From: "Walter Lippmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [CubaNews] Anti-FTAA Conference in Havana, Nov. 13-16, 2001 From: Karen Wald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Walter Lippmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 10:33 AM Subject: Fw: ANTI FTAA CONFERENCE HAVANA.doc Dear Friends: The significance of this conference is so much greater in light of the turn of events in the world today. Attendance at this conference is a very constructive way to join with others in the struggle against globalization and at the same time re-enforce our message to Cuba of friendship and solidarity. There is not a lot of time however please do everything you can to attend yourself and encourage others to as well. Anti-FTAA Conference Havana - Cuba Invitation Hemispheric meeting to fight against the FTAA November 13-16, 2001 Havana, CUBA For a new integrated Americas, for economic development and social justice from VANCOUVER $1,230 cdn - one week from TORONTO $ 870 cdn - one week (based on double occupancy - single supplement add $160) INCLUDES: Flight, Accommodation (Bello Caribe Hotel), breakfast at hotel, meals at conference, conference registration and fee, Cuba Tourist Card (visa), Transportation to Conference and Airport Transfers. Flights available from other departures cities upon request. Upgrades available to Neptuno Hotel (add $70) -- Single Supplement -- add $130 Prices based on limited flight availability. Longer durations available. REGISTRATION FORM (MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN October 31, 2001.) Organization or Institution: Country: Telephone: Fax: E-mail: Names of representatives who want to participate: 1. 2. 3. Please send your completed form to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Against Annexation! For the defense of the sovereignty of Latin America and the Caribbean ! For the fight against social exclusion and poverty ! For a grassroots debate and referendum ! For a new integrated Americas, for economic development and social justice! Cuban organizations, represented by workers, students, peasants, women, economists, journalists, lawyers, researchers, clergy, artists and intellectuals are calling for a hemispheric meeting to fight against the FTAA in Havana from November 13-16, 2001. This missive is an urgent invitation we are sending to all the countries of the Americas, from the Industrialized North to the Patagonia and from the Continent to the Caribbean. With this meeting in Cuba, we hope to contribute to this growing and converging movement that is organizing against the project to create a giant free trade area throughout the Americas. We are calling on everyone who shares our concern about the future of our people: Unionists, peasants, students, women, academics, artists, intellectuals, youth, indigenous people, environmentalists, clergy, entrepreneurs and more! The debate we are asking you to get involved in is part of the opposition movement to neoliberal globalization that we saw in Seattle, Davos, Prague, Geneva and most recently in Quebec City during the Second Peoples' Summit of the Americas. People from all over the world attended and subscribed to the persuasiveness of the arguments presented. During the Summit, the different integration alternatives that the grassroots and social movements proposed, as opposed to the current free-trade model, were highlighted. The Peoples' Summit, which was convened by the Hemispheric Social Alliance (HSA) brought together various grassroots movements, unions, environmentalists, women, youth as well as human rights, international solidarity, indigenous, peasant and religious groups. The Peoples' Summit definitive conclusion was that the fight against the FTAA needs to continue on all fronts and that this needs to include new sectors to help enrich the fight. As the final declaration says: "Another Americas is possible. No to the FTAA without the participation of the people". We hope that the meeting in Cuba will be an important space for support and mobilization for the upcoming World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil (January 2002) and a follow-up to the Peoples' Summit and the initiative for a referendum on the FTAA. Never again should we have to submit to an Accord that is negotiated without us. Visit our website: http://members.home.net/friendship _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
