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Is
Capitalism Soon Over?
October 6-8, 2008
San Francisco, CA
VICTOR MENOTTI, Deputy
Co-Director of IFG talks about how activists from various
issue orientations can join together in Addressing Capitalism
in the Current Climate Talks: Offensive Opportunities At
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An Evening
with Dr. Vandana Shiva
IFG Board Member, founder of Navdanya
International, World-renowned Indian scientist, environmentalist,
agricultural activist and Time – magazine designated “Hero
for the Planet,” Dr. Vandana Shiva, will
offer her energetic and insightful solutions for solving
the global problems of climate change and food insecurity
through the localization of food production. An infrequent
visitor to the Bay Area, her presentation is not to
be missed! More
info...
San Francisco Bay Area appearances:
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August 27th, Santa Rosa - view
flyer
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September 2nd, Berkeley - view
flyer
Audio and video from Vandana Shiva's September 2nd
talk in Berkeley will be posted on IFG's website soon! |
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| Vandana Shiva, a dynamic,
provocative thinker, was named by AsiaWeek as one of
the top five most important people in Asia in 2001. Dr.
Shiva is a founding board member of the International
Forum on Globalization and the founder of Navdanya International,
a science and policy research center based in India. |
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"Shiva has devoted
her life to fighting for the rights of ordinary people
in India. Her fierce intellect and her disarmingly
friendly, accessible manner have made her a valuable
advocate for people all over the developing world."
-Ms. Magazine, from the back cover of Shiva's
Stolen Harvest
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Book Release Tour
Blue Covenant by Maude Barlow
IFG, KPFA, Cody's Books, Oakland Institute, Food & Water
Watch Present:
An Evening with Maude Barlowe, IFG Board Member and author
of
Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and The Coming
Battle for the Right to Water
Introduced by Jerry Mander, Anuradha Mittal & Wenonah
Hunter
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 - 7:30 PM
First Congregational Church - 2345 Channing (@Dana) Berkeley,
California
Click
for more details
Read
ottawacitizen.com's article about Maude and the coming
water shortage
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February 8, 10am - 12pm
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
344 40th Street
Oakland (BART: MacArthur) |
February 8, 2pm - 4pm
Rainforest Action Network
221 Pine Street, 5th Floor (@Battery St.)
San Francisco (BART: Montgomery) |
The International
Forum on Globalization (USA) and the Institute for Public
Policy Research (UK) Present A Side Event at the UNFCCC
Meeting in Bali, Indonesia
Saturday, December 8th, 2007,
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM.
View
the Flyer | Read the IFG
Bali Blog
The
International Forum on Globalization is pleased to
announce a series of informal briefings followed by
open discussions about the December 2007 UN climate
conference in Bali, Indonesia,
which launched a two-year process to negotiate new
agreements to address global climate change. See
below for when and where the first two will be held.
Although most media coverage
focused on the summit's lack of targets and commitments
to cut emissions, the Bali Roadmap also provides a number
of important opportunities, as well as potential threats,
that civil society must engage over the next two-years,
concluding with signed deals in Copenhagen by the end of
2009.
The aim is nothing less
than a de-carbonization of the Hydrocarbon Age within a
few decades, so what's at stake is an historic re-alignment
of the global economics and politics. Because the
Bay Area acts as a leading center of global activity to
address climate change, this is one in a series of policy
briefings the IFG is organizing to better engage the Bay
Area directly in the UN climate process.
WHO
Victor Menotti, IFG
Claire Greensfelder, IFG
Tom Athanasiou, EcoEquity
Bria Morgan, Rainforest Action Network
*Others who were in Bali are invited
to share their experiences, as well an anyone else interested
in the UN climate process.
IFG Teach-In:
Confronting the Global "Triple Crisis"
"Climate Change, Peak Oil,
Global Resource Depletion & Extinction"
September 14th-16th, 2007, Washington,
DC
CDs and DVDs of the "Triple Crisis" Teach-In,
featuring 60 speakers from 16 countries.
