tresser des fils, insuffler nos paroles ` des ficelles. Et de ces >matiriaux, >nous tisserons notre toile. >Alors mjme qu'ils font la sourde oreille et poursuivent leur >discussions, >nos cris se mettront ` les hanter et feront ichouer tous leurs >projets. >Qu'ils irigent des clttures pour nous arrjter et nous entrelacerons >les fils >de notre toile ` leurs mailles, symbole iclatant du pouvoir des >femmes, de >la rivolution qui se trame. Qu'ils essaient de nous exclure de leurs >riunions et ils ne feront que s'enfermer eux-mjmes. Au-del` de leurs >murs, le monde nous appartient. >Nous demandons ` nos frhres de nous soutenir, de respecter notre >espace >de femmes, afin que nous puissions occuper l'avant de la schne et jtre >vues, nous qui avons si longtemps iti invisibles. Nous vous demandons >de >nous soutenir en regardant honnjtement toutes les fagons dont les >femmes sont ignories, icarties ou dicouragies, mjme au sein de nos >propres mouvements. Et lorsque vous soutenez cette action qui nous >rassemble entre femmes, vous ouvrez la voie ` des actions oy nous nous >battrons ctte ` ctte. Nous savons que, vous aussi, vous tissez cette >toile. >Nous demandons aux ancjtres d'jtre ` nos cttis, car la grande toile de >la >vie unit les vivants et les morts. Nous demandons aux ginirations >futures >de se joindre ` nous, car nous nous battons pour le monde dont elles >hiriterons. Nous demandons aux esprits de la terre de nous soutenir, >car >nous nous battons pour la perpituation de la vie. >Nous sommes invincibles, car la vie elle-mjme prend racine en nous. > >INVITATION AUX FEMMES DU MONDE ENTIER > >` former un groupe d'affinitis... >Un groupe d'affinitis est groupe comptant de 10 ` 20 personnes avec >lesquelles vous avez des + affinitis ;, c'est-`-dire quelque chose en >commun (famille, amis, groupe d'intirjt, collhgues de travail, etc.) >et qui >se riunissent rigulihrement pour discuter de sujets qui les >prioccupent et >pour agir. Choisissez une ou deux membres de votre groupe qui vous >reprisenteront au Conseil des reprisentantes. Ce conseil tiendra des >rencontres virtuelles jusqu'` la semaine qui prichde le Sommet des >Amiriques. @ ce moment-l`, les rencontres auront lieu ` Quibec. Les >riunions du Conseil des reprisentantes seront le forum oy l'on >dicidera >de la stratigie pour passer ` l'action. Surveillez le site Web du CMAQ >(Centre des midias alternatifs Quibec 2001) (www.cmaq.net) : vous y >trouverez bienttt un lien vers un riseau des femmes pour des actions >de >solidariti. > >` commencer (ou ` poursuivre) dans votre groupe d'affinitis une >discussion sur les effets de la mondialisation sur les femmes de votre >rigion... >Dans le monde entier, ce sont les femmes qui subissent la plupart des >consiquences de la mondialisation. En unissant nos voix, nous pourrons >faire entendre l'analyse fiministe de la mondialisation et renforcer >notre >cause. > >Tissez votre partie de la toile de la solidariti... >Prenez les risultats de votre discussion sur les femmes et la >mondialisation et, en groupe, criez une partie de la toile de la >solidariti >qui illustre votre consensus. Servez-vous de votre imagination... >utilisez >du fil, diffirents matiriaux, des photos, des coupures de journaux. Ne >vous limitez pas. > >Ajoutez votre section de toile ` la grande toile de la solidariti ` >Quibec >en >avril 2001... >Voici quelques suggestions pour faire parvenir votre partie de la >toile ` >Quibec et la joindre ` la grande toile de la solidariti : >*venez ` Quibec avec votre groupe d'affinitis en avril 2001 pour >prendre >part ` la criation collective de la toile de la solidariti >Les lieux du Sommet des Amiriques seront encerclis dun pirimhtre de + >sicuriti ;, une cltture, bloquant lacchs aux manifestantEs. Ceux et >celles >qui risident au sein du pirimhtre devront se procurer une carte >didentiti >spiciale afin dy avoir acchs! Cette cltture reprisente pour nous le >processus anti-dimocratique de la ZLIA nous allons nous riapproprier >cette cltture, cet espace. Celles qui veulent entrelacer les fils de >leur >toile >aux mailles de la cltture (litiralement ou symboliquement, et de fagon >non-violente) sont invitis ` le faire le 19 avril (le jour qui prichde >louverture du Sommet). Les groupes daffinitis ne voulant pas >sapprochi >du pirimhtre de sicuriti sont invitis ` organiser dautres actions et >activitis avec leur toiles (ex. bloquer une intersection avec la toile >pour >y >capturer les nigotiateurs, dicorer un parc avec les toiles). La >criativiti >et >limagination sont ` lordre du jour! On se laisse aller! >*envoyez votre partie de la toile ` l'adresse ci-dessous et les femmes >prisentes ` Quibec s'assureront qu'elle sera jointe ` la grande toile; >*envoyez une photo de votre partie de la toile ` l'adresse ci-dessous >et les >femmes prisentes ` Quibec l'agrandiront et la joindront ` la grande >toile; > >*joignez-vous ` d'autres groupes d'affinitis de votre rigion et >rassemblez >vos sections pour former une toile prhs de chez vous. > >Pour tous renseignements : >Courriel : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Adresse postale : Toile femme Quibec 2001, C.P. 70021, Quibec, Quibec >(Canada), G1R 6B1. > > >Five Reasons >To Oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas >By Starhawk > >Earth: The FTAA would allow corporations to sue governments in >corporate >courts for loss of potential profits if governments attempt to ban >genetically engineered crops, regulate unsafe foods, ban pesticides or >chemicals, protect natural resources, regulate logging, or enforce >safety >standards. Small farmers and indigenous communities would be further >undermined by the influx of cheap foods produced by agribusiness far >away. > >Air: Corporations have already sued governments for banning unsafe >additives from gasoline. As the hole in the ozone layer grows, >governments >would lose the ability to effectively regulate ozone destroying >chemicals, >or to prod corporations to adopt and produce the already-existing >technologies that would replace gasoline with renewable, clean >alternatives. > >Fire: The U.N. now estimates global warming is progressing much >faster >than anticipated, that the earth9s temperature may rise by ten >degrees. The >FTAA would undermine efforts to control greenhouse emissions or shift >to >alternative technologies. It would also open the door to >privatization of >utilities and energy production and distribution, taking control away >from >communities and government. > >Water: The FTAA would allow corporations to control the water >resources and >hydroelectric resources of the hemisphere. It would undercut attempts >to >protect water quality and fair water usage, and to preserve endangered >species such as salmon. It would open the door to the privatization >of >water delivery services. > >Community: The FTAA would encourage privatization of schools, >universities, >medical care, hospitals, libraries, museums, prisons, transportation, >broadcasting, and many other services previously provided or regulated >by >communities and governments. > >What to do: >Write or call your Senators and congressional representatives. Tell >them >"No fast track for Bush!" Fast Track would give him expanded >negotiating >authority with minimal congressional input. >Capitol Switchboard (202-224-3121) >Major demonstrations are being organized in the U.S. and Canada to >protest >the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City April 20-22, when 34 heads >of >state will meet to affirm the FTAA process. Get involved! Check >www.indymedia.org for news of events in your own and other areas. > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >CrashList website: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base _______________________________________________ CrashList website: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base
