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Explore India's Cuisine and Culture with Vandana Shiva!  Learn more about globalization's effects in India first-hand, plus experience India's culture and cuisine with this
special trip with Dr. Vandana Shiva. (Trip scheduled for October 2006.) PARADIGM WARS: DATE: 18th of May 2006, 1:15-2:45 p.m. IFG Events during the 2005 WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Paradigm Wars Presentation in Amsterdam at Speaking4Earth: A side event to the international Earth Charter +5 Gathering November 6, 2005 Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance to Economic Globalization Book launch and presentation by Jerry Mander and Victor Menotti of IFG, plus Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, lawyer and Haida-representative from British Columbia, Canada and contributing author to Paradigm Wars. For more information, please visit the website of the Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples Speaking4Earth focuses on the significance of the Earth Charter Initiative for Indigenous Peoples worldwide. With the support of the EU Regional office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Pierre Jonckheer and Caroline Lucas, MEPs from the Green Group, warmly invite you to a reception on "Globalisation and the Hong Kong agenda, an alternative view". Speakers will be leading figures of the International Forum on Globalization, Washington DC : John Cavanagh and Lori Wallach. Tuesday, 11 October 2005 from 7 p.m. Venue : Crowne Plaza Rue de la Loi 107 1040 Bruxelles
John Cavanagh has been the Director of the Institute of Policy Studies in DC since 1998 and is a founding fellow of the
Transnational Institute (TNI) in the Netherlands. Formerly an economist with UNCTAD and the WHO, he is the TNI Board of Trustee
Chair and sits on the executive committees of the US-based Alliance for Responsible Trade and the Citizens' Trade Campaign. IFG President John Cavanagh The World Affairs Council of Northern California Great Decisions 2005: The U.S. and Global Poverty- Alternatives to Globalization Tuesday, March 22, 2005 Check In: 11:30 AM, Program: 12:00 PM, Book-signing: 1:30 PM Location: World Affairs Council 312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor Reception Room San Francisco, CA 94108 Members: Free Non-members: $5 Students (with ID): Free To reserve tickets: call (415) 293-4600, e-mail: registration@wacsf.org, or visit www.itsyourworld.org United States foreign economic policy plays a pivotal role in global poverty, with key decisions being made in 2005 that could help or harm efforts to address the crisis in poor nations. As the Washington Consensus is loudly rejected in places like Latin America; Brazil is uniting with India, China, South Africa and others to challenge U.S. proposals to promote economic development. At the World Trade Organization (WTO), the U.S. is clashing with poor nations over new rules for agriculture trade, which will impact millions of the poorest people who survive by farming. Also on the table are new rules for outsourcing, migrant workers, access to essential medicines, food security, and the very right of poor nations to determine their own path of economic development. As global civil society steps up its efforts to influence these decisions, the IFG's new book is being discussed in key capitals around the world as a basis to advance alternatives to today's global economic regime. John Cavanagh, co-editor of the IFG's Alternatives to Economic Globalization: Another World Is Possible, will outline the significant decisions the U.S. faces in 2005 to confront global poverty, and the alternative policies that will provide an equitable and sustainable future for people and the planet. Author and International Forum on Globalization founder, Jerry Mander, will be discussing the IFG's recent book "Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible," 2nd edition, in four U.S. cities in February. Please join him at one of these locations and share this information with friends, family and colleagues. PHILADELPHIA Monday, February 21 6:00 p.m. Dinner 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. presentation White Dog Café 3420 Sansom St Philadelphia PA 19104 215-386-9224 x108 www.whitedog.com Table Talk Reservations Table Talks at 6 p.m. include a three course dinner, followed by speaker and discussion from 7:30-9:00 p.m. $35 per person, includes tax and gratuity. Cash bar. Senior citizens (over 65) and full-time students $25 with advance notification. Stand By Policy: Call (215) 386-9224 between 4 - 5:30 p.m. on event days for available seating at 6 p.m. for dinner ($15) or to attend the discussion only at 7:30 (free). Please call (215) 386-9224 for reservations before sending payment. Advance payment required by giving a credit card over the phone or sending a check. Single reservations are welcome at Table Talks where you'll be seated at a group table. Vegetarian dishes are always offered. CHICAGO Tuesday, February 22 7:00 p.m. Transitions Bookplace 1000 W. North Avenue Chicago 312.951. www.transitionsbookplace.com NEW YORK CITY Thursday, February 24 7:00 p.m. Bluestockings Bookstore & Cafe 172 Allen St New York, NY 10002 (212) 777-6028 www.bluestockings.com SANTA ROSA Monday, February 28 7:30 p.m. A collaboration with Copperfields Book Store and New College at New College North Bay campus in Santa Rosa 99 6th Street Rail Road Square Santa Rosa, CA and Conosur Sustentable ACTIVITIES FOR WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2005 1. Panel and Book Launch: ALTERNATIVES IN ACTION Book: Living Alternatives: Experiences and Citizens’ Proposals against Globalization WHEN: 29 January, 2005, 15:30 a 18:00 hrs (Turno 3) WHERE: Room/Sala E-105 (carpa E), Porto de Porto Alegre