Available
for purchase from Conference Recording Services
Global Warming: Understanding the
Big Picture and the Solutions
Please join the International Forum on Globalization's
founder and co-director, Jerry Mander, for a discussion
on climate chaos, economics and peak oil. Other speakers
who will be joining Jerry include author Richard Heinberg,
Helge Hellberg of Marin Organics, and Megan Matson, of
Mainstreet Moms.
Point Reyes Station, California
May 4, 2007
Dance Palace
530 B Street, Point Reyes Station
7:30 pm
415-663-1380
Download the flyer
here.
Schumacher College Course on Indigenous
Peoples
Jerry Mander will be teaching a weeek-long course at Schumacher
College in England March 11-16, 2007. The primary focus will
be on the root causes of the conflicts today between the world's
remaining 350 million indigenous peoples and the thrusts of
economic globalization, as corporations seek to exploit the
planet's remaining resources located on indigenous lands. This
is part of a three-week course on Indigenous Peoples and the
Natural World, running March 4-23 at Schumacher College.
For more information, please see the course
flyer.
THE GREAT TURNING: Exploring the
Changes that Will Save Life on Earth
January 6, 2007
Join IFG's Randy Hayes and renowned Buddhist author/activist
Joanna Macy in a dialogue on what we can do to reverse the
trends of environmental degradation and loss of life and
begin healing the planet and ourselves.
Download the event flyer
OAKLAND, CA
Lakeshore United Methodist Church
10am to 3pm
1330 Lakeshore Avenue
PARADIGM WARS BOOK TOUR
Author and International Forum
on Globalization founder, Jerry Mander, will be discussing
the IFG's recent book Paradigm Wars: Indigenous
Peoples' Resistance to Globalization, published
by Sierra Club Books, in various U.S. cities over the next
few months. He will be joined by other contributing authors
and indigenous activists at many of the book events. Please
join him at one of these locations and share this information
with friends, family and colleagues.
SAN FRANCISCO
November 28, 2006
Cody's Books
7:00 pm
2 Stockton St
San Francisco, CA
415-773-0444
www.codysbooks.com
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, co-editor of Paradigm Wars,
will be joining Jerry, along with Atossa Soltani and Victor
Menotti.
December 6, 2006
City Lights Books
7:00 pm
261 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA
415-362-8193
www.citylights.com
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, co-editor of Paradigm Wars,
will be joining Jerry, along with Atossa Soltani and Victor
Menotti.
SEATTLE
December 10, 2006
Elliot Bay Book Company
2:00 pm
101 South Main Street
Seattle, WA
206-624-6600
www.elliottbaybook.com
December 12, 2006
Third Place Books
7:00 pm
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA (12 miles north of downtown Seattle)
206-366-3333
www.thirdplacebooks.com
PORTLAND
December 13, 2006
St Johns Booksellers
7:30 pm
8622 N. Lombard
Portland, OR
503-283-0032
SAN FRANCISCO
January 23, 2007
Book Passage
7:00 pm
51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA
415-927-0960
www.bookpassage.com
November 18, 2006
INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION & TEBTEBBA FOUNDATION
PRESENT A TEACH-IN:
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION:
A CELEBRATION OF VICTORIES, RIGHTS AND CULTURES
COOPER UNION, THE GREAT
HALL, NEW YORK CITY
7 East 7th St. (at Third Avenue), from 1 PM to 11 PM
Event
Program
Speaker Bios
Democracy
Now! Broadcast
November 23, 2006
The International Forum on
Globalization (IFG) and the Tebtebba Foundation are pleased
to announce a public Teach-In celebrating major milestones
in the rising resistance and political power of indigenous
peoples against the invasions of corporate globalization.
The event will feature 30 indigenous and non-indigenous speakers
and will celebrate three important developments:
- The passage of the Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations
General Assembly. This momentous achievement, after
22 years of struggle, creates one of the most important
political documents of our era, serving to protect the
rights of indigenous peoples, their crucial right of
self-determination, their collective rights, and sovereignty. Indigenous
speakers active in the Declaration process will be present.
