CANCÚN CALENDAR OF EVENTS
WTO Alternative Forums/ OMC Foros Alternativos
*********Draft Calendar of Events*********
September 3, 2003
Continual Radio Coverage of Cancun movement events and WTO negotiations: Real World Radio (see info at bottom of calendar) |
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Pre-events (events taking place before September 7th) |
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(Sept. 1-5) |
EVENT/EVENTO |
PLACE/LUGAR |
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1-7 Sept |
Media Convergence Training |
To be determined |
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5 Sept |
Foro Global de Bioversidad Who: Greenpeace and others |
To be determined |
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Sunday/ Domingo, 7 September/ Septiembre |
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TIME/TIEMPO |
EVENT/EVENTO |
PLACE/LUGAR |
9:30 —6:00 PM |
Fishers Forum/ Foro de Pescadores Who: World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers/Foro Mundial de Pescadores y Trabajadores de La Pesca What: Situation of artisanal fisheries, fish workers and communities relative to WTO |
Sala Cabildo, de Isla Mujeres) |
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4 PM- 8 PM |
"Update on the social movements situation from Port Alegre to Cancun" Who Social Movement’s Network Contact Group. , with participation from Via Campesina, Walden Bello, Raffaela Bolini and others. |
Casa de la Cultura |
10 AM-6 PM |
"Meeting of Social Movement Networks" Who: Social Movement Secretariat, Brazil |
Ex Palenque |
6 PM —11 PM |
Closing of the Convergence of Alternative and Popular Media/ Clausura de la Convergencia de Medios Alternativos y Populares Who Indymedia |
Palapas |
Monday/ Lunes, 8 September/ Septiembre |
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TIME/TIEMPO |
EVENT/EVENTO |
PLACE/LUGAR |
All day/ todo el dia |
Installation of the Student Encampment/ Instalacion del Campamento de Jovernes Who Jovenes en Resistencia Alternativa |
Encampment Zone/ Zona de Campamento (Supermanzana 21) |
9 AM- 5 PM |
Parliamentary Forum/Foro Parliamentario Who: Parlamentarians |
Hotel Fiesta Americana Condesa |
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10 AM- 10 PM |
Int’l Farmers and Indigenous Peoples Forum / Foro Int’l Campesinos e Indigena Who: Via Campesina/UNORCA What: Plenary meeting of farmer organizations and their friends regarding the agricultural agreement of the WTO, followed by parallel working groups on agricultural topics. Una pleneria del organizations campesinos (UNORCA y Via Campesino) y sus amigo sobre El Acuerdo de Agricultura en el OMC, y seguido con 10 mesas de trabajo temas agriculturas. |
Gimnasio y Casa de Cultura |
10 AM-2 PM |
"Coordinating a Common Agenda from Cancún to Miami" Who: Social Movement’s Network Contact Group |
Ex Palenque |
10- 6 PM |
Internacional Women’s Forum/ Foro Internacional de las Mujeres Who: International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN) |
Plaza Caribe Best Western |
AM (TBD) |
Forum for Peace/ Foro por La Paz Who: Red de la Sociedad Civil |
Tent 5 |
10 AM-6 PM |
"Meeting of Social Movement Networks" Who: Social Movement Secretariat, Brazil |
Ex Palenque |
4 PM- 8 PM |
"Anti-war Activists Meeting" Who: Social Movement’s Network Contact Group (includes Jakarta Peace Consensus Netowork, Continental Campaign Against Militarization) |
SNTSS (Social Security Workers Union) |
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6 PM- 10 PM |
Delegates Assembly/ Asamblea de Delegado/as Who Espacio Mexicano What Meeting to coordinate activities in Cancún. Various movement groups will meet to coordinate |
