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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 14:19:32 -0700
From: Njoki Njoroge Njehu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: UPDATE: October 2-4 50 Years Conference
Friends/Activists,
We hope you can join us!
Please Share this information far and wide.
In Solidarity,
Njoki Njoroge Njehu
50 Years Is Enough Network
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Updated information on the 50 Years Is Enough Conference (October 2-4,
1998). It includes a list of confrimed speakers, Plenary speakers line-up,
and a sample listing of workshops to be offered at the conference. Updates
are available on our website: <www.50years.org> We hope you will join us in
October.
VENUE: The American University, Washington, DC
(Ward Circle Building; corner of MASSACHUSETTS & NEBRASKA AVENUES, NW:
(Metro: Red Line to Tenley Town/AU; free suttle to AU)
The conference SADO-MONETARISM: THE OTHER CAPITAL PUNISHMENT -- THE IMF &
WORLD BANK IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC ORDER will feature activists from around
the world working in many fields – at the grassroots, as policy analysts,
and international campaigners.
The Conference is co-sponsored by The American University School for
International Service. Detailed materials will be available for all who
register to attend.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS include:
Soren Ambrose, Alliance for Global Justice (Washington, DC)
Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, DC)
Nila Ardhianie, Yaya San Duta Awam (Solo, Indonesia)
Bama Athreya, International Labor Rights Fund (Washington, DC)
Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South (Bangkok, Thailand)
Trim Bissell, Campaign for Labor Rights (Washington, DC)
Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth, U.S. (Washington, DC)
Patrick Bond, Campaign Against Neo-Liberalism in South Africa (Johannesburg,
South Africa)
Dennis Brutus, University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
Horace Campbell, Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
Ruth Caplan, Alliance for Democracy (Washington, DC)
Gustavo Castro Soto, CIEPAC (San Cristobal, Mexico)
John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, DC)
Terry Collingsworth, International Labor Rights Fund (Washington, DC)
Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange (San Francisco, CA)
Marie Dennis, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (Washington, DC)
Oronto Douglas, Environmental Rights Action, (Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
Andrea Durbin, Friends of the Earth-U.S. (Washington, DC)
Susan George, TransNational Institute (Paris, France)
Amy Goodman, Host, Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now" (New York, NY)
Han Young Workers (Tijuana, Mexico)
Tom Hansen, Mexico Solidarity Network / Chiapas Media Project (Chicago, IL)
Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer (New York, NY)
Cheri Honkala, Kensington Welfare Rights Union (Philadelphia, PA)
Korinna Horta, Environmental Defense Fund (Washington, DC)
Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Pesticide Action Network (San Francisco, CA)
Pastor Luc Norbert Kenne, Ecumenical Service for Peace (Service Humanus)
(Yaounde, Cameroon)
Kofi Klu, Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign (Accra, Ghana/London, U.K.)
Magda Lanuza, Centro Humboldt (Managua, Nicaragua)
Margaret McCasland, IthacaHours (Ithaca, NY)
Francesco Martone, Campaign to Reform the World Bank (Rome, Italy)
Allan Nairn, East Timor Action Network (ETAN) (New York, NY)
elmira Nazombe, Center for Women's Global Leadership (New Brunswick, NJ)
Samuel Nguiffo, Director, Centre pour l'Environnement et le Developpement
(Yaounde, Cameroon)
The Most Right Reverend Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, (Cape Town, South
Africa)
Doug Norlen, Pacific Environmental Resource Center (Washington, DC)
Sister Ann Oestrich, Sisters of the Holy Cross (South Bend, IN)
Ezekiel Pajibo, Africa Faith & Justice Network (Washington, DC)
Robin Round, Halifax Initiative, (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Doris Shen, International Rivers Network (Berkeley, CA)
Susan Thompson, Columban Justice & Peace Office (Washington, DC)
Deborah Toller, Scholar & Activist (Oakland, CA)
Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch (Washington, DC)
Carol Welch, Friends of the Earth-U.S. (Washington, DC)
Daphne Wysham, Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, DC)
SAMPLE WORKSHOPS:
IMF and Militarization in Africa: Lessons from Rwanda and Angola
Development Without Debt or Inflation: Local Currencies
Faith-based Strategies for Economic Justice Activism
Countering Globalization Myths/Ten Arguments for a Democratic Global Economy
Gender and Economic Globalization
MAI Free Zones: Local Organizing Around the World
Stealth IMF: The "Africa Growth and Opportunity Act"
Slavery in Washington: Domestic Workers in IFIs Households
Tobin Tax: Controlling Speculative Capital
The ABCs of ECAs: Your Public Money Supporting Corporate Investment Overseas
Women's Labor and Economic Globalization
Community Based Monitoring: Farmers Investigating World Bank Projects in Asia
Earth Day: Organizing for Economic and Environmental Justice
"The Bank is Changing": World Bank Activism in the 21st Century
Students and the Global Economy: Peer education for a just and equitable
global society
Economic Violence: The Policies & Practices of Global Domination
Ideas & Tools for Grassroots Advocacy
Making the Media Work
The East Asian Financial Crisis
Russia's Financial Crisis: Experts at Work
An Ill Wind: Globalization's Impact Visited on the U.S.
