My friend Carlos is organizing this... come checkitout... see some of yous there hopefully... this has been organized within this week so its being spread mostly by word of mouth...
Prateek > -----Original Message----- > From: Angela Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 10:10 AM > To: undisclosed-recipients: ; > Subject: [cactus] ftaa detainees benefit this friday > > Please pass it on!!! > > FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 8PM > > LEGAL DEFENSE BENEFIT FOR THOSE > DETAINED AT THE FTAA PROTESTS IN MIAMI! > > Join us for updates on the FTAA protests, > Short Video Screenings: > WTO CANCUN, M20 WITNESS > (descriptions below) > & Live Music! > at > Amor de Dios Methodist Church > 2348 S. Sawyer > (1 block west of Kedzie/2 blocks south of Cermak Rd.) > $5-$15 suggested donation. No one will be turned away > due to lack of funds! > > To make a donation to the FTAA Legal Defense Fund > contact the Nicaragua Solidarity Committee at > 773.276.5626, via email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or via > snail mail at 3411 W. Diversey #16 Chicago, IL 60647. > Please make checks out to Nicaragua Solidarity > Committee, with FTAA Legal Defense in the memo line. > > Organized by the Ritual Multimedia Collective, > Nicaragua Solidarity Committee, and La Voz de Los de > Abajo. > > *To become an event sponsor, we are asking > organizations to do OUTREACH for the 11/21 event and > make a donation to the Chicago FTAA Legal Defense > Fund. Call 773.988.2252 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > for more information. > > Global Justice Movement Gears Up for Miami FTAA > Protests > Independent Media Center Chicago, > www.chicago.indymedia.org > > On November 16-21, trade representatives for the > governments of the entire Western Hemisphere, except > Cuba, will meet at the 4th Summit of the Americas in > Miami, Florida to finalize the most comprehensive > trade and investment treaty in the world -- the Free > Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). > > Modeled after NAFTA, the FTAA will encompass a > population of over 800 million people and a combined > national product of U.S. $11 trillion. The agreement > will promote minimal controls on big business; allow > unrestricted foreign investment and export of profits; > acclerate the privatization of public assets, > utilities and services; and push privately financed > development schemes based on deregulated markets. > Summit organizers also seek to incorporate broad new > rules from the World Trade Organization, making the > FTAA far more powerful in reach -- with devastating > consequences for labor, the environment, and > indigenous communities throughout the Americas. > > The FTAA summit will be met by massive protests - > including rallies, a mass march , and direct actions > aimed at bringing the summit to a halt. Activists have > created a convergence space, a Free Carnival Area of > the Americas, and working groups for food, housing, > medical and legal support for the tens of thousands > expected to converge in Miami. In an effort to squelch > dissent, city, state and federal authorities unleashed > a campaign of intimidation and harrassment last week > against FTAA protesters, including the pre-emptive > arrests of two medics in town to help with medical > logistics. One of the medics detained by Miami-Dade > county police was from Chicago. Breaking News from > Miami: www.ftaaimc.org > > > Videos that will be screened... > M20 WITNESS- (5 min) A locally produced video > documenting the Chicago Anti War Protest on March > 20,2003 including testimony of those arrested, and > police misconduct. > > WTO CANCUN- (20 min) An excellent video documenting > the broad resistance that gathered in Cancun, Mexico > this summer to oppose the World Trade Organization > Ministerial Meetings. > > * Program revision, the film The revolution will not > be televised has been omitted from the program due to > its length and the desire to accommodate live music > performances. > > > ------------------------------------------------ visit http://www.geocities.com/sapacchicago email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe sapac" in msg body to unsubscribe
