-Caveat Lector- <><><><><> FTAA Webliography-a working webliography as complied by the Mexico Solidarity Network and United for a Fair Economy 1.) Americas Business Forum 3 - Belo Horizonte: www.alca.com.br/engl/3_paperts.htm 2.) Amercicas Business Forum 5 - Toronto: www.abf-americas-bus-forum.com/english/index.html 3.) Alianza Chilena por un Comercio Justo y Responsible- ACJR: www.members.tripod.com/~redchile/index.htm 4.) Alliance for Responsible Trade - ART: www.art-us-org 5.) People's Summit: www.peoplessummit.org 6.) AmerciasCanada.org: www.americascanada.org/eventabf/menu-e.asp 7.) Center for Economic and Policy Research - CEPR: www.cepr.net/FTAA/ftaahome.html 8.) Coalition for the Shutdown of the OAS/FTAA: www.tao.ca/~stopftaa 9.) Common Frontiers-Canada: www.web.net/comfront/ 10.) Corporate Watch (search keyword FTAA): www.corpwatch.org/trac 11.) Economic Policy Institute (search keyword FTAA): www.epinet.org 12.) Friends of the Earth: www.foe.org 13.) FTAA official Site: http://alca-ftaa.org/alca_e.asp 14.) International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - ICFTU: www.icftu.org 15.) Interhemispheric Resource Center - IRS: www.irc-online.org 16.) Institute for Policy Studies - IPS: www.ips-dc.org 17.) Library of Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov 18.) Millennium Round Links: http://members.iinet.net.au/~jenks/andreas.html 19.) Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch: www.citizen.org/pctrade/tradehome.html 20.) Office of NAFTA and Inter-American Affairs: www.mac.dog.gov/FTAA2005/ 21.) Organization of American States - OAS: www.oas.org 22.) ORIT - Interamerican Regional Workers Association: www.ciosl-orit.org 23.) Red Mexicana de Accion Frente al Libre Comercio - RMALC: www.rmalc.org.mx 24.) SICE - OAS Foreign Trade Information System: www.sice.oas.org 25.) Summit of the Americas Center - SOAC: www.americasnet.net/trade/index.html 26.) US Embassy - Canada FTAA page: www.usembassycanada.gov/ftaa.htm 27.) United States Trade Representative - USTR: www.ustr.gov <><><><><> Books on Globalization and Free Trade: 1.) A Citizen's Guide to the World Trade Organization. A 28-page booklet available from the Apex Press, Suite 3C, 777 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Send $2.00 plus a SASE with 55". 2.) False Profits: Who Wins, Who Loses When the IMF, World Bank, and WTO Come to Town. Booklet. $2 postpaid from 50 Years Is Enough Network. 3.) Unpacking Globalization - A Popular Education Tool Kit. A 145-page publication of the Economic Literacy Action Network (ELAN) containing seven interactive workshops and support materials. Available from United for a Fair Economy for $24 postpaid. 4.) Anderson, Sarah and Cavanaugh, John, with Lee, Thea. Field Guide to the Global Economy. New York: The New Press, 2000. 5.) Barnett, Richard, and Cavanaugh, John. Global Dreams: Imperial Corporations and the New World Order. New York: Touchstone Press of Simon and Schuster, 1994. 6.) Brecher, Jeremy and Tim Costello. Global Village or Global Pillage: Economic Reconstruction from the Bottom Up. Great example of global resistance. Boston: South End Press, 1998. 7.) Ching Louie, Miriam and Burnham, linda. WEdGE - Women's Education in the Global Economy. A workbook of activities, games, skits, and strategies. Women of Color Resource Center, 2000. 2288 Fulton Street, Suite 103, Berkeley, CA 94704-1449. 8.) Danaher, Kevin (editor). Democratizing the Global Economy. The battle against the World Bank and the IMF. Available from the 50 Years is Enough Network for $20. Call 202-IMF-BANK. 9.) Derber, Charles. Corporation Nation: How Corporations Are Taking Over Our Lives and What We can Do About It. St. Martin's Press, 1998. 10.) Greider, William. One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Long but very clear introduction to global production and investment. 11.) Korten, David C. When Corporations Rule the World. Kumarian Press, 1995. How corporate power rose, its intellec-tual basis, how the system works, what it does to people, and one man's vision of an alternative. 12.) MacEwan, Arthur. Neo-Liberalism or Democracy? Economic Strategy, Markets, and Alternatives for the 21st Century. St. Martin's Press, 1999 (20% discount: call 1-800-221-7945 x 270). 13.) Rahnema, Majid, and Bawtree, Victoria (editors). The Post-Development Reader. Boston: Zed Books, 1997. Excellent essays on women, neocolonialism, the environment, development and official ideologies. 14.) Ross, Andrew (editor). No Sweat: Fashion, Free Trade, and the Rights of Garment Workers. Verso, 1997. Cutting-edge design and analysis of the global garment assembly line