Our World is Not For Sale! (tags)
People's Global Action (PGA) was organized in a decentralized way by movements from all parts of the world. But we had no staff and no fixed funding. Everything was through crowdfunding. People were inspired by what PGA stood for, which was, first, the rejection of capitalism.
"Manufacturing Dissent": the Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites (tags)
"How is the process of manufacturing dissent achieved? Essentially by "funding dissent", namely by channelling financial resources from those who are the object of the protest movement to those who are involved in organizing the protest movement. Co-optation is not limited to buying the favors of politicians. The economic elites --which control major foundations-- also oversee the funding of numerous NGOs and civil society organizations, which historically have been involved in the protest movement against the established economic and social order. The programs of many NGOs and people's movements rely heavily on both public as well as private funding agencies including the Ford, Rockefeller, McCarthy foundations, among others. The anti-globalization movement is opposed to Wall Street and the Texas oil giants controlled by Rockefeller, et al. Yet the foundations and charities of Rockefeller et al will generously fund progressive anti-capitalist networks as well as environmentalists (opposed to Big Oil) with a view to ultimately overseeing and shaping their various activities."
Canada Doesn't Want You, So Stay Home! (tags)
Canada has higher standards, so don't expect the bouncers at the border to let your stinking American ass into their pearly white country.
SuperCorridor Defeat? Don't Bet On It (tags)
The scheme remains on track.
Mexicans find a rough welcome mat in Canada (tags)
Mexicans find a rough welcome mat in Canada Tourists, being denied entry in increasing numbers, report harsh, insensitive, even racist treatment by Canadian border officials
Five Years After WTO Protests: Seattle Weekly Trashes Anti-Globalization Movement (tags)
The media spin cycle leading up to major anti-globalization protests has become so predictable that activists have been forced to come up with better media strategies to keep up with the lies and disinformation. The mainstream media starts the cycle several months in advance with articles and coverage about the upcoming summit and accompanying protests.
BTL:The Life of Peace, Social Justice Activist Dave Dellinger (tags)
Remembered Interview with Leonard Weinglass, human rights attorney, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Indymedia Post Used Against Protester in Quebec City (tags)
Indymedia Post Used Against Protester in Quebec City
West Coast G8 Regional Mobilization in San Francisco (tags)
Call for a regional mobilization against the G8 in San Francisco, June 2004.
Collective Action: Histories of Activist Movements (tags)
FROM THE INDYPENDENT: Activists keep reinventing the wheel, but there is a rich history of struggle, victories and failures to learn from. This installment of "The Real Quick Reading List" looks over some of the best histories of the North American left.
Finding Colours of Resistance (tags)
What lessons have we learned since the anti-WTO actions in Seattle? Can those lessons be applied to anti-war organizing? Can local struggles challenge global capitalism? How do we build movement for global justice that is anti-racist, multiracial and feminist? Pauline Hwang and Helen Luu have not only been asking these hard questions, they have worked to open up movement wide discussions about these issues in Canada and the United States. Pauline and Helen's activist work, writing and ability to connect people through the Colours of Resistance network have all helped to keep the hard issues on the table. And, as they argue, these are issues we must face if we're serious about collective liberation.
Draft Proposal for a Continental Anti-Authoritarian Anti-Capitalist Network (tags)
On this tenth anniversary of the emergence of the Zapatistas from the Lacandon jungle, we call for the formation of a continental anti-authoritarian anti-capitalist network for North America. Our movements for liberation and freedom have met many challenges and our resistance continues to grow. It is now time to organize ourselves better through a de-centralized continental network of anti-capitalists
BTL:FTAA Summit in Miami Greeted by Massive Protests Opposing... (tags)
...Anti-Democratic Corporate Agenda for the Americas. Interview with George Naylor, president of the National Family Farm Coaltion, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
WTO protest in Montreal (tags)
News & videos from WTO protest in Montreal
Updated: Call for a padded bloc at the Nov. 20-21 FTAA meetings in Miami (tags)
updated information on organizing for a padded contingent for the Nov. 20-21st FTAA meetings in Miami (with endorsers, logistics, and more) This contingent will take action with a determination to disrupt the meetings.