Ex Palanque |
7 PM- 11 PM |
Cultural Events |
Las Palapas |
Tuesday/ Martes, 9 September/ Septiembre |
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TIME |
EVENT/EVENTO |
PLACE/LUGAR |
All Day/Todo el Dia |
Installation of Student Encampment/ Evento de Estudiantes Instalacion de Campamento "Caravana Libertaria" Who: Caravana Libertaria Carlo Giuliani |
TBD |
8 AM- 10 PM |
Int’l Farmers and Indigenous Peoples Forum/ Foro Int’l Campesinos e Indigena Who Via Campesino/ UNCORCA What: Working groups on trangenics, subsidies, Farm Bill, NAFTA, FTAA, PPP, and the impact of new technologies on small agriculture. Mesas sobre temas como: transgénicos, subsidios/ Farm Bill/ Reforma de la PAC, TLC - ALCA — PPP, impactos de nuevas tecnologías en la pequeña agricultura. |
Gimnasio, Casa de La Cultura |
8:00 AM-9:45 AM |
"Key Issues and Challenges for the Cancun Ministerial" Who Third World Network, Martin Khor, Tetteh Hormeku |
Hotel Sierra (NGO Center) Hotel Zone |
10 AM-1 PM |
"Green Biotech? Capable of Feeding the World?" Who: FES |
Sierra Cancun (NGO Center) Hotel Zone |
tbd |
"Corn, Bioetechnolgy and Commerce" Symposium Who: Consumers Choice Council |
Hotel Fiesta Americana, Hotel Zone |
10:30 AM — 8 PM |
Teach-in on the WTO/ Foro Sobre el OMC Who International Forum on Globalization (IFG) |
Teatro Cancun (Hotel zone) |
10- 6:00 PM |
International Women’s Forum/ Foro Internacional de las Mujeres Who International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN)/ Rede Mujeres |
Plaza Caribe Best Western |
9:30-1:30 |
Global Unions Conference: "Making Globalisation Work for People" Who International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICTFU) |
To be determined |
10 AM- 6 PM |
Forum on the Information Society Foro Sobre La Sociedad de Informacion/ Who: CENCOS |
Ex Palenque, Tent "Intercambios" |
9:00 AM-12:00 PM |
"Agriculture, Trade and New Technologies" Panel and Workshop–Farmer’s Forum Who: Public Citizen, ETC Group, Food First, NFFC |
Gimnasio Cuxil Baxall |
12:00 3:00 PM |
Biopiracy and Patents Panel and Workshp–Farmers’ Forum Event Who: ETC Group |
Gimnasio Cuxil Baxaal |
tbd |
Food Talks/ La Comida Habla CCC |
Restaurant Maria Bonita |
4 PM- 11 PM |
Opening: the People’s & Farmers Forum/ APERTURA:Foro de Los Pueblos y Campesinos/ Bienvenidos Cancun Welcoming political and cultural event |
Plaza de La Reforma |
5-8 PM |
Global Meeting Against the War Who: Mexican Initiative Against the War, Not in Our Name |
El-Palenque |
7 PM- 11 PM |
Cultural Events/ Eventos Culturales Bienvenida Cancun |
Parque de las Palapas |
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6:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Corporate Spoof Awards/ Parodia de Premios Para Corporaciones Who: Polaris Institute, FOEI others |
Teatro Cancun (Hotel Zone) |
Wednesday/ Miercoles, 10 September/ Septiembre****Marcha de los Campesinos/ Farmers’ March (Ciudad de Cancun) Time to be determined |
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EVENT/EVENTO |
PLACE/LUGAR |
Todo el Dia/All Day |
Fair Trade Fair/ Feria Comercial Who: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) |
Ferria Mexicana (Hotel Zone) |
All day |
Sustainable Trade Symposium/ Simposium Sobre Comercio Who: IATP, Comercio Justo, Oxfam, Gerster Consulting |
Hotel Casa Maya (Hotel Zone) |
9-11 AM |
"Debating Impacts of WTO Negotiations on Consumers" Who: Consumers International |
Hotel Margaritas (200) |
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10 AM-8:30 PM |
"Trade and Environment/Trade in Services" (day one, three-day conference) Who: Heinrich Boll Foundation |
