Re: S11 protest I will be there will you?

[Bruce McCubbery <brucemcc@melbpc.org.au>]

At 08:38 10/09/00 +1100, Grant Diffey wrote:
>after the
>protests (I am not hardcore enough to camp out :) )

It is hardly appropriate to post this here but I judge the latent
opposition to Mr Grates and the support for linux-type thinking means there
are enough on here for it to be OK? Particularly seeing IT'S ON! tomorrow?

Background for those wanting some:

From a VLGA mailing list...

...here's a serious look at some of the issues behind the s11 protest: 

What do Australian Historians and Intellectuals have to say about
globalisation: 
http://www.globalhistory.cjb.net/ 

Global Economy, Economic Literacy 
http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/econ101/ 
Corporate Watch's Globalization and Corporate Rule index 
http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/globalization/ 

The Global Rulemakers 
http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/rulemakers/ 

MAKING THE TRADE SYSTEM FAIRER, The Australia Institute information paper 
http://www.tai.org.au/publications/freetrade.shtml 
WTO to spark a race to the bottom 
http://www.tai.org.au/media/PRfairtrade.shtml 

"WTO - Shrink or Sink!" The Turn Around Agenda 
http://www.tradewatch.org/gattwto/ShrinkSink/shrinksink.htm 

Fair trade links: 
FREE TRADE OR FAIR TRADE? Discussion Paper on the WTO 
http://www.dawn.org.fj/wtopaperintro.html 
http://members.iinet.net.au/~jenks/fair.html 
http://media.socialchange.net.au/pluto/news_juggernaut.html 
Fair Trade: Economic Justice in the Marketplace 
http://www.globalexchange.org/stores/fairtrade.html 

Global Economics and the Role of Civil Society, ACFOA's submission 
http://www.caa.org.au/campaigns/aid_budget/ACFOA_submission/2.html 
also see Campaigns and Policy, at: 
http://www.caa.org.au/campaigns/index.html 
and:  BEYOND RHETORIC  THE GLOBAL JUSTICE CHALLENGE 
http://www.caa.org.au/campaigns/submissions/br.html 
http://www.caa.org.au/campaigns/submissions/debt.html 

Melbourne 2000 Community Declaration for Global Justice 
http://www.actu.asn.au/campaigns/WEF/wefsunday.htm 
ACTU report 
http://www.actu.asn.au/campaigns/WEF/abrreport.htm 

Vic WTO Watch RESOURCE PAGE : 
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~gcforum/VicWTOWatch.htm 
friends of the earth melbourne 
http://www.foe.org.au/s11/index.htm 

Dr Vandana Shiva - BBC Reith lecture series 2000 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/reith_2000/lecture5.stm 
Globalization  - an alternative view You don't have to see the world
through the eyes of the market, 
says David Ransom.  http://www.oneworld.org/ni/index4.html 
Global economy and Corporate Accountability 
http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/ 
Make Your City a Fair Trade Zone http://www.globalexchange.org/ftzone/ 

The dictatorship of debt 
http://www.oneworld.org/ni/index4.html 

Media coverage & focus: 
UN: Globalization Tops Agenda for World Leaders at Millennium Summit 
http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/headlines/2000/307.html 
ABC coverage: 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/wef/default.htm 
The Age: 
http://www.theage.com.au/issues/economicforum/index.html 
Have your say on ABC's web site: 
http://www2c.abc.net.au/news/forum/forum7/default.htm 


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