[568] in peace2
Artmaking for local actions against the FTAA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
Thu Mar 8 09:38:27 2001
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:32:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Payal Parekh <parekh@pimms.mit.edu>
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WHAT: Visuals and Puppetmaking for FTAA actions
Come help make art for actions/rallies to
fight the FTAA agreement (more information below about the FTAA).
WHEN: SUNDAY, 11. MARCH
TIME: 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
WHERE: MIT, 4-149, 77 Mass Ave.
T-stop: Red line Kendall/MIT: Walk west on Main Street. Take a left on
Ames Street. Right onto MIT's campus. Walk through the "infinite
corridor"
Bus #1: enter MIt through 77 Mass. Ave and walk through the "infinite
corridor"
(map available from http://whereis.mit.edu)
SUPPLIES NEEDED: wire, brushes, duct tape, bright colored paints,
cardboard
WHY: From the folks who brought us NAFTA and the WTO, the FTAA
is the global economic system's latest strategy to further social and
ecological destruction in pursuit of greater profit and power. The FTAA
poses an unprecedented threat to working people, the environment, students
and teachers, public health, immigrants, farmers, indigenous
peoples, and communities in North, South and Central America, Canada, and
the Caribbean.
The draft text of the agreement was completed in December and will be
discussed in April 20-22 in Quebecc City at the Third Summit of the
AMericas. The draft text has not been released to the public. The
Canadians are asking their govt to release the text by 1. APril. If it is
not released there will be action taken in Ottawa. In solidarity with the
Canadians, we are planning a Freedom for Sale Trail on 1. April.
On 20-21. APril in Quebec, there has been a call for protesting the FTAA.
There will be a solidarity action in Boston on 22. April.
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Payal Parekh
MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography
Program in Atmosphere, Oceans, and Climate
parekh@pimms.mit.edu
MIT WHOI
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