> /* Written 3:45 PM Nov 16, 1995 by peacenet in igc:pn.announcemen */ > /* ---------- "Econ. Globalization Teach-In Web Si" ---------- */ > From: PeaceNet * IGC * APC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Econ. Globalization Teach-In Web Site! > > PUBLIC TEACH IN: > Social, Ecological, Cultural, and Political Costs of > ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION > > > Virtual Radio Network, PeaceNet, and the International Forum on > Globalization Present a Report from the Public Teach-In recorded > in New York City November 10th-12th, 1995 > > Over 1600 participants attended the three day Teach-In November > 10-13, 1995. Selected presentations from the event are available > via the World Wide Web in RealAudio format at the following URL: > > http://www.peacenet.org/Teach-In/ > > The Web Page includes the following presentations, plus photos and > biographies of the presenters: > > Ralph Nader, Public Citizen > - The Assault on Democracy > > Vandana Shiva, Third World Network > - Social and Ecological Impacts on the Third World > > David Korten, People-Centered Development Forum > -The Failed Paradigms of Globalism > > John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies > -U.S. Politics and Corporate Domination > > Also included is information on Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Nigerian > activist executed the morning of November 10th. > > Audio tapes of the entire event are available from Virtual Radio > Network. Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or call 718-622-1608. > > For more information about PeaceNet email to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > ------------- > > THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION: > > The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is a new alliance > of leading activists, economists, researchers, and philosophers > who have joined together to respond to the threats of economic > globalization to the environment, communities, human rights, > equity, and democracy. > > We believe the world's corporate and political leadership is > undertaking a restructuring of global politics and economics that > may be as historically significant as any event since the > industrial revolution. If continued, this trend will have grave > impacts on every aspect of human life, and on the natural world. > > This event is the first in a series to be held in the United > States, Canada, and abroad, to focus increased attention on the > major issues resulting from the rush to globalize. > > For more information on IFG, contact the International Forum on > Globalization, 950 Lombard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94133, > (415) 771-1102, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