POG Call to action for a padded bloc this Nov in Miami, stop the FTAA (tags)
Call to action for the FTAA meetings this November in miami! As a part of what is sure to be a multitude of tactics, POG is sending out this call specifically for a padded contingent. We envision a total shutdown of the meetings through the combination of diverse tactics.
Resist the FTAA Consulta (tags)
Resist the Free Trade Area of the Americas Anti-capitalist consulta: JUNE 7-8 This is a call for an anti-capitalist coordinating/planning meeting to begin preparations for actions against the FTAA ministerial meeting being held in Miami, Florida on November 20-22, 2003. We hope that this consulta will be an opportunity to build a broad based, diverse anti-capitalist response to the ministerial.
Cascadia Media Collective Presents... (tags)
The Cascadia Media Collective's newest film, Guerrilla Video Primer, will rock your heart, head and body.
Canada, Anti-G8 Regional Consulta: Ottawa, February 16-17, 2002 (tags)
In anticipation of the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) Leaders' Meeting in Canada, and with the aim of reinforcing local anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist and anti-oppression networks of resistance, activists based in Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston, Guelph, Montreal and Quebec City are convening an anti-G8 Consulta and regional planning Assembly. The Consulta will be hosted by Ottawa-area activists on the weekend of February 16-17.
(Video) Quebec 2001: The Battle Against the F.T.A.A. (tags)
34 heads of state. 6,000 cops. 60,000 protesters. Two miles of chain link. One secret document. A journey through the historic protests against the Free Trade Area of the Americas in Quebec City, April 2001.
Call To Action Against the WB/IMF and G20 in Ottawa (tags)
Global Democracy Ottawa (GDO), has issued a Call To Action against the upcoming meetings of the World Bank, the IMF and the G20 to be held in Ottawa. GDO is working on housing, legal, medical and food resources for any groups planning on coming to Ottawa.
Chants to Shut Down the IMF/World Bank (tags)
Add your own; I'll compile a list and re-post it.
Yellow Overalls formation in DC?
Black Bloc (or not?) in Genoa (tags)
There seems to be evidence that provacateurs dressed as black bloc were active in Genoa.
First Tear Gas, Now Bullets (tags)
Protesters share a sense that police will be violent no matter what they do: A woman hit directly by a tear gas canister in Quebec City. photo: Jake Price
Update from Inside BIO2001 (tags)
Cop Overheard Bragging the Following to a Biotech Executive Inside BIO2001 (Perhaps Hoping for a Stock Tip)
Québécois have understood … (tags)
A recent survey done by the research company SOM and published in Montreal’s La Presse newspaper show the collapse of support for globalization in Québec.
Vancouver Stops Water Privatization Scheme (tags)
Read below.
To: Fellow Parents of Anti-Globalization Activists: (tags)
My son was very involved in the Quebec City action. He had my love, support and respect. However, I was very anxious about his well being during the action. The independent media reports of brutal police behavior towards the protesters had me very worried about his safety. I know that other parents must have been anxious as well.
GOVERNMENT DROPS COURT ORDER AS IMC PREPARES LEGAL CHALLENGE (tags)
The case drew immediate interest from some of the nation's top first amendment advocacy organizations: the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Shadow of the Dark Christ Inc. (tags)
New Order hides Old World shadow
June 17th in Eugene, Oregon (tags)
see below
Quebec City Photo Essay (tags)
Photographs from the Quebec City protests, April 20-22, 2001.
Corporate Security State Protects Wealthy Elite from Citizen Dissent (tags)
In the final session of the People's Summit, April 21st, French farmer Jose Bove, well-known for his 1999 bulldozing of a McDonald's restaurant in France, spoke to an overflow crowd.
