----- Original Message ----- From: John Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:42 AM Subject: Asia-pacific Economic Summit in Melbourne > Economic Reform Australia > ERA EMAIL NETWORK > > From: Viviane Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: The World Economic Forum in Melbourne > Date: Sun, 23 April 2000 > > ________________________________________________ > A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E > http://www.ainfos.ca/ > ________________________________________________ > > ATTENTION TO A16 ACTIVISTS AROUND THE WORLD: > > SEPTEMBER 11th, 2000 - STAND UP FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE > -> SHUT DOWN THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM! > > In September the World Economic Forum will hold the Asia-Pacific Economic > Summit, "Asia/Pacific in the 21st Century: Leveraging the new drivers of > growth." The summit is jointly sponsored by the Business Council of > Australia and the Australian Davos Connection (the Australian arm of the > World Economic Forum) and will take place at the Crown Casino, Melbourne, > over September 11-13. Participants are being lured to the summit with > opportunity to "meet key leaders from business, politics and academia at > a time when the eyes of the world will be fixed on Australia, and they > may coordinate their participation in the Summit with the Olympic Games." > > At Seattle last year, and Davos in February this year, and now at the a16 > mobilisation for global justice in Washington, coalitions of trade > unions, environmentalists and human rights activists have protested the > global aims of the rich and powerful. In September this year such protests > will continue. > > The S11 Alliance is a coalition of unionists, environmentalists, students, > human rights activists and community campaigners. Join us in organising > the mass rally for global justice and the environment this September. > > THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CALL TO ACTION! THE OLYMPIC YEAR OFFERS AN > OPPORTUNITY TO SHUT DOWN THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM WHILE THE WHOLE > WORLD IS WATCHING AUSTRALIA. > > SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2000 > > We ask our international friends for help, support, advice, and > solidarity. We are in the midst of a global movement against the > unelected global powers. We must globalise our struggle! > > In solidarity, > -the s11 alliance > > rsvp: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******** > > From: Viviane Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: The World Economic Forum in Melbourne > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 > > ________________________________________________ > A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E > http://www.ainfos.ca/ > ________________________________________________ > > In September the World Economic Forum will hold the Asia-Pacific Economic > Summit, "Asia/Pacific in the 21st Century: Leveraging the new drivers of > growth", in Melbourne. The Summit is jointly sponsored by the Business > Council of Australia and the Australian Davos Connection (the Australian > arm of the World Economic Forum) and will take place at the Crown Casino, > September 11-13. Participants are being lured to the summit with opportunity > to "meet key leaders from business, politics and academia at a time when > the eyes of the world will be fixed on Australia, and they may coordinate > their participation in the Summit with the Olympic Games." > > The World Economic Forum is an organisation made up of the richest global > companies. For the past thirty years it has held regular summits and > meetings aimed at "managing globalisation. Every February inthe Swiss > mountain resort town of Davos, over a thousand of the worlds CEO's meet > along with a restricted list of politicians, academics and influential > media who are invited along. Discussions range from how to manage the > Asian economic crisis to surfing the internet revolution all with the aim > of extending market and corporate power. > > Like the World Trade Organisation the world economic forum is a means of > promoting global policies aimed at weakening labour, removing > environmental protection and intensifying the transfer of wealth from the > poor to the rich. > > At Seattle last year and Davos in February this year, coalitions of trade > unions, environmentalists and human rights activists protested the global > aims of the rich and powerful. In September this year such protest will > continue. > > To ensure that we are able to organise a successful protest of the > neo-liberal policies promoted by the World Economic Forum we need to be > organised. You or any organisation should be involved in ensuring an > alternative to the policies of global elites is heard. > > ******** > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/public-list@neither.org
