>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[please post and forward widely ... updated information ...] > > > UNMASKING THE OAS AND FTAA: > A grassroots teach-in and speak-out on > the Organization of American States (OAS), > the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) > and capitalist globalization > > presented by the Coalition to Shutdown the OAS/FTAA, > in collaboration with People's Global Action > > Thursday, June 1st (7-9pm) > & > Friday, June 2nd (10am to 5pm) > > -- Ambassador Auditorium -- > CAW Student Center > on the campus of the University of Windsor > (north of Wyandotte Avenue, south of University Street) > Windsor, Ontario > admission is FREE > >... indigenous rights ... dual power ... human rights ... race, class & >gender ... police brutality ... cointelpro ... direct action ... shutdowns >... anti-capitalism ... prisons ... self-determination ... branding ... >culture jamming ... political prisoners ... global action ... activism ... >anarchy ... radical labour ... sweatshops ... poverty ... homelessness ... >alternative visions ... grassroots organizing ... revolutionary change ... > > >Confirmed participants to date include: > >Oscar Carillo Arroyo: A student and organizer from Mexico City. Oscar is >one of Mexico's most-wanted activists as a result of his active >involvement in the recent 10-month long student strike at the National >Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). > >Dave Bleakney: Postal worker and the current national representative for >education (anglophone) for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). >Dave is also the Canadian contact for Peoples Global Action against "Free" >Trade (PGA) and was present at the PGA founding conference. > >Alice Boudreau: From Shediac New Brunswick, Alice is the President of the >Rural Route Mail Carriers Association (ORRMC). Rural route carriers are >prevented from organizing into unions by an act of Parliament. > >Roberto Miranda Caleron: An exile in Canada from Guatemala for the past >several years. Roberto is the former leader of the federation of students >at the Universidad de San Carlos, and former trade union leader with the >UTQ (a federation of 72 unions) and the FDEJ (a teachers union). He is a >direct victim of state sponsored violence in Guatemala. > >Kellee Hodge: Activist and organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against >Poverty (OCAP) in Toronto. > >Anne & Frank Dreaver: Co-founders of the Leonard Peltier Defence >Committee. Frank is a Plains Cree Indian from Saskatchewan, and served >nine-years in maximum-security federal prison. He and his partner Anne >have been actively involved with the Peltier case, prison rights and >counseling for native people since 1980. > >Pierre George: A Stoney Point native, Pierre and the people of Stoney >Point have been fighting to retain use of their land and resources that >was "loaned" to the federal government. The dispute has lasted for decades >and resulted in the murder of native activist Dudley George by the Ontario >Provincial Police. > >Jean Grossholtz: A member of Arise for Social Justice, the Western >Massachusetts Global Action Coalition and Diverse Women for Diversity. A >life-long political activist, working on civil rights, women's >empowerment, against the Vietnam War and many other issues. Jean has been >a teacher of politics and women's studies at Mount Holyoke College for 40 >years. > >Bankole Irungu & Aisha Angela Taylor: Long time activists in the United >States, and currently political exiles in Canada. Bankole and Aisha have >been targeted by the FBI for their legal political activities, and will >speak about political repression in the USA, including the infamous >COINTELPRO program which targeted the Black Panthers, the American Indian >Movement and other radical organizations. > >Sandra Jeppesen: A doctoral student at York University, Sandra is also a >member of the Resist collective, as well as an organizer with the >Coalition to Shutdown the OAS/FTAA. > >Naomi Klein: Well-known commentator on corporate globalization, journalist >and author of "NO LOGO: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies". > >Michael Morrill: The executive director of the Pennsylvania Consumer >Action Network, Mike is also the lead organizer of Unity 2000, the mass >rally of progressive forces during the Republican National Convention this >summer in Philadelphia. > >Grahame Russell: A human rights lawyer and activist. Since 1995, Grahame >has been director of Rights Action (Washington, Toronto), a non-profit >that supports rights-based development work in southern Mexico and Central >America. Rights Action is leading the "Chixoy Dam Reparations Campaign"." > >David Solnit: An organizer and founder of the Direct Action Network, David >has been involved with the Art and Revolution collective of San Francisco, >and was actively involved with facilitating street art and theatre at the >anti-WTO demonstrations in Seattle and A16 in Washington. > >Aurita Withers: Organizer with the Coalition to Shutdown the OAS/FTAA, and >a member of the Resist! collective in Toronto. > >... and several others to be confirmed in the upcoming days. > > >Schedule of TEACH-IN events: > >-- June 1st -- >7-9pm: Shutting down the OAS/FTAA: Perspectives from organizers and >activists from Detroit, Windsor, Toronto, Montreal and elsewhere. Includes >a slide presentation of images and art from Seattle (by David Solnit of >the Direct Action Network). > >-- June 2nd -- > >10am-12pm: Women, Labour and Economic Globalization >Jean Grossholtz, Aurita Withers, Sandra Jeppesen, Alice Boudreau, Dave >Bleakney (speakers from the IWW and the CAW to be confirmed) > >12-1pm: Lunch > >1-3pm: Human Rights, Indigenous Rights and the OAS >Pierre George, Anne & Frank Drever, Roberto Miranda, Bankole Irungu & >Angela Taylor, Grahame Russell (speaker from the International Center for >Human Rights and Democratic Development to be confirmed) > >3-5pm: Tactics and Strategies Against Capitalist Globalization >Oscar Carillo, Naomi Klein, Mike Morrill, David Solnit and others > >All events take place at the Ambassador Auditorium, CAW Student Center on >the University of Windsor campus. For more information about "UNMASKING >THE OAS & FTAA", phone 514-526-8946 (messages only), e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, or visit <http://www.shutdownOAS.org>. > >[end] > > __________________________________ 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] ___________________________________