Plaza Caribe Hotel |
10 AM-6 PM |
Solidarity Meeting on Cuba/ Mesa de Solidaridad con Cuba |
Tent "Intercambios" |
10 AM- 12 PM |
Agriculture Central Panel (time may change) Who: Via Campesina |
Gimasio |
10 AM-6 PM |
Indigenous Forum |
Gimnasio Kuxil Baxaal |
10 AM- 6 PM |
Forestry Forum/ Foro Forestal Who: Pacific Environment, others (please inform) |
Calinda America Hotel |
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10 AM- 6 PM |
International Union Forum/ Foro Internacional Sindical |
tbd |
10 AM- 6 PM |
"Business Rules: Corporate Power, Agriculture and Biodiversity" Who: FOEI, PC |
Hotel Margaritas (70) |
1–4:30 PM |
Continental Campaign Against the FTAA/ Campana Continental vs ALCA Who ASC/Coordinadora Campana Contra el Alca |
The Megaprojects Tent (SM 21) o SNTSS |
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2 PM- 5 PM |
Seminar on WTO Trade Negotiations Positions IGTN |
Hotel Margaritas (200) |
3-6 PM |
"WTO and Investment" Who: FES (with speakers from social movements, UNCTAD, WTO) |
Sierra Cancun (NGO Center) Hotel Zone |
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All day |
Visual Arts Exhibit |
"Beto Avila" Stadium |
Thursday/ Jueves, 11 September/ Septiembre |
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TIME |
EVENT/EVENTO |
PLACE/LUGAR |
All day |
Fair Trade Fair/ Feria Comercial Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) |
Feria Mexicana (Hotel Zone) |
All day |
Sustainable Trade Symposium/ Simposium Sobre Comercio Who: IATP, Comercio Justo, Oxfam, Gerster Consulting |
Hotel Casa Maya (Hotel Zone) |
11 AM-6 PM |
Solidarity Meeting on Cuba/ Mesa de Solidaridad con Cuba |
"Intercambios" Tent |
9:00 AM-1:00 PM |
SIGTUR Forum: Voices from the South and Toward Real Solidarity Between North and South Who: SIGTUR (Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights) |
To be determined |
9:30-6:30 |
"Resisting the WTO-grab for Water" (day 2 of three-day conference) Who: Heinrich Boll Foundation |
Plaza Caribe Hotel |
10 AM- 1 PM |
Central Panel of People’s Forum: Report on the WTO Negotiations AND Panel on Militarization and Globalization Who: Mexican Organizing Space, OWINFS, Continental Coordinating Committee Against the FTAA, Bienvenidos a Cancun |
Ex-Palenque |
10 AM- 3 PM |
Meeting Between Farmers and Trade Unionists/ Encuentro Campesinos Sindical |
Gimnasio Cuxil Baxaal |
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10 AM-1 PM |
"The Doha Development Round: Everything for the Corporations?..." Who: FES (Sprkr include: Social movements ICFTU) |
Sierra Cancun (NGO Center) Hotel Zone |
10 AM- 6 PM |
International Union Forum/ Foro Internacional Sindical |
tbd |
10 AM- 6 PM |
Zapatismo and Global Resistance/ Zapatismo y Resistencia Who: Juventud en Resistencia, Action and Resistance |
"Youth Tent" |
10 AM- 1 PM |
Corn, Biotechnology and Trade/ Maiz, Biotecnologia, y Comercio/ |
Hotel Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach conference room |
10 AM-2-PM |
International Workshop and Forum on Maquiladoras Who: Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras #35 |
"Megaprojects" Tent |
11 AM-6 PM |
Solidarity Meeting on Cuba #41 |
"Intercambios" Tent |
12 PM-6 PM |
Forum: "New Technologies in the Arena of Cultural Production and Art" Who: International Network of Cultural Diversity |
"People Confronting the WTO" Tent |
2-4 PM |
"Agriculture, Trade and New Technologies" Part of Farmers’ Forum Who: ETC. Group, FOEI, Public Citizen, Council of Canadians, Hungarian Coop for Organic Farming |
Casa de la Cultura |
1 PM-6 PM |
"Launch of the WSF 2004: From Cancún to India #42 Who: Int’ Council of the World Social Forum |