2. Panel and Book Launch: Governance for Global Justice Book: Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World Is Possible WHEN: 29 January, 2005, 19:00 a 21:00 hrs (Turno 4) WHERE: Room/Sala E-105 (carpa E) Porto de Porto Alegre
Download the Activities for World Social Forum 2005 flyer: English version Spanish version "Reclaiming the World: Culture & Empowerment in a Globalised Age" 
"Alternatives to Globalization and the Future of Food" Please join the International Forum on Globalization for a Celebration of Alternatives! Speakers: Jerry Mander, David Korten, John Cavanagh, Debi Barker, Randy Hayes, Antonia Juhasz, Victor Menotti, other authors of the book and activists implementing real alternatives right here in the Bay Area. Monday, January 10, 2005 7:00pm - 9:00pm Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center Located between Fisherman's Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge, accessible by MUNI & BART www.fortmason.org Reception 6:00pm Program 7:00pm - 9:00pm Tickets $10 Please join the IFG for a celebration of the recent five-year anniversary of the "Battle of Seattle" with the launch of two important alternatives resources:
Since mid-2002 when the first edition Alternatives to Economic Globalization was published, the world has gone through dramatic changes. Military responses to the terrorist attacks of 9-11 have polarized world opinion and the body politic. Shifting economic alliances and power centers have emerged, creating a new context for discussions about globalization. The new edition of Alternatives addresses these challenges head-on, as well as incorporating the tremendous feedback we have received from around the world. The expanded 2nd edition includes many exciting new elements: hundreds of living examples of on-the-ground alternatives; new proposals for alternative policies at local, national, and global levels; a new introduction that describes and analyzes the emergence of an important new countervailing power to the U.S. since Cancun, Miami, and the Iraq invasion; a more detailed presentation of "Reclaiming the Commons;" an all new section on the role of global media; an exciting new chapter on "Global to Local: What You Can Do;" and much more. To bring these alternatives out of the book and make them more immediately accessible, on January 10, we will also proudly launch our new Alternatives web site. This pioneering site will document successful alternative models from around the world, policy proposals, and visionary ideas. It will provide both big picture policy issues and micro, community level alternative models. It will be an interactive, dynamic resource for civil society, the media, hands-on practitioners, policymakers, and the general public. Examples of "living alternatives" from the site include:
Sharing these experiences will encourage other communities to organize similar initiatives and enable groups to learn from one another and coordinate with others in the future. Please join us on Monday, January 10 at Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center to learn, share and expand the alternatives to economic globalization. Hear Jerry Mander at each of the following events, joined by different Alternatives authors including David Korten, Debi Barker, Antonia Juhasz, Victor Menotti and others. San Francisco Bay Area Book Store Events: 1) Wednesday, November 10 @ 7:00 pm The NEW Borders Bookstore in Mission Bay 200 King Street, San Francisco (by the ballpark) 415-357-9931 2) Thursday, November 11 @ 7:00pm Modern Times Book Store 888 Valencia Street, San Francisco 415-282-9246 http://www.moderntimesbookstore.com. San Francisco Bay Area Conferences: November 6 Jerry Mander and David Korten will speak at the Positively Making a Difference Conference. Sponsored by Berrett-Koehler, publishers of Alternatives to Economic Globalization. Bill Graham Auditorium 99 Grove Street, San Francisco At Civic Center Plaza, near the Civic Center BART Station www.bkconnection.com/static/conference1.asp Jerry will address "Steps to the Birth of a Movement: Alternatives to Economic Globalization." David will address "Beyond Empire: Changing the Organizing Principles of Human Society." MEDIA REGIME CHANGE - PROBLEMS & POSSIBILITIES May 5, 2004 7PM Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley Robert McChesney, author of Rich Media, Poor Democracy, and the newly released The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communications Politics in the 21st Century; professor of Communications, University of Illinois, Urbana. John Nichols, media critic of The Nation, co-author of It's the Media, Stupid and editorial page editor The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin. Jerry Mander, President of the International Forum on Globalization, author of Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television. Co-sponsored by Media Alliance, International Forum on Globalization, New College Media Studies MA Program, UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, and supported by KPFA Radio. All causes will be lost causes - environment, health, social. justice, democracy - if we do not quickly recover a truly democratic media. Issues:
ALTERNATIVES TO ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION The International Forum on Globalization and Chile
Sustentable are co-hosting a three-day Latin American seminar on
Alternatives to Economic Globalization. The seminar will bring together
leaders of popular movements, key government officials, renowned
scholars and representatives of leading non-governmental organizations
who are either currently implementing alternatives or have created
powerful proposals of their own. These globalization experts will be developing meaningful, practical, and implementable alternative policy solutions to economic globalization. Events around the launch of our new report, Alternatives
