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ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION AND THE
ROLE OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
TEACH-IN
FRIDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 26, 7-10 P.M.
Session One, Opening Night:
The Multiple Impacts of Economic Globalization
Broad presentations on the big picture: economic globalization's grave effects on nature, culture, workers, human rights, sovereignty, and democracy. Special attention on the driving engines of globalization - global corporations - and the theories, and WTO rules that pave their way.
Jerry Mander (Chair), International Forum on Globalization, San Francisco
Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians, Ottawa, Canada
John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.
Susan George, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam, Holland
Martin Khor, Third World Network, Penang, Malaysia
David Korten, People-Centered Development Forum, Seattle
Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, New Delhi, India
Lori Wallach, Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.
SATURDAY DAY, NOVEMBER 27, 8:30 A.M. - 6:30 P.M.
Session Two: A Day-Long Series Of Panel Discussions
Presenting focused panels on: Biotechnology; Global Finance/Investment; Effects on Forests, Rivers, Oceans; Labor Rights; Corporate Power; Agriculture and Food Safety; as well as a special panel on an alternative Citizens' Millennium Agenda. Additional speakers include:
8:30-9:45 A.M. LABOR: EXTINGUISHING THE RIGHTS OF LABOR IN A GLOBALIZED ECONOMY
John Cavanagh (Chair), Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.
Barbara Shailor, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.
Hassan Sunmonu, Organization of African Trade Union Unity, Accra, Ghana
Katy Quan, UNITE, San Francisco
Kjeld Jakobsen, CUT Brazil, Brazil
9:50 - 11:10 A.M. AGRICULTURE: THE THREAT TO FOOD, HEALTH AND FARMERS FROM THE GLOBALIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE
Mark Ritchie (Chair), Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis U.S.
Tim Lang, Centre for Food Policy, London, U.K.
Anuradha Mittal, Institute for Food & Development Policy (Food First), Oakland
José Bové, Confederation Paysanne Europénne, Larzac, France
Tetteh Hormeku, Third World Network Africa, Accra, Ghana
11:15 - 12:45 P.M. ENVIRONMENT: IMPACTS ON PEOPLE AND THE NATURAL WORLD
Brent Blackwelder (Chair), Friends of the Earth, Washington, D.C.
Steven Shrybman, West Coast Environmental Law Association, Vancouver, B.C.
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Indigenous Peoples' Network for Policy Research & Education, Manila, The Philippines
Patti Goldman, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Seattle
Cipriana Jurado, Southwest Network for Social and Environmental Justice, Albuquerque
Thomas Kocherry, World Fishworkers Forum, Kerala, India
12:50 - 2:30 P.M. THE LAST INVASION: BIOTECHNOLOGY, PATENTS ON LIFE, FRANKENFOODS—THE ROLE OF THE WTO IN THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF THE STRUCTURES OF LIFE
Peter Rossett (Chair), Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First), Oakland
Andrew Kimbrell, International Center for Technology Assessment, Washington, D.C.
David Suzuki, Suzuki Foundation, Vancouver, Canada
Tewolde Gebre Egziabher, Institute for Sustainable Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mae-Wan Ho, Institute of Science for Society, London, U.K.
Pat Roy Mooney, Rural Advancement Foundation International, Winnipeg, Canada
2:40 - 4:15 P.M. CORPORATE RULE AND THE DISMANTLING OF DEMOCRACY: ITS SCOPE, ITS POWER AND THE ROLE OF THE WTO
Tony Clarke (Chair), Polaris Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Anita Roddick , The Body Shop, U.K.
Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange, U.S.
Owens Wiwa, Movement For The Survival Of The Ogoni People, Lagos, Nigeria
Randall Hayes, Rainforest Action Network, San Francisco
Agnes Bertrand, Observatoire de la Globalisation Economique, Sauve, France
4:30 - 6:30 P.M. AFTER THE WTO: PRINCIPLES OF A CITIZEN'S AGENDA
John Cavanagh (Chair), Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.
PRESENTERS:
Colin Hines, Protect the Local, London, U.K.
David Morris, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Minneapolis
Lori Wallach, Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.
Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand
RESPONDENTS:
Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians, Ottawa, Canada
Tony Clarke (Chair), Polaris Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Susan George, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam, Holland
Andrew Kimbrell, International Center for Technology Assessment, Washington, D.C.
David Korten, People-Centered Development Forum, Seattle
Sara Larrain, RENACE (Chilean Ecological Action Network), Santiago, Chile
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Intl. Society for Ecology and Culture, Ladakh
6:30 P.M. The Hall will be cleared to prepare for the evening program.
SATURDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 27, 8 - 11 P.M.
Session Three: VIEWS FROM THE SOUTH
A rare opportunity to hear a roundtable discussion featuring the most prominent voices of Third World opposition to the new instruments of
re-colonization: globalization, the WTO and transnational corporations. Mainstream media rarely cover these viewpoints, but it has been the
South that has borne the extra burden from corporate-led globalization. Featured speakers:
Anuradha Mittal, Institute for Food & Development Policy (Food First), Oakland
Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South, Thailand
Tewolde Gebre Egziabher, Institute for Sustainable
Development, Ethiopia
Martin Khor, Third World Network, Malaysia
Sara Larrain, RENACE (Chilean Ecological Action Network), Santiago, Chile
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Intl. Society for Ecology and Culture, Ladakh
Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science,
Technology and Ecology, India
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Indigenous Peoples' Network for Policy Research & Education, Philippines
Owens Wiwa, Movement For The Survival Of The Ogoni People, Nigeria
ADDED EVENT: DAY ON AGRICULTURE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1999, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
At United Methodist Church, 811 5th Avenue, Seattle
A free all day special event focused on the full impacts of the globalization of industrial agriculture from the point of view of farmers, consumers, food safety, world hunger, public health, and the environment. Much discussion will concern biotechnology and its effects.
This event is presented by the International Forum on Food and Agriculture (a division of IFG); the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; and Public Citizen
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