Ex Palenque |
2 - 4 PM |
"Agriculture, Technology and Trade" Who: IATP, Public Citizen and ETC Group |
Hotel Margaritas (30) |
2 - 4 PM |
Fair Trade Workshop Who: Int’l South Group Network |
Hotel Margaritas (70) |
2 PM- 5 PM |
"Militarization, Globalization and Resistance" Seminario Sobre Militarizacion y el OMC Who: Polaris y Focus on the Global South |
Hotel Margaritas (200) |
2 PM-6 PM |
"Women and Children affected by the WTO" Who: FEDIM |
Megaprojects Tent, SM 21 |
3-6 PM |
"GATS-Mode 4" Who: FES (speakers include parliamentarians) |
Sierra Cancun (NGO Center) Hotel Zone |
4-6 PM |
"Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Local Communities" Who: CIEL |
Hotel Margaritas |
5-9 PM |
Memorial: Symbolic Act Who: FAT (a Mexican Trade Union Federation) |
Plaza de la Reforma |
5-8 PM |
TNC’s, Corruption and the WTO Who: IBON, Asia Pacific Research Network |
Hotel Margaritas (200) |
5:15-6:45 PM |
"The Singapore Issues: What’s At Stake" |
Hotel Sierra (NGO Center) Hotel Zone |
6-8 PM |
CAFTA Workshop Who: Friends of the Earth |
Margaritas Hotel |
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6 - 10 PM |
New Trends in Technology/ Nuevas Tendencias en Technologia Who: ETC, IFG |
Casa de la Cultura |
7:30-9:00 PM |
Agriculture Caucus Who: IATP, Via Campesina, Public Citizen, Others |
Margaritas Hotel (30) |
8-10 PM |
"Views from Africa: Globalization and Recolonization" Who: AIDC and African Trade Network |
Margaritas Hotel (70) |
All day |
Visual Arts Exhibit |
"Beto Avila" Stadium |
Friday/ Viernes , 12 September/ Septiembre |
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EVENT/EVENTO |
PLACE/LUGAR |
All Day |
Fair Trade Fair/ Feria Comercial Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP, Comercio Justo, Oxfam) |
Feria Mexican (Hotel Zone) |
All Day |
Fair Trade Americas Strategy Forum Who: IATP, Comercio Justo, Oxfam |
Hotel Casa Maya (Hotel Zone) |
All Day |
Women’s Seminar on Globalization/ Seminar de Mujeres Sobre Globalizacion |
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10 AM-1 PM |
"A Gender Agenda for the WTO: Who: FES |
Sierra Cancun (NGO Center) Hotel Zone |
10:30-8:30 |
"Cultural Diversity, TRIPS, Ag and Sovereignty" (day 3 of three-day conference) Who: Heinrich Boll Foundation |
Plaza Caribe Hotel |
10 AM- 1 PM |
Central Panel of People’s Forum: Report on the WTO Negotiations AND Panel on Privatization of Services Who: Mexican Organizing Space, OWINFS, Continental Coordinating Committee Against the FTAA, Bienvenidos a Cancún |
Ex-Palenque |
10 AM-6 PM |
"Social Alternatives to Trade Agreements" Who: Red Mexicana de Acción Frente al Libre Comercio (RMALC) |
"Mucho Gusto" Restuarant |
10:30-8:30 |
"Cultural Diversity, TRIPS, Ag and Sovereignty" (day 3 of three-day conference) Who: Heinrich Boll Foundation |
Plaza Caribe Hotel |
10 AM- 6PM |
International Union Forum/ Foro Internacional Sindical Who: National Union of Workers (UNT)/Mexican Labor Front |
Teatro Cancún |
11 AM-1 PM |
Presentation of Paper on GMO’s Who: GEA, Greenpeace, RAPAM |
Auditorium of the Casa de la Cultura |
11 AM-6 PM |
"Presentation of experiences of campesinos and sustainable alternatives" Who: Center of Integral Campesino Development of the Mixteca and Maryknoll |
Tent: "People Confronting the WTO" |
11 AM-3 PM |
Rountable Discussion: Evaluating the convergence of political economy and commerce in the global economy" Who: Brazilian Network about International Financial Institutions |
Megaprojects Tent |
1 -2 PM |
Services and Investment Workshop Who: Council of Canadians |
Hotel Margaritas (200) |
2-4 PM |
"GATS Information Exchange" Who: CIEL, World Development Movement |
Hotel Margaritas (70) |
2-4 PM |
"Whatever Happened to the Development Agenda?" Who: Third World Network |
Hotel Sierra (NGO Center) Hotel Zone |
2-5 PM |
"Seminar on Bilaterals and FTA’s" Who: Our World is Not for Sale |
Hotel Margaritas (200) |
2-6 PM |
Forum: "Americas Working Poor: Casualties of ‘Free Trade’" and "FTA’s: Foe of Small Family Farmers" Who: Food First and Institute for Development Policy |
Ex-Palenque |
3-6 PM |
"Peasant Farmers, Small Scale Farmers and Market Access" Who: FES (speakers include National Farmers’ Union in Zambia) |
Sierra Cancun (NGO Center) Hotel Zone |
4-6 PM |
Business Rules: Corporate Power, Foreign Investment, and GATS FOEI, PC, Polaris |
Hotel Margaritas (70) |
4-8 PM |
"Mesoamerican Movement Against mega-investment projects in Plan Puebla Panama and the WTO" #51 Who: Mexican Alliance for the Self-Determination of Pueblos |
"Megaprojects" Tent |
5-8 PM |
"GATS Water Tribunal" Who: Polaris Institute |
Hotel Margaritas (200) |
5-8 PM |
Book Release: "Shafted Free Trade and America’s Working Poor" Who: Food First (Institute for Food and Development Policy) #58 |
Casa de la Cultura, Auditorim |
6-9 PM |
Views from Africa: Defending Our Services and Rights Who: AIDC, African Trade Network |
Hotel Margaritas (70) |
6-11 PM |
Concert and Cultural Festival Against Neoliberalism #54 Who: Mexican Organizing Space and International Networks |
"Beto Avila" Baseball Stadium |
8-10 PM |
Venezuela: the Situation Facing the WTO and the FTAA/ La Situacion Frente La OMC y ALCA Who: Global Exchange |
Hotel Margaritas (200) |
All day |
Visual Arts Exhibit |
"Beto Avila" Stadium |
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Saturday/ Sabado , 13 September/ Septiembre The Big March against Corporate Driven Globalization and Militarization/ La Marcha Grande..time to be determined |
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PLACE/LUGAR |
time to be determined |
*****MARCH!!!!!!!! |
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time to be determined |
Forum on Housing Who: MIR-Cancún |
Tent: "Mir" |
10 AM-1 PM |
"Environmental Consequences of Service Liberalization" Who: FES |
Sierra Cancun (NGO Center) Hotel Zone |
10 AM- 6PM |
International Union Forum/ Foro Internacional Sindical Union Nacional de Trabajadores (UNT), Frente Sindical Mexicano (FSM) |
Teatro Cancun |
10 AM-12 PM |
"Business Rules? Corporations and the Environment" Who: FOEI, Polaris, Public Citizen. |
Hotel Margaritas |
10 AM- 1 PM |
GATS Speak-Out: Water Struggles and Victories Who: Polaris Institute |
Hotel Margaritas (200) |
1 PM- 3 PM |
Workshop on FTAA and Investment/ Tallera Sobre ALCA y Inversion Who: FOE |
Hotel Margaritas (200) |
2 PM- 4 PM |
"Bite Back Bush: Stop GMO Force Feeding by the WTO" Who: CIEL, FOEI, Public Citizen |
Hotel Margaritas (70) |
Sunday/ Domingo , 14 September/ Septiembre |
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PLACE/LUGAR |
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8 AM —6 PM |
Forum on Trade Agreements and Democratic Alternatives/ Foro sobre "Acuerdos de Comercio y Alternativas Democráticas" Red SEPA |
Hotel Raddison |
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Maquiladoras Forum/ Foro de Las Maquiladoras Coalicion para Justicia en Las Maquiladoras (CJM) |
Casa de La Cultura |
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Agriculture Briefing/ Briefing Agricultura Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) |
Hotel Margaritas |
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10:15 AM- 1:15 PM |
The Cancun Outcome: Prospects and Problems Who: Third World Network |
