A one day conference is to be held on November 11 at Melbourne University, to consider ways forward after S11. The Conference was called by Earthworker, and is called "N11 conference: A Day of Reflection and Strategy". As readers of the Workers' Liberty list will already be aware, we have been proposing campaigns against specific corporations, as a way to keep the S11 activists together around meaningful struggles, through which we can grow and learn. Accordingly we have formulated the following draft proposal to put to the N11 conference. We are seeking comments, amendments and endorsements, in order to finalise it as soon as possible for the conference organisers. So - please let us know what you think. _________________________________________________________________________ "The success of the S11 blockade and protests in taking a stand against the right of global capital to rule the world, revealed new prospects for a movement for radical change in Australia, as well as the diversity of our interests and ideas. We can stay together, continuing to derive inspiration and educate our movement, by planning further action and directions for campaigning, within a framework that respects the diversity of the movement. We propose the basis for further campaigns against global capital lies in targetting specific global corporations, known for their violations of workers, women's and indigenous rights and disregard for a sustainable environment. We seek to unite diverse interests, including existing campaigns and trade union struggles which have already laid groundwork for placing demands on major global corporations. We specifically emphasise the value of organising workers and unions who potentially have the strongest position from which to challege global corporations. We seek to challenge the right of corporations to rule the world by placing demands on them for workers' rights, to reveal their business secrets, finances and plans for public scrutiny, and we challenge them to clean up or cease all anti-social projects and plans. We propose that post-S11 gatherings seek to identify which corporations make the most suitable targets for priority campaigning over the next few months, identify specific demands, allies, and difficulties to be overcome." Workers' Liberty P.O. Box 313 Leichhardt NSW 2040 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://www.workersliberty.org/australia discussion list: www.egroups.com/list/workersliberty -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink LL.VK
