----- Original Message ----- From: David Creighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 9:18 AM Subject: TEACH-IN: TRANSFORMING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM > Don't know how far you are willing/able to travel, but please consider > ... Hope to see you there. dc > > > Subject: TEACH-IN: TRANSFORMING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM > Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 05:57:32 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Judyth Mermelstein) > To: (Recipient list suppressed) > > > OCTOBER 20 AND 21, 2000 > > > TEACH-IN > > TRANSFORMING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM > > PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT > > > MONTREAL, CANADA > > > Location to be announced > > > The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and finance ministers > and > central bankers from 19 of the world's most powerful countries are > meeting > behind closed doors in Montreal, October 24 and 25th, 2000. Created by > the > Group of Seven industrialized countries in response to recent financial > crises in Asia, Russia and Latin America, the Group of Twenty (G20) is > discussing a narrow range of proposals to reform the international > financial > system. > > > The public will not be invited to these secretive and exclusive > meetings. > Citizens will not be asked how the global financial system should be > changed, > although it deeply affects us all. In the wake of recent and devastating > > financial crises that left tens of millions unemployed in Asia alone, > ideas > are emerging that the ministers and bankers need to hear. > > > If you want to learn more about how today's world of international > finance > increases inequity and corporate control globally, > > > If you are interested in a new economic order that works for people and > the > environment, > > > If you want to know how international markets can finance justice, not > more > injustice, > > > If you want to send a message that the economy is too important to be > left to > economists, > > > JOIN US! Come to a Teach-In organized by the Halifax Initiative, a > Canadian > Coalition for Economic Democracy. > > > Friday,October 20 > > > 7:00 - 10:00 pm > > Finance Minister and Chair of the G-20, Paul Martin will speak and take > questions from the floor. First come, first serve as space will be > limited. > > > Co-hosted by the Social Justice Committee of Montreal and Concordia > University. > > > Saturday, October 21st > > 9:00 - 6:00 pm (cost $10.00, $5.00 for low-income and students) > > Workshops given by activists from around the world on the international > financial system, the real costs of financial liberalization and > financial > crises, how capital can be controlled, the Tobin tax, the IMF, the World > Bank > many other related topics. > > A full list of workshops will be made available as they are confirmed. > > > Simulataneous translation in French and English will be available for > most > workshops. > > > The Teach-In is geared to students, community activists and the public > at > large. All interested persons are welcome, but people will be required > to > register for the Saturday event. You can register by giving your name, > number > of tickets wanted, address and credit card information either by email > at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by telephone at 1-877-933-6797. > > > You can also post your registration and send cash or a cheque to G-20, > Social > Justice Committee of Montréal, 1857 ouest de Maisonneuve, Montréal, Qc, > H3H > 1J9. > > > You will be able to register on-line soon as we are setting up a > conference > site that will be linked to www.web.net/halifax > <http://www.web.net/halifax> > > > > If you are interested in giving a workshop at the teach-in, please send > a > workshop title and summary, as well as contact and background > information on > the speaker/facilitator to [EMAIL PROTECTED] no later than August 26, > 2000. > > > For more information on the Teach-In, please contact Pamela Foster, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Ottawa, 613-789-4447. > > > For more information on the G-20, visit < <http://www.g20.org/> > > http://www.g20.org> > > > The Halifax Initiative is a coalition of development, labour, human > rights, > environment and faith groups. We are committed to the democratisation of > the > international financial system and its institutions as a means to > achieve: > poverty eradication, environmental sustainability and an equitable > distribution of wealth. We work to achieve our goals through research, > education, advocacy and alliance-building. > > > The Halifax Initiative was formed in the context of an international > movement > of non-governmental organizations focused on evaluating the role and > record > of the Bretton Woods Institutions at the time of their 50th Anniversary. > > Canadian NGOs formed the Halifax Initiative in December 1994 to ensure > that > demands for fundamental reform of the international financial > institutions > were high on the agenda of the G7's 1995 Halifax Summit. > > __ > > Derek MacCuish, Program Coordinator > > Social Justice Committee > > 1857 deMaisonneuve ouest, Suite 320 > > Montreal QC H3H 1J9 > > Tel: 514-933-6797 > > Visit our web site: www.s-j-c.net > __________ > > ###################################################### > Judyth Mermelstein "cogito ergo lego ergo cogito..." > Montreal, QC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ###################################################### > > > > >
