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Global Economic Justice Teach-in

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
Mon Sep 9 08:30:10 2002

Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 08:27:29 -0400 (EDT)
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GLOBAL ECONOMIC JUSTICE TEACH-IN
In preparation for the IMF/World Bank protests at the end of September

September 14 and 15
MIT, Building 4, Room 270
(Follow signs from main MIT entrance at 77 Mass Ave in Cambridge)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Linking Global and Local Struggles for Economic Justice
A forum with speakers, music, and interactive discussion

11:00 am to 1:30 pm: The Global Perspective, with speakers from South
Africa, Fiji, Colombia, and India
1:30 to 2:30: Lunch
2:30 to 5:00: The Local Perspective, with spreakers from welfare rights,
immigration, and environmental/food security movements

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Training in Protest Skills

Learn about nonviolent civil disobedience, campaign strategy, legal
rights, affinity group formation, and other important skills through
interactive workshop.  Will iniclude outlines of the actions planned for
DC.

For more information, call Bankbusters at 617-755-0795, e-mail at
noimfwb@yahoo.com, or visit www.bankbusters.org.

Events sponsored by: MIT Social Justice Cooperative, MIT Program on
Human Rights and Justice, MIT Amnesty International, United Trauma
Relief, Bankbusters, Boston Global Action Network, Latin America Action
Coalition


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