>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 16:09:52 -0400 >From: "l'o m b r e noire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: stopftaa: stop the summit of the americas! > > >STOP THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS! >an anti-capitalist convergence >April 2001 Quebec City > > >Next April 2001, Quebec City has the dubious honor of hosting the Summit >of the Americas, which brings together all the so-called leaders of North, >Central and South America (except Cuba). For a few days, Quebec will be >turned into a militarized zone as these heads of state, and their big >business pals, gather for a series of meetings, photo-ops and posh >dinners. > >The stated purpose of Summit meeting is to put the final touches on the >Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement (FTAA) which aims to extend the >North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the entire hemisphere. The >FTAA is supposed to be adopted no later than 2005. > >Like the WTO, IMF, WB, APEC and the rest of the insidious alphabet soup, >the FTAA is another engine -- in the form of a "free" trade accord - which >drives capitalist globalization. > >In the spirit of Seattle, and the anti-IMF/WB demonstrations in Washington >on A16/17, we've started to organize to make sure the Summit is >effectively short-circuited. We want to go beyond symbolic protest or >reformism to making sure the Summit of the Americas is shut down. > >The following is early notice, one year before the actual summit, about >the current organizing efforts by activists in Montreal and Quebec City as >well as Toronto. > >In Quebec City, local activists have already spent months planning their >activities to confront the Summit of Americas. > >On the initiative of activists in Toronto, a shutdown of the upcoming >Organization of American States (OAS) meeting in Windsor, Ontario (across >the river from Detroit) is being planned for early June of this year. As >well, Toronto will be hosting the Finance ministers of the Americas in >March 2001, one month before the leader's meeting in Quebec City. > >In Montreal, an "anti-capitalist convergence" is in the process of >forming. Our preliminary basis of unity is a clear anti-capitalist, >anti-imperialist, anti-FTAA position which rejects all forms of domination >and oppression. We are still determining the exact framework of our >network or coalition, but we'd like to encompass as many groups and >individuals as possible, representing and respecting a variety of tactics, >while stressing decentralization, autonomy and affinity as organizing >principles. We wish to creatively, effectively and militantly oppose the >FTAA, as opposed to engaging in lobbying or reformist strategies. The shut >down is envisioned as part of a larger campaign of awareness raising, >popular education and skill sharing which complements existing organizing >>efforts. > >We believe it is possible to be radical and effective, creative as well as >militant. > >The FTAA and the Summit of the Americas are just two more pillars of the >global capitalist system that need to be opposed. If you would like to be >informed or get involved in our organizing efforts, we encourage you to >get in touch. > >[NOTE: The next meeting of Montreal-area activists will be Wednesday, >April 26th at 7pm at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) at the >corner of St-Denis and Ste-Catherine (metro Berri-UQAM) in room A-2805.] > >Tel: 514-526-8946 >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >web: http://www.tao.ca/~stopftaa (current site of the STOP THE OAS/FTAA >Coalition) > >[end] > >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ............................................. > Bob Olsen, Toronto [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The world is run by the people who show up. > ............................................. > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
