From: Viviane Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The World Economic Forum in Melbourne Date: Sun, 23 April 2000 ________________________________________________ A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ ________________________________________________ ATTENTION TO A16 ACTIVISTS AROUND THE WORLD: SEPTEMBER 11th, 2000 - STAND UP FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE -> SHUT DOWN THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM! In September the World Economic Forum will hold the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit, "Asia/Pacific in the 21st Century: Leveraging the new drivers of growth." The summit is jointly sponsored by the Business Council of Australia and the Australian Davos Connection (the Australian arm of the World Economic Forum) and will take place at the Crown Casino, Melbourne, over September 11-13. Participants are being lured to the summit with opportunity to "meet key leaders from business, politics and academia at a time when the eyes of the world will be fixed on Australia, and they may coordinate their participation in the Summit with the Olympic Games." At Seattle last year, and Davos in February this year, and now at the a16 mobilisation for global justice in Washington, coalitions of trade unions, environmentalists and human rights activists have protested the global aims of the rich and powerful. In September this year such protests will continue. The S11 Alliance is a coalition of unionists, environmentalists, students, human rights activists and community campaigners. Join us in organising the mass rally for global justice and the environment this September. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CALL TO ACTION! THE OLYMPIC YEAR OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW THE MEDIA'S ATTENTION TO THE REAL PURPOSES OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM WHILE THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING AUSTRALIA. SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2000 We ask our international friends for help, support, advice, and solidarity. We are in the midst of a global movement against the unelected global powers. In solidarity, -the s11 alliance rsvp: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******** From: Viviane Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The World Economic Forum in Melbourne Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 ________________________________________________ A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ ________________________________________________ In September the World Economic Forum will hold the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit, "Asia/Pacific in the 21st Century: Leveraging the new drivers of growth", in Melbourne. The Summit is jointly sponsored by the Business Council of Australia and the Australian Davos Connection (the Australian arm of the World Economic Forum) and will take place at the Crown Casino, September 11-13. Participants are being lured to the summit with opportunity to "meet key leaders from business, politics and academia at a time when the eyes of the world will be fixed on Australia, and they may coordinate their participation in the Summit with the Olympic Games." The World Economic Forum is an organisation made up of the richest global companies. For the past thirty years it has held regular summits and meetings aimed at "managing globalisation. Every February inthe Swiss mountain resort town of Davos, over a thousand of the worlds CEO's meet along with a restricted list of politicians, academics and influential media who are invited along. Discussions range from how to manage the Asian economic crisis to surfing the internet revolution all with the aim of extending market and corporate power. Like the World Trade Organisation the world economic forum is a means of promoting global policies aimed at weakening labour, removing environmental protection and intensifying the transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich. At Seattle last year and Davos in February this year, coalitions of trade unions, environmentalists and human rights activists protested the global aims of the rich and powerful. In September this year such protest will continue. To ensure that we are able to organise a successful protest of the neo-liberal policies promoted by the World Economic Forum we need to be organised. You or any organisation should be involved in ensuring an alternative to the policies of global elites is heard. ******** -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink