Dear Friends This is addressed to a very large group listed for 'occasional' updates, including some interstate and media contacts. Apologies to those who are already receive 'more regular' updates, and to any who may get this message by mistake. An N25 website is under construction at http://www.ecwa.asn.au/n25/ Perth's first true Community Convention on economic, social and environmental issues of 'globalisation' will take place on 25 November, 2000, from 8.30 am. The venue will be the 630-seat Elizabeth Jolley Lecture Theatre at Curtin University of Technology, Bentley. The self-funding budget is still being worked on, but efforts are being made to keep the cost of seats down below $50, with earlybird and unwaged concessions below $35. An earlybird application form will be ready to send to enquirers in the second week of September. The morning session will attempt to develop an overview of economic globalisation, its impacts on the Australian community and the capacity of civil society to assert a remedial influence on future outcomes. The invited guest speakers are Tony Cooke (Unions WA), Patricia Ranald (Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, Sydney) and Peter Westmore (National Civic Council, Melbourne). Half of the available time has been allocated to open discussion from the floor. There will be a 20-minute morning coffee break. After lunch, the afternoon 'workshop' sessions in nearby breakout rooms will be the heart of the Convention. A selection of the most vexing issues will be presented by authoritative speakers in open forums designed to enable a maximum of public participation through audience-panel discussions. The Convention will then conclude with a powerful 40-minute action-focussed closing session. The workshop programme is still being developed and there is plenty of opportunity for new people to participate in this work. The current provisional list of topics is: SESSION ONE WORKSHOPS, 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm * Union issues/Labour standards, Part I * Agriculture, GMO foods and labelling * Development and Third World themes * Global Corporate Assault on Women, their work and environment * Environmental Impacts and Consequences * Sustainable Economics * Health Care and Therapeutic Implications * Protection of Democratic National Government [Coffee Break of 20 minutes] SESSION TWO WORKSHOPS, 3.20 pm to 4.50 pm * Union issues/Labour standards, Part II * Human Rights * Social Impacts and Welfare * Big Brother's Electronic Eavesdropping * Seattle & S11: the New Global Protest Movement * Uranium Industry and/or Military Connections * Global injustice, Global solutions--perspectives for solidarity * Globalisation--A Way Forward for Australians From its inception in June this year, participation in the N25 organising group has been open to all critics of economic globalism, irrespective of their political or other affiliations--and the Convention will reflect this community-wide scope. Please, therefore, pass the word around quickly and help us launch the Perth N25 Convention as a resounding community voice against the trampling of human rights, lifestyle and natural environment in the irrational pursuit of unlimited corporate and bureaucratic privilege. Sincerely Brian Jenkins StopMAI Coalition (WA) Convention enquiries to: N25 Convention PO Box 92 Innaloo City, WA 6918 Website: http://www.ecwa.asn.au/n25/ Phone +61 (0)8 9246 3882 Fax +61 (0)8 9246 4284 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~jenks/ LL.WK -- 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
