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Anti FTAA continental campaign in CHICAGO

BRAZIL, first week of September: 10 million people participated in a continental consulta saying NO to the F.T.A.A.
VOTE at an ANTI-FTAA CHICAGO EVENT!!
Last week more than 10 million Brazilians participated in a continental consulta saying no to the latest free trade agreement to come down the pike—The Free Trade Area of the Americas. Described as NAFTA on steroids, the FTAA could radically change lives throughout the Americas- driving down wages, invalidating existing legislation regarding safety, the environment, and labor rights; and opening many public services to privatization.

On October 10, speakers from Colombia, Mexico, and the US (including Rogers Park) will be presenting in Chicago about the effects of global trade policies on these countries and especially, on the latest acronym to come down the pike…The F.T.A.A.

LOYOLA UNIVERISTY: Lake Shore Campus
Finnegan Auditorium in Damen Hall
(1st floor of the ten-story building)
Thursday, OCTOBER 10th
7:00 PM

contact: 773 583 7728 or check www.mexicosolidarity.org/ftaa_activities.html

1. Get INFO about the FTAA and the global corporate offensive.
2. PARTICIPATE in a “mock-trial on the FTAA”
*Listen to the prosecution
*Ask the jury for a verdict
*And most important…VOTE as part of the FTAA continental consulta

The FTAA or Free Trade Area of the Americas, is the latest in a series of global trade agreements that is trading labor, environmental and human rights for corporate profit. It would open up markets from Alaska to Argentina regardless of the impacts on local economies and communities. This mega-trade agreement is scheduled to be put into place by 2005 WITHOUT ANY public input.

Get Your Voices Heard NOW!!!!!

The People’s Consultation, a continent-wide campaign being organized in most of the 34 counties that would be affected by the FTAA, is giving people like you and me an opportunity to send a message to the politicians and corporate heads that are crafting these agreements behind our backs. VOTES are being collected from individuals all over the Americas. The results will be gathered and presented publicly in Spring 2003.

Don’t miss this historic opportunity!!!
PUT FREE TRADE ON TRIAL!!
FIGHT BACK THE CORPORATE ATTACK!
 
 

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