- The recent political gains of indigenous
peoples, especially in South America. They have
succeeded in influencing progressive political outcomes
in many countries, including election of indigenous leader
Evo Morales, president of Bolivia. Speakers actively
involved in these struggles will join us.
- The publication of a new, expanded
edition of “Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance
to Globalization,” edited by Jerry Mander
and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, published by Sierra Club Books.
The book contains 28 articles on the major issues facing
indigenous communities throughout the world, and highlights
the many ways their resistance continues to counter corporate
globalization’s drive to exploit the world’s
last remaining natural resources, much of which is on
native lands.
Co-Sponsors: The
New York Open Center, The Nation Magazine;
Institute for Policy Studies; Sierra Club; Friends of the
Earth; Global Exchange; Rainforest Action Network; International
Funders for Indigenous Peoples; Flying Eagle Woman Fund;
AJ Muste Memorial Institute; Rainforest Foundation.
PARADIGM
WARS BOOK TOUR
Author and International Forum on Globalization founder,
Jerry Mander, will be discussing the IFG's recent book Paradigm
Wars: Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Globalization,
published by Sierra Club Books, in various U.S. cities over
the next few months. He will be joined by other contributing
authors and indigenous activists at many of the book events.
Please join him at one of these locations and share this
information with friends, family and colleagues.
SAN FRANCISCO
November 6, 2006
Modern Times Bookstore
7:30 pm
888 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA
415-282-9246
www.mtbs.com
Joining Jerry at Modern Times will be Atossa Soltani of Amazon
Watch and Victor Menotti of IFG.
NEW YORK CITY
November 8, 2006
Bluestockings Books
7:00 pm
172 Allen Street
New York, NY
212-777-6028
www.bluestockings.com
November 13, 2006
McNally-Robinson Booksellers
7:00 pm
52 Prince St
New York, NY
212-274-1160
www.mcnallyrobinsonnyc.com
Joining Jerry will be Victor Menotti of IFG.
PHILADELPHIA
November 14, 2006
Robin's Bookstore
7:00 pm
1837 Chestnut St
Philadelphia, PA
215-567-2615
www.robinsbookstore.com
WASHINGTON, DC
November 15, 2006
Busboys and Poets
6:30 pm
2021 14th Street
Washington, DC
202-387-POET
www.busboysandpoets.com
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, co-editor of Paradigm Wars,
will be joining Jerry at Busboys and Poets, along with Atossa
Soltani and Victor Menotti.
Listen to archived
audio recordings of the IFG Teach-In on the International
Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
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.)
Download the
brochure here.
PARADIGM WARS:
Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization
Release of IFG's report at the Fifth Session of the United
Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
DATE: 18th of May 2006, 1:15-2:45
p.m.
PLACE: Conference Room 5 at United Nations
Headquarters in New York,
Fifth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Co-editors Jerry Mander and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Victor Menotti (Program Director, International Forum on
Globalization)
Plus Special Guest Indigenous Leaders
Download the flyer here:
English version
Spanish version
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.
Lori Wallach is Director of Public Citizen,
one of the foremost US NGOs, founded by Ralph Nader to promote
government and corporate accountability in issues involving
trade and globalization. Wallach herself was an early entrant
into the anti-globalization arena, founding the Citizens
Trade Campaign in 1993.
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
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Please see below for future
events surrounding the second edition of Alternatives
to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible.
(With the release of Alternatives to Economic
Globalization: A Better World is Possible, several
of the authors are giving book readings and making speaking
appearances. If you would like to invite us to come read
or discuss our report at an event, please contact us
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International Forum on Globalization
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
- Alternatives in Action in Latin America,
Sara Larrain, Sustainable Chile /IFG, Chile
- Agriculture and Sustainable Consumption,
Jose Lobato, COOLMEIA, Brazil
- Fair Trade, Catalina Soza, Sinti-Sacha,
Ecuador and Daniel Jafre, Fair Trade Int’l.