Civil Disobedience Mini-Training
Kyrgystan's Poison Profits: What's A Little Cyanide for Pots of Gold?
Exporting Repression: How World Bank and IMF Programs Undermine Labor Rights
-- Brazil, El Salvador, Indonesia, and Thailand
IMF 101: The Basics of the International Monetary Fund
Debt & the IFIs 101
Corporate Welfare and the IFIs
"It's Getting Hot in Here": The Role of International Financial Institutions
in Fueling Climate Change
Privatization: The Threat to Social Security's Future
Linking Welfare, Immigration, and the Drug War to the Global Economy
SAPs & the IFIs 101
The Han Young: Challenging the Free Trade Regime
Disney/Haiti: Re-energizing the Campaign
Engaging People of Faith for Action
Funding Extinction: Tropical Rainforests of the Americas and Africa
Influencing the MDBs: Advocacy Campaigns Initiated by Southern NGOs
Oil and Development: Road to Prosperity or Obstacle to Progress?
The Plunder Continues: The World Bank in Southern Africa and many more . . . . .
Tentative Agenda:
Friday, October 2:
5:00 PM * Registration
7:00 PM * OPENING PLENARY: -- Sado-Monetarism: The Other Capital Punishment?
Walden Bello - Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand
Amy Goodman - Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now," New York
Doug Henwood - Left Business Observer, New York
elmira Nazombe - Center for Women's Global Leadership, New Brunswick, NJ
The Most Right Reverend, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, Cape Town, South
Africa
Saturday, October 3: Joint Workshops with Jubilee 2000/USA Campaign
8:15 AM * Registration -- Refreshments
9:00 AM * PLENARY: The MAI, the IMF Bailouts, Debt, and other Hot Topics
Dennis Brutus - University of Pittsburgh
Kofi Klu - Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign, London, U.K.
Magda Lanuza - Centro Humboldt, Managua, Nicaragua
Lori Wallach - Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, Washington DC
Nila Ardhianie, Yaya San Duta Awam, Solo, Indonesia
Soren Ambrose, Alliance for Global Justice, Washington, DC
10:45- 2:45 PM * Workshop Series
4:30 PM * PLENARY: Resistance & Success Stories in the Quest for Economic
Justice for All
Gustavo Castro Soto - CIEPAC, San Cristobal, Mexico
Tammi Coles - Washington Peace Center, Washington DC
Oronto Douglas - Environmental Rights Action, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Susan George - TransNational Institute, Paris, France
Charlie Hinton - 50 Years is Enough Network, San Francisco
Mexican Han Young Worker - Tijuana, Mexico
7:00 PM * Inter-Faith Program on Debt by the Religious Working Group on the
World Bank & IMF
8:00 PM * PARTY !
Sunday, October 4:
9:30 AM * Workshop Series
12:00 Noon * CLOSING PLENARY: Action & Direction: Carrying the Movement
Forward
Patrick Bond - Campaign Against Neo-Liberalism in South Africa, Johannesburg
John Cavanagh - Institute for Policy Studies, Washington DC
Kevin Danaher - Global Exchange, San Francisco
Cheri Honkala - Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Philadelphia
Deborah Toller - Scholar/Activist, Oakland
3:00 PM * Rally for Economic Justice & Debt Relief at the White House
(Metro: McPherson Sq.)
50 Years Is Enough, in conjunction with the Jubilee 2000 USA Campaign, will
sponsor a rally at the White House (in Lafayette Park) to make our demands
known to President Clinton. After the Rally we will march to the
International Monetary Fund (about 4 blocks away) where the Joint
Development Committee of the World Bank and IMF will be meeting in
preparation for their Annual Meeting with the world's Finance Ministers the
following Week.
Join activists from around the world as we let the Clinton Administration,
the IMF, and the World Bank know that our movement grows stronger every
year. We will not go away until there is Economic Justice for All!
REGISTRATION FORM:
All events are open to the public, however space is limited so please
register in advance.
The $35 registration fee will help cover costs and ensure scholarships for
those who cannot afford to pay. No one will be turned away due to lack of
funds. Student rates available.
For more information contact:
50 Years Is Enough at (202) 463-2265 or e-mail us at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Make checks payable to 50 Years Is Enough/AGJ .
Please return to: 50 Years Is Enough Network,
1247 E Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003
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Njoki Njoroge Njehu
Public Outreach Coordinator
50 Years Is Enough Network
1247 E Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003 - USA
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: www.50years.org
