{"article":{"id":88275,"heading":"West Coast FTAA Consulta in SF Bay Area, Oct 18","author":"sfconsulta","created":"2003-10-11 03:29:17","modified":"2003-10-16 00:59:05","last_modified":"Thu, 16 Oct 2003 07:59:05","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><strong>CALL FOR A WEST COAST ANTI-FTAA CONSULTA IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY \r\n\r\nAREA!<\/strong>\r\n<br><br>\r\n<strong>WHEN:<\/strong> Saturday October 18, 10am to 8pm\r\n<br><br>\r\n<strong>WHERE:<\/strong> Oakland, California, HERE Local 2850 Union Hall, 548 20th St \r\n\r\n- map (between Telegraph and San Pablo), Downtown Oakland (a block \r\n\r\nfrom 19th St\/Oakland BART)\r\n<br><br>\r\n<strong>CONVENORS:<\/strong> Direct Action to \r\n\r\nStop the War (DASW), Anti-FTAA Action and \r\n\r\nAction for Local\/Global Justice\r\n<br><br>\r\nBuilding on a major victory over the World Trade Organization in Cancun, Mexico, tens \r\n\r\nof thousands of people will gather in Miami from November 19-22 in a crucial \r\n\r\nmobilization to stop the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). When the FTAA meets \r\n\r\nin Miami\r\nto unilaterally finalize their vision of an economic policy that threatens the \r\n\r\nfreedom and well being of every living being in this hemisphere, we'll be there to \r\n\r\nsay no. Ordinary people are not allowed into the meetings, but shutting the doors \r\n\r\nwill not silence our voices. At the FTAA protest in Quebec, we tore the fence down; \r\n\r\nthe next year in Quito, we descended from the four\r\ndirections with our demands for justice; and this year in Miami, we'll stop them in \r\n\r\ntheir tracks. A better world is necessary. With dances of dissent, seductive artwork, \r\n\r\npadded blocs, critical mass bike trickery, guerrilla murals and other displays of \r\n\r\npublic beauty and empowerment we'll build a better future right\r\nthen and there in the streets of Miami!\r\n<br><br>\r\nActivists from across the country have converged at Consultas in Pittsburgh, Chicago \r\n\r\nand Denver to plan coordinated actions, street tactics and creative disruptions in \r\n\r\nMiami.\r\n<br><br>\r\nSpeakers from Pittsburgh, Miami and Denver  organizing efforts will be present to \r\n\r\ngive reportbacks from regional mobilizations.\r\n<br><br>\r\nDASW, Anti-FTAA Action and Action for Local\/Global Justice invite activists \r\n\r\nthroughout California and the west coast to participate in a Consulta to plan \r\n\r\nnonviolent direct actions for Miami that will send a message loud and clear to the \r\n\r\nworld that the movements against war and empire are alive and well in the belly of \r\n\r\nthe empire.\r\n<br><br>\r\n<strong>Proposed consulta agenda items:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Updates from organizers on the ground in Miami and how we can support impacted \r\n\r\ncommunities struggle in Florida<\/li>\r\n<li>Direct action tactics for Miami<\/li>\r\n<li>Padded bloc actions &amp; updates from other consultas<\/li>\r\n<li>Preparation of legal and medial strategies for Miami<\/li>\r\n<li>Formation of a communication network to be used on the ground in Miami<\/li>\r\n<li>Jail support and solidarity<\/li>\r\n<li>Teach-in, legal march and rally and other activities in Miami<\/li>\r\n<li>Sustained anti-FTAA and other related campaigns<\/li>\r\n<li>Ongoing anti-war, anti-corporate globalization, anti-empire networking<\/li>\r\n<li>Outreach<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe Consulta will last from 10am to 8pm on Saturday October 18th, with possible \r\n\r\nbreakout planning sessions on the morning of Sunday the 19th. A fundraising party \r\n\r\nwill also be organized for the\r\nevening of Saturday, October 18.\r\n<br><br>\r\n<strong>REGISTER NOW!<\/strong>\r\n<br><br>\r\nWe strongly encourage you to register for the  consulta. Please contact us (sfconsulta@riseup.net) ASAP with the name of \r\n\r\nyour group (if\r\napplicable), number of people attending, as well as specific housing or other special \r\n\r\nneeds.\r\n<br><br>\r\nFor more information regarding campaigns, direct action and networking against ftaa, \r\n\r\ncorporate globalization and related local struggles in\r\nthe Bay Area, sign on to the nowto listserve:\r\nhttp:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/subscribe\/nowto\r\n<br><br>\r\nFor more information regarding the anti-ftaa mobilization in Miami and related \r\n\r\nnational campaigns and organizing, sign on to the ftaa listserve:\r\nhttp:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/subscribe\/ftaa\r\n<br><br>\r\nFor more information regarding DASW, go to:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.actagainstwar.org\/\r\n<br><br>\r\nFor more information regarding Anti-Ftaa Action, go to:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.antiftaa.net\/\r\n<br><br>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"sfconsulta@riseup.net","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"Activists around the west coast are converging on Oakland, California the weekend of Oct 18th for the West Coast FTAA Consulta. Full details below.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/10\/88275.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":88927,"heading":"From SoCal to Miami to STOP the FTAA!","article":"A SoCal regional network to mobilize for Miami has been established.  Through this network we hope to connect activists throughout SoCal in the Miami mobilization effort.  If you are interested in resisting this corporate take-over of the Americas join the SoCal FTAA list @ http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/subrequest\/socalftaa\r\n","author":"Marti","parent_id":88275,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-16 00:56:12","modified":"2003-10-16 00:56:12","fileurl":""},{"id":88928,"heading":"From SoCal to Miami to STOP the FTAA!","article":"A SoCal regional network to mobilize for Miami has been established.  Through this network we hope to connect activists throughout SoCal in the Miami mobilization effort.  If you are interested in resisting this corporate take-over of the Americas join the SoCal FTAA list @ http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/subrequest\/socalftaa\r\n","author":"Marti","parent_id":88275,"mime_type":"text\/html","created":"2003-10-16 00:59:05","modified":"2003-10-16 00:59:05","fileurl":""}]}