- Sustainable Management of Ecosystems:
Isabel Leon, Coopsilencio, Costa Rica
- Recovering the Commons in our Constitutions:
Karin Nansen, Sustainable Uruguay
This panel aims to contribute to the
visibility, strengthening, and articulation of the experiences
and proposals that local communities are developing today.
During this panel, different organizations from Latin America
will present their experiences in building living alternatives.
Based on the experiences, we will discuss the international
obstacles they face and how they can be overcome to multiply.
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
- The IFG’s Program on Alternatives,
Debi Barker, IFG
- Alternatives to the WTO and Int’l.
Financial Institutions: John Cavanagh, IPS, US
- Reclaiming the Commons: Maude Barlow,
Council of Canadians, Canada
- Approaching Alternatives: Candido Grzybowski,
IBASE, Brazil
- Indigenous Perspectives on Alternatives:
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Tebtebba, The Philippines
- The Search for Alternatives in the Southern
Cone: Sara Larrain, Sustainable Chile, Chile
- Alternatives from Rural Communities:
Victor Menotti, IFG
This panel links the local struggles
for alternatives to the demands of the international movement
for global justice. Launching the new edition of one of the
most important books to advance the discussion about alternatives
to economic globalization, the IFG proposes new international
policies to establish democratic control over the international
economy and to relocalize economic systems for people.
Download the Activities for World Social Forum 2005 flyer:
English version
Spanish version
"Reclaiming the
World: Culture & Empowerment in a Globalised Age"
Winona LaDuke, Jerry Mander, and Vandana Shiva
January 9-28, 2005
Schumacher College course, Devon, United Kingdom
We are all being compelled to swim in the ocean of globalisation,
and it's vitally important that we understand what this means.
Corporate globalisation involves more than the free trading
of goods - which has gone on throughout human history. It
goes beyond economics to affect cultures, lifestyles and
the way people see themselves and earn their livings. This
course will look at the impacts of globalisation on the environment
and societies worldwide, and the many ways that indigneous
people, farmers and activists are working to preserve their
ways of life. It will explore inspiring alternatives to globalisation
which empower people to protect local economies and ecosystems.
Jerry Mander is president of the IFG, Vandana Shiva is director
of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology
and an IFG boardmember, and Winona LaDuke is program director
of Honor the Earth, founding director of White Earth Land
Recovery Project and an IFG associate.
For more information, please contact Schumacher College:
Email: admin@schumachercollege.org.uk
Tel: (0)1803 865934
Fax: (0)1803 866899
Website: www.schumachercollege.org.uk
Note: Schumacher College has scholarships available (which
cover 80% of course fees) for this course. Please go to www.schumachercollege.org.uk for
more details on how to apply.
"Alternatives
to Globalization and the Future of Food"
An Afternoon to Discuss Local Food on a Sustainable Planet
January 22, 2005
2:30 to 7:30pm
City of London School for Girls
Barbican, London (junction of Wood St. and Fore St.; nearest
underground is Barbican)
With Vandana Shiva of Bija, the School of Seed, India, Jerry
Mander, Director of the International Forum on Globalization,
USA, Colin Tudge, Research Fellow at the LSE and author of So
Shall We Reap, Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy at
City University, London, Caroline Lucas, Green Party MEP,
and Satish Kumar, Editor of Resurgence Magazine.
To RSVP, please contact Peter Lang, peterlang@resurgence.org.
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:
- The 2nd new and expanded edition
of Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better
World is Possible, and
- The launch of our new comprehensive
Alternatives web site.
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:
- Kuapa Kokoo is a cocoa cooperative
in Ghana where small villages pool resources to eliminate
farmers' dependency on large corporations;
- Citizens in Uruguay recently voted
to change their Constitution to prohibit water privatization
and enshrine water as a basic human right that must be
provided to all; and
- Khemara, a cooperative in Cambodia,
is creating livelihoods for women throughout the country
by revitalizing traditional Cambodian silk weaving.
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.
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