to Economic Globalization [A Better World is Possible] New York Book Launch & Teach-In on Alternatives to Economic Globalization Confirmed Speakers: Jerry Mander, International Forum on GlobalizationJohn Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Tebtebba Foundation and Martin Khor, Third World Network This event is co-sponsored by David Levine, Director of Continuing Education and Public Programs, The Graduate Center, CUNY To RSVP or more information contact 212 817-8215, continuinged@gc.cuny.edu or http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp Wednesday, April 30, 2003 6:30pm Monday, March 24, 7:30pm Wednesday, February 26, 7:00pm
Wednesday, January 29, 7:30pm Sunday, January 19th @ 3:00pm Saturday, January 11, 2003 4:30pm December 3: A Benefit for Rainforest
Action Network (RAN) Tuesday, November 19 Tuesday, November 12 Tuesday, November 7, 2002 OTHER RECENT EVENTS Sunday, May 4, 2003 8PM-12:00 Friday, May 2 Through Sunday May 4, 2003 ~ United Nations
World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD),
~ World Bank/IMF Meetings Protests: September 27, 2002, * * * Speakers: Oscar Olivera, La Coordinadora, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Rudolf Amenga-Etego, Ghana National Coalition Against Privatization of Water, Ghana; Clemente Martinez, Centro Humboldt, Nicaragua; Wenonah Hauter, Critical Mass Energy and Environment Project of Public Citizen, Washington, DC; Antonia Juhasz, International Forum on Globalization, San Francisco, CA.; Facilitator: Sara Grusky, International Water Working Group of Public Citizen, Washington, DC. ~ World Student's Peace Forum ~ November 1-3, 2002, * * * IFG's Antonia Juhasz was the keynote speaker at the World Student's Peace Forum organized by the Kyoto Museum for World Peace and Ritsumeikan University. Antonia's address and workshops were on the need to pursue alternatives to the corporate globalization model at the local, national and international levels to aid the persuit of for global peace. ~ United Nations World
Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD): August/September 2002, * * * This two-day event took place in Johannesburg just prior to the World Summit on Sustainability (WSSD) and brought much needed attention and awareness to the fact that corporate-driven globalization is inherently devastating to the natural world. In addition, the rules and trade agreements of institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) often contradict the goals of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and the obvious result of this conflict is that trade rules will always trump the environment. These issues were not being addressed at the WSSD. In planning this event, we formed strong partnerships with groups within Africa and other southern nations and organized a committee for this event that included leading representatives from the global South. Go to our UN - WSSD page for more information about the WSSD. ~ Globalization:
The Road to Johannesburg - What's At Stake? ~
* * * This August 2002, the United Nations will mark ten years since the Rio Earth Summit by convening the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Unfortunately, instead of focusing on protecting natural resources and species around the globe, the WSSD is being used to further promote corporate-led globalization which includes privatization of social services and natural resources such as water. Such an agenda will lead to further devastation for the health of the planet and rob millions around the world of livelihoods and access to basic human needs. Please join us to learn about what's at stake in Johannesburg and to hear alternative visions that will truly protect natural resources and ensure justice for everyone on the planet. Speakers wil include Brent Blackwelder of Friends of the Earth, John Cavanagh of the Institute for Policy Studies, Tony Clarke of the Polaris Institute, Nash Issahaku of the African Trade Network, Martin Khor of the Third World Network, Sara Larrain of Chile Sustenable, Jerry Mander of IFG, Trevor Ngwane of the Anti-Privatization Forum of South Africa, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz of the Indigenous People's Centre for Policy Research & Education of the Philippines.
~ Water for People and Nature:
July 5 - 8, 2001 * * * The IFG and the Council of Canadians are co-sponsoring a conference to bring together water experts, activists and municipal leaders from around the world for three days of discussion and debate. Workshops will allow participants the opportunity to discuss central issues facing water today and contribute to a final report towards a plan to achieve environmental and social justice. For information about the conference, or to register, please contact the Council of Canadians, www.canadians.org Speakers include Maude Barlow, director, Council of Canadians; Tony Clarke, director, Polaris Institute; Michael Kravcik, Water and People (Slovak Republic); Stephen Lewis, Professor of International Research and Development, York University and advisor to the United Nations; Riccardo Petrella, Advisor to the European Commission; Robin Round, regioanl coordinator, Halifax Initiative; Steven Shrybman, environmental law partner, Sack, Goldblatt & Mitchell. ~ A Teach-In on Technology and
Globalization ~
Saturday, February 24 & Sunday, February 25, 2001 ~
Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue New York City * * * Our society places all its bets on technology as the panacea for our ills. But it may be time to reconsider. Far from Paradise-on-Earth, we are rolling toward ecological collapse: rapid climate change and rising seas; ozone holes; loss of species and habitat; accelerated cancer rates; terminal forms of air, water, and soil pollution, as well as unprecedented levels of social, political, and personal alienation and despair. All are rooted in the excesses of technology.
