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Teach-in:Free Trade Area of the Americas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
Tue Mar 6 11:24:25 2001
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:15:15 -0500 (EST)
From: Payal Parekh <parekh@pimms.mit.edu>
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Teach-in on the
"Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA): the Next Item on the Corporate
Globalization Agenda"
Date: Wed. 14. March 2001
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Where: 4-145
Food/refreshments will be served.
The governments of 34 nations in the Americas are currently negotiating
the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement, an expansion of the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The purpose of the
agreement is to liberalize trade, services, and investments between the 34
nations. This participatory teach-in will focus on what how the FTAA is
expected to affect various issues and communities including, the
environment, labor, women, people of color, and delivery of services.
How to take action against the FTAA will also be discussed.
Sponsored by AID-Boston and Boston FTAA Task Force.
For more information contact Payal Parekh (parekh@pimms.mit.edu)
253-7967
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Payal Parekh
MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography
Program in Atmosphere, Oceans, and Climate
parekh@pimms.mit.edu
MIT WHOI
54-1515 MS #25
Cambridge, MA 02139 Woods Hole, MA 02543
617.253.7967 Fax: 508.457.2193
