And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 15:09:20 -0400 From: Native Forest Network ENA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CALL TO ACTION NOV 4 > >From: Mexico Solidarity Network >To: Civil society >This message forwarded at the request of ACERCA > >A CALL TO ACTION NOVEMBER 4, 1999 > >SUPPORT THE ZAPATISTA COMMUNITIES IN RESISTANCE >OPPOSE THE FTAA--THE EXPANSION OF NAFTA! >> >> >>In light of intensifying militarization in Chiapas, ACERCA, with the >>support of the Mexico Solidarity Network, is calling for an International >>Day of Action in support of the Zapatista communities in resistance on >>November 4, 1999. >> >>Why November 4? On November 4, 1999, trade ministers from 34 countries >>will meet in Toronto, Canada, to continue negotiations for the expansion of >>NAFTA into all of the countries of the Americas, with the exception of >>Cuba. This new trade agreement under negotiation is called the Free Trade >>Area of the Americas (FTAA). We all know from our experience with NAFTA >>that if we allow this neoliberal trade agreement trade agreement to pass, >>the effects on indigenous people, workers, ecology, culture and local >>economic and political self-determination will be devastating. >> >>In light of the recent escalation of military and paramilitary pressure in >>Chiapas, it is important that solidarity groups in the U.S. again make our >>support and resistance visible in the media and before the North American >>public. And strategically, just as the Zapatistas rose up on the day NAFTA >>was implemented, it is appropriate to organize a Day of Action on the day >>trade ministers are negotiating NAFTA expansion. >> >>The ACERCA working group will be in Toronto from October 31-November 5, >>working with Canadian groups Metro Network for Social Justice and Common >>Frontiers to organize demonstrations and forums of civil society in >>opposition to the negotiations. >> >>ACERCA invites all Zapatista supporters and opponents of "free trade" to >>join us in Toronto, or organize a demonstration in your community on >>November 4, International Day of Action and Resistance in solidarity >>with the Zapatista movement and all of the indigenous people of Mexico. >> >>PLEASE JOIN US. COME TO TORONTO, OR ORGANZE AN EVENT IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY >>ON NOVEMBER 4, 1999. >> >>___________________________________________________________ >> >> ACERCA >> >> Action for Community & Ecology in the Rainforests of Central America >> POB 57 >> Burlington, VT 05402 USA >> (802)863-0571 >> (802) 864-8203 Fax >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.acerca.org >> >> ACERCA is a project of the Alliance for Global Justice >> and a member of the Native Forest Network >>__________________________________________________________ Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