Breaking the Barricades: The Battle Against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (tags)
While the heads of state met with their corporate allies to move toward implementation of the FTAA by 2005, activists outside this 400-year-old walled city staged militant protests condemning the secrecy of the negotiations and the erosion of democracy they claim is the result of surrendering government power to transnational corp.
GAG ORDER LIFTED; IMC IN FREE SPEECH BATTLE IN WAKE OF FBI /SECRET SERVICE VISIT (tags)
On the evening of Saturday, April 21, a day during which tens of thousands demonstrated against the FTAA in the streets of Quebec City, the Independent Media Center in Seattle was served with a sealed court order by two FBI agents and an agent of the US Secret Service. The terms of the sealed order prevented IMC volunteers from publicizing its terms; volunteers immediately began discussions with legal counsel to amend the order. This morning, April 27, Magistrate Judge Monica Benton issued an amended order, freeing us to discuss the situation without the threat of being held in contempt.
Breaking the Barricades: The Battle Against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (tags)
Behind a 2.4 mile long concrete and wire fence, leaders from every nation in the hemisphere, except for Cuba gathered in Quebec City for the Summit of the Americas April 20-22 to negotiate the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Protests to Confront 34 Heads of State Meeting in Quebec City... (tags)
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Maude Barlow, chairwoman of the Council of Canadians, who explains why her group opposes FTAA and describes the extraordinary security measures put in place by the Canadian government in anticipation of the tens of thousands of demonstrators coming to Quebec City.
Pictures from Quebec City (tags)
Against Ftaa
Quebec City, Saturday night
Quebec City, the fence, late Saturday night
Quebec City, late Saturday night
Protests to Confront 34 Heads of State Meeting in Quebec City... (tags)
...to Negotiate the Free Trade Area of the Americas FTAA criticized for surrendering nations' democratic governance for corporate control. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Maude Barlow, chairwoman of the Council of Canadians.
Article about FTAA hacker actions (tags)
This msnbc article describes hacker activity during summit.
Labor is hereby notified that the carnival has ended and the class struggle has begun. 50 years of cooperation with the capitalist class is 50 years too long. The workingclass cannot endure this destruction of our future.
Update From Quebec, at the US/Mexico Border (tags)
Medea Benjamin, while talking on a cell phone with her husband, Kevin Danahur, in Quebec City, relays an update from him to the crowd at Larsen Park near the U.S./Mexico border in California.
A21 FTAA Opposition March - Denver, Colorado (tags)
The story of a fun little day in Denver, while thousands were beaten and gassed on the streets of Quebec City.
Labor Marches to Illegal Perimeter (tags)
being carried by labor union marchers to the illegal perimeter in Quebec City to protest the FTAA.
Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange Speaks at San Diego FTAA Teach-In (tags)
Medea announces that the wall of shame in Quebec City had been breached, and says "we must tear down walls and build for the future".
Leone Hankey's Statement on April 21 FTAA Protests at the border (tags)
Leone Hankey's Statement on the April 21 Protests at the San Diego/Tijuana border -- from an April 17 press conference outside the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles.
Nervous Shopkeepers in Quebec (tags)
A shopkeeper, nervous about mass protests planned in Quebec City, follows the lead of many others in the old town and boards the windows of his store.
TEAMSTERS AND TURTLES UNITE AGAIN (tags)
The Labor movement, which has kept a low profile in the series of post-Seattle globalization actions that have taken place in the past year, will again take to the streets this weekend in Quebec City to protest the FTAA. Here's why unions have been away and why they're back.
Mumia Abu-Jamal speaks on Global Corporatization (tags)
International Action Center info about FTAA events in Quebec and elsewhere. Mumia commentary on threats of Globalization.
NYC - DAN talks to Mohawk warriors! (tags)
NYC-DAN has productive talks with Mohawk warriors regarding pre-FTAA border action.
Shutdown the Summit of the Americas (tags)
Shutdown the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, Canada