STOP THE FTAA

Teach-In: “Para justicia sin fronteras/For justice without borders

Wednesday, April 11, 2001

Free and open to students and the public, refreshments and great food will be provided.

5:00 - 8:30 pm

University of California, Irvine

Student Center, Emerald Bay A

The Free Trade Area of the Americas is the latest globalization effort by corporations

and governments in the Western Hemisphere. The FTAA aims to extend the NAFTA

"free trade zone" to 31 more countries from Alaska to Argentina. It will make it easier for

corporations to move jobs, increase profits and privatize public utilities and services. It will also increase the Race To The Bottom for workers, families and the environment. Learn more about it in this one day teach-in, then Join the Struggle to Stop The FTAA!

SCHEDULE

SESSION I 5:00 pm

First Panel: FTAA abroad

BILL NEAL

Los Angeles Stop the FTAA, US-Mexico Border

Action Project, International Socialist Organization

"What is the FTAA, and how can we stop it."

BLASE BONPANE

Office of the Americas, Peace Center Coalition

"Building the Peace Movement: US out of Colombia"

CLAUDINE LOMONACO

Chiapas Coalition '98

"NO-NAFTA, the lesson from the Zapatistas"

JOEY HENDRIX

Libros, revolucion bookstore

"The militarization of the Border"

Q&A To follow

Second Panel: FTAA at home

DON WHITE

CISPES, Southern California Fair Trade Network, Americans For Democratic Action (ADA)

"Fight Back; The Resistance To a Corporate Global Agenda Escalates"

MARISSA NUNCIO

Sweatshop Watch

"Immigrant rights"

JOE PRICE

Aerospace worker, laid off after 20 years of service

"NAFTA and the race to the bottom for workers."



SESSION II 8:00 pm

Video Projection: “New World Order” on the militarization of the US-Mexico border.

Sponsored by: “Academia & Action” UCI.

To get to the University of California at Irvine, take 405 South to the 73 South. Exit at University, turn left, at Campus make a right, then at W. Peltason turn right again and the parking lot is on your left, the student center is on your right. See also, campus directions at: http://www.uci.edu/campusmaphttp://www.uci.edu/campusmap

FOR MORE LOCAL INFO, CONTACT: 714 931 3442

GENERAL INFO ON THE BORDER ACTION: http://parksmanagement.com/border