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[BGAN-FTAA] FIXED CLAC/CASA schedule anounce.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
Tue Feb 6 01:02:18 2001
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 01:00:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Payal Parekh <parekh@pimms.mit.edu>
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CLAC and CASA anti-FTAA caravan to the Boston area
On Friday, February 16th and Saturday, February 17th, members of the
Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC) in Montreal, and the Summit of the
Americas Welcoming Committee (CASA) in Quebec City, will be making a Boston
stop on their anti-FTAA caravan tour of the Northeast in anticipation of the
upcoming Summit of the Americas meeting in Quebec City this April 2001.
The caravan, in collaboration with local groups, will be presenting
workshops and presentations on the FTAA, the Summit of the Americas, as well
the broader context of capitalist globalization. CASA and CLAC are
anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian groups in Quebec actively organizing
against next April's Summit.
Caravan participants include: Helene Vallieres, a member of the Summit of
the Americas Welcoming Committee (CASA) in Quebec City, as well as a local
organizer, and student at Laval University; Sarita Ahooja, a member of the
Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC) in Montreal, as well as a member of
several Latin American solidarity groups. Sarita has worked extensively in
Guatemala and Mexico. Jaggi Singh, a member of the CLAC, as well as the
Colours of Resistance network, also a writer and activist, who's been
involved in the mobilizations against APEC in Vancouver, as well as against
the OAS in Windsor. .
CLAC/CASA SPEAKING TOUR:
Friday, February 16th: Workshops: Basics of FTAA and the Summit of the
Americas; & Anti-Racism and the Colors of Resistance. 12 noon at Harvard
Divinity School, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave, room A. [Harvard Sq. stop Red
Line]
Friday, February 16th: Campus-wide Teach-In at Tufts University, 5pm, room
TBA. [Davis Sq stop Red Line, walk up College Ave.]
Saturday, February 17th: Anti-FTAA Community Meeting at the Community
Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St., Copley Square, Boston. 12 noon. [Copley
Sq. stop Green Line]
Saturday, February 17th: Gender and Globalization Panel with food &
reception. 7pm at the Lucy Parsons Center Bookstore, 549 Columbus Ave., in
the South End, Boston [take #1 Bus to corner of Mass Ave. & Columbus Ave.,
or Mass Ave stop on the Orange Line. walk 1.5 blocks up Columbus going east
(towards posh end), LPC is on the left]
For more information contact Sabate Anarchist Group at: sabate36@juno.com,
or call the Lucy Parsons Center at (617)267-6272.
Sponsored by:, Community Church of Boston, Lucy Parsons Center, Boston FTAA
Taskforce, Students for Environmental Justice (Harvard Divinity School),
Sabate Anarchist Group, Northeast Federation of Anarcho-communists
(NEFAC),...
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