~ Globalization
and the Role
of the United Nations;
Can the United Nations Be Salvaged? ~ September 5, 2000 ~ 1 p.m. — 11 p.m. * * * Unlike the Bretton Woods Iron Triangle–the World Trade Organization, World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund–the United Nations was not created to be an engine for corporate globalization. The UN mandate was always broader, and was designed to place peace, human welfare, the environment, social justice and democracy above profit motives of corporations. But in recent years, the UN mission has been challenged by a growing advocacy of the same corporate free trade model that motivates the Bretton Woods Triad. Many believe that the UN’s potential to serve the needs of peace, security and the interests of the global poor has been seriously undermined. Others believe that it’s worth trying to re-excite the UN vision and empower UN agencies to place some checks and balances on global corporations. This event explored the full range of arguments about the UN, as well as launched a new set of ideas for alternative economic models and institutions that give primacy to values favoring human welfare and the natural world over global corporate interests. Co-sponsors included: Institute
for Policy Studies, Transnational Resource and Action Center, The
Nation Institute, and the New York Open Center.
~ Beyond
Seattle ~ April 14, 2000 ~ 10am - 10:30 pm ~ Foundry United Methodist Church ~ Washington, D.C. Co-Sponsors: Institute for Policy Studies, Friends of the Earth, International Center for Technology Assessment, Global Exchange, Public Citizen, 50 Years is Enough Network After Seattle, we see that what was once thought inevitable now seems vulnerable to democratic action. The World Trade Organization (WTO) once hailed itself as "the new constitution for a global society," but they're not saying that now. The WTO may have been wounded in Seattle, but it is only one part of an all-powerful Globalization Triad (originally conceived at the infamous Bretton Woods meetings in 1944) which also includes the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Already operating for a half century, the IMF and the World Bank have had devastating effects on the environment, social equity, democracy, local economies, cultures, and national sovereignty, and have been particularly destructive in Third World countries. This Teach-In brought 30 of the worlds leading critics of globalization from every continent to Washington D.C., two days before the IMF and World Bank convened in closed-door meetings. Download to audio recordings of this teach-in. ~ Teach-In on the World Trade Organization ~ November 26 & 27, 1999 ~ Benaroya Hall ~ Seattle, Washington The Seattle Teach-In focused on the problems of economic globalization and, specifically, on the activities of the WTO and other international agreements and institutions. Speakers representing Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas addressed the current failed economic model, and discussed subjects such as agriculture, the environment, human rights, labor rights, consumer rights, food safety, public health, and many more issues that are affected by the WTO. Held the weekend prior to the WTO Ministerial meeting at the 2,500-seat Benaroya Hall, this sold-out IFG Teach-In served to set the tone and kick off the week of activities in Seattle. Archived webcasts of the Teach-In can be viewed on the WTOWatch website: http://www.wtowatch.org (Search Multimedia for "International Forum on Globalization").
~ Debate on Globalization
and the World Trade Organization ~
November 30, 1999 ~ Town Hall ~ Seattle, Washington Despite the fact that the debate was held on the first evening of the imposed curfew in Seattle (Tuesday, November 30, 1999), every one of the 1,000 seats was filled, the aisles were packed with camera equipment, and the downstairs room that televised the debate was full. This was one of the only forums in Seattle in which leading critics and advocates of the WTO had the opportunity to air their opinions. Archived webcast of the debate can be viewed on the Progress Project website: http://www.progressproject.org featuring:
Moderator: Paul Magnusson, Business Week Magazine Co-Sponsors: The International Forum on Globalization, The Nation Institute, Public Citizen, The Progress Project: an initiative of the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington and the Glaser Family Foundation ~ Day on Agriculture ~ Panel presentations and public strategy sessions ran all day at the United Methodist Church with IFG associates and members of the IFG's International Food and Agriculture (IFA) Committee presenting on the myriad of issues surrounding globalization and agriculture, including the problems of industrial agriculture, biotechnology, organic farming alternatives, and the crises faced by small farmers. Participants included Walden Bello, Vandana Shiva, Anuradha Mittal, Peter Rosset, José Bové (European Farmers Union), Nettie Wiebe (National Farmers Union, Canada), Al Krebs (Corporate Agribusiness Research Project), Alberto Villarreal (Friends of the Earth, Uruguay), Ronnie Cummins (Organic Consumers Union) and others. An enthusiastic mid-day public
rally gathered together some 4,000 people showing support for small
farmers and sustainable farming.
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