.............................................................. >From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed] Note: We store 100's of related "conspiracy posts" at: http://www.msen.com/~lloyd/oldprojects/recentmail.html From: "Remy C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "endsecrecy list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [endsecrecy] NYC Teach-In on NWO Date: Monday, August 21, 2000 9:22 AM From: donna green dgreen @ifg.org Subject: Invite to the IFG Teach-In on the UN and Globalization, Sept 5, New York Town Hall Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 The International Forum on Globalization Presents a Teach-In on Globalization and the Role of the United Nations Can the United Nations Be Salvaged? September 5, 2000 ~ 1 p.m. - 11 p.m. The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, New York, NY For tickets call: 1-888-629-9269 Ticket Prices: IFG Members/Students - $10.00, General Admission - $20.00 Some scholarships and group rates available. PLEASE PURCHASE TICKETS AHEAD - TICKETS MAY BE SOLD OUT EARLY! Unlike the Bretton Woods Iron Triangle-the World Trade Organization, World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund-the United Nations was not created to be an engine for corporate globalization. The UN mandate was always broader, and was designed to place peace, human welfare, the environment, social justice and democracy above profit motives of corporations. But in recent years, the UN mission has been challenged by a growing advocacy of the same corporate free trade model that motivates the Bretton Woods Triad. Many believe that the UN's potential to serve the needs of peace, security and the interests of the global poor has been seriously undermined. Others believe that it's worth trying to re-excite the UN vision and empower UN agencies to place some checks and balances on global corporations. This event will explore the full range of arguments about the UN, as well as launch a new set of ideas for alternative economic models and institutions that give primacy to values favoring human welfare and the natural world over global corporate interests. Co-sponsors include: Institute for Policy Studies, Transnational Resource and Action Center, The Nation Institute, and the New York Open Center. * * * 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. I. TEN MONTHS AFTER SEATTLE: WHERE DO WE STAND? Fifty thousand protestors in Seattle against the World Trade Organization proved that what was once thought inevitable is not. Nonetheless, corporate globalization continues to advance on many fronts through institutions, trade agreements, governments, and corporate action. This panel will offer views and analyses of Seattle and more recent developments in the battle against globalization. Panelists will also discuss some potential distinctions between the role of the UN and the Bretton Woods institutions. Jerry Mander, International Forum on Globalization, U.S. Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians, Canada Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, U.S. Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange, U.S. Yao Graham, Third World Network, Ghana 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. II. UNCHECKED POWER OF GLOBAL CORPORATIONS Despite growing opposition, global corporations continue to consolidate their powers over governments and to plunder the natural world. Through mergers and technological advances, an even smaller number of gigantic corporations are controlling global economic activity with devastating effects upon the environment, human rights, public health, livelihoods, and democracy. This panel reports on "corporate rule," including highly questionable collaborations between corporations and the UN, and how activists are attempting to fight it. Tony Clarke, Polaris Institute, Canada Vicky Tauli-Corpus, Indigenous Peoples' Int'l Centre for Policy Research & Education, Philippines Danny Kennedy, Project Underground, Australia/U.S. Randy Hayes, Rainforest Action Network, U.S. Kenny Bruno, Transnational Resource & Action Center/ Corpwatch, U.S. Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies, U.S. Richard Grossman, Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy, U.S. 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. III. GROWING DOMINATION OF THE UN BY CORPORATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES Recent changes at the UN bring grave doubts about its ability to serve as a bastion of peace, human rights and environmental sustainability. The UN Center on Transnational Corporations was eliminated in the early 1990s due to corporate pressure, and a recent proposal for the UN Development Programme to launch a collaborative partnership with a group of global corporations was dropped only after hundreds of organizations vigorously protested such a move. Some believe that the UN is still the one global body with the theoretical potential of serving a different hierarchy of values than the WTO and other Bretton Woods institutions - but can it survive without caving into the corporate globalization agenda? Anuradha Mittal, Institute for Food and Development Policy, U.S. Roberto Bissio, Third World Institute, Uruguay Jocelyn Dow, Women's Environment & Development Organization, Guyana Richard Falk, Princeton University, U.S. Joshua Karliner, Transnational Resource & Action Center/Corpwatch, U.S. Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, India SPECIAL GUEST: Harry Belafonte, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, U.S. 8:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. IV. WHERE TO GO FROM HERE: THE UN AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM This panel focuses on proposals that challenge the UN to reform its agencies, practices, and structures and to return to its original mandate. Multilateral environmental agreements negotiated under UN auspices could be powerful tools for protecting the natural world. However, these agreements must be given enforcement capabilities and be free of domination by global corporations. This panel offers perspectives on UN reforms and will also present alternative models to the current global economic system. John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies, U.S. Martin Khor, Third World Network, Malaysia Miloon Kothari, Habitat International Coalition, India David Korten, Author: The Post Corporate World, U.S. Colin Hines, Protect the Local, Globally, U.K. * * * For information about the IFG, visit our website at: www.ifg.org For more information about the United Nations and Globalization, visit: www.corpwatch.org End Secrecy List http://www.endsecrecy.com Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *********************************** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ** Explore Our Archive: <http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.html> <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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