Hotel Sierra (NGO Center) Hotel Zone |
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10:00 AM-1:00 PM |
Central Panel of People’s Forum: Report on the WTO Negotiations AND Panel on the Environment and Natural Resources Who: Mexican Organizing Space, OWINFS, Continental Coordinating Committee Against the FTAA, Bienvenidos a Cancún |
Ex-Palenque |
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2 - 5 PM |
Trade and Debt/ Comercio y Deuda Jubilee South, AIDC, ATN |
HHotel Margaritas (70) |
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2 - 5 PM |
"The Road from Cancun to Miami" Seminar/ Plenaria Sobre el Camino de Cancun Hasta Miami Who: OWINFS, Continental Campaign Against ALCA, HSA, CTC, |
Hotel Margaritas (200) |
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4 -6 PM |
Implications of Nanotechnology Who: ETC Group and Heinrich Boell Foundation |
Boell Forum venue |
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5 PM- 11 PM |
Closing of the People’s and Farmer’s Forum/ Clausura del Foro de los Pueblos y Foro Campesinos Bienvenida Cancun, Espacio Mexicana Closing cultural and political event. |
Parque de las Palapas |
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All day |
Visual Arts Exhibit |
"Beto Avila" Stadium |
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Contact Information for Organizations |
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ALPHABETICAL ORDER, IF YOU WISH TO BE ADDED, CONTACT: lhoyos@citizen.org |
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Bienvenida Cancun www.bienvenidacancun.org |
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International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICTFU), Mike.waghorne@world-psi.org |
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International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICTFU), Mike.waghorne@world-psi.org |
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International Gender and Trade Network …Alexandra Spieldoch aspieldoch@coc.org |
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Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) www.iatp.org |
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Espacio Mexicano www.omcmexico.org/forodelospueblos |
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Via Campesina web: forocampasino@laneta.org |
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real world radio is an iniciative that combines the use of the radio and the new tools provided by internet, to make possible the comunication between the diverse individuals, groups and social organizations trying to break the informative wall imposed by the official media about the dealing of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
real world radio is a common iniciative of Friends of the Earth (FoEI) with World Communitarian Radios Association (AMARC), which objective is to show the impacts the "commercial liberalization" had in our countries, and, at the same time, to inform about some of the thousands of ways that´s been offered to the local communities to resist the transnational corporations ambitions.
In Cancún real world radio will make a special coverage of the official agenda of the new round of WTO negociations and, in particular, about the movilizations and forums that will be taken from the civil society during the fist two weeks of September. Such programmation, once in the web, will be available in it´s version in Spanish, Portugese, and in English, or in one of more than 300 radios part of World Communitarian Radios Association in Latin America and the Caribbean.