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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 23:51:42 -0500
From: Teena DiNota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: from Ward Morehouse
COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
777 United Nations Plaza, Suite 3C
New York, New York 10017
Tel. (212) 972-9877 - Fax (212) 972-9878
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
November 26, 1997
To the Forum on Labor in the Global Economy:
We have made arrangements through our publishing arm, The Apex
Press, to distribute in the US Maude Barlow's and Tony Clarke's new book on
the Multilateral Agreement on Investment which is, to the best of my
knowledge, the first book-length treatment of this critical issue. Time is
of the essence in deepening public understanding of MAI. I hope you will
give Maude's and Tony's book as much visibility as possible as soon as
possible.
Enclosed is an announcement of the MAI book along with a companion
volume by Tony Clarke, Silent Coup.
MAI is bad news for working people all over the world. Can you
post this announcement on the Forum list-serve?
Sincerely,
Ward Morehouse
President
WM/td
Forum on Labor in the Global Economy
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
THE APEX PRESS
777 United Nations Plaza, Suite 3C
New York, New York 10017
Tel. (212) 972-9877 - Fax (212) 972-9878
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TO ORDER, CALL/FAX 1-800-316-APEX
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
First Book-Length Analysis of MAI
A Primer for Activists and Other Concerned Citizens
MAI: THE MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT
AND THE THREAT TO CANADIAN SOVEREIGNTY
By Tony Clarke and Maude Barlow
MAI, the Multilateral Agreement on Investment, is now being
negotiated at OECD in Paris and is scheduled to be completed in mid-1998.
It will go far beyond NAFTA to allow transnational corporations to vie for
control of public education, health care, telecommunications and cultural
industries, public utilities and municipal services, and more.
The agreement is deeply anti-democratic. It will grant
corporations, for the first time in history, equal legal standing with
nation-states. And under the MAI, transnationals will have access to
domestic courts to challenge any legislation - labour laws, copyright
protection, environmental regulations, local content rules - that could be
seen as contrary to the interests of foreign investment.
Most alarmingly, the MAI will compromise our democratic right to
participate in decisions on all these matters. With this book as a tool
for action, concerned groups and citizens can stop the MAI before it
destroys the services and programs people have fought for decades to build
and maintain.
Although written for a Canadian audience, this trenchant and
hard-hitting book is equally relevant to Americans - and indeed to persons
everywhere committed to resisting corporate rule and restoring democracy.
THE AUTHORS: Tony Clarke is the Director of the Polaris Institute
in Ottawa and chairs the Committee on Corporations for the International
Forum on Globalization. Maude Barlow is the national volunteer
chairperson of the Council of Canadians.
Distributed in the USA by The Apex Press. 206pp. 1997. US ISBN
0-945257-91-0. $15.95. To order, call 1-800-316-APEX.
AND A COMPANION VOLUME ON THE CORPORATE ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
SILENT COUP: CONFRONTING THE BIG BUSINESS
TAKEOVER OF CANADA
By Tony Clarke
This is a book full of lessons for Americans because a similar
story is unfolding here through the machinations of the Business Roundtable
and other powerful formations of giant corporations.
Silent Coup tells how the CEOs of large corporations in Canada
planned and executed their takeover of the country. It alerts us to the
destructive effects of corporate rule on the economy, jobs, social
programs, and political democracy.
This book outlines a detailed and workable plan for challenging and
ultimately rescuing Canada from its corporate masters. Tony Clarke shows
how social movements and community organizations can be retooled and
revitalized, how they can effectively confront the transnational
corporations and restore true economic, social and political democracy in
Canada.
Distributed in the USA by The Apex Press. 273pp. 1997. US ISBN
0-945257-92-9
$17.50. To order, call 1-800-316-APEX.
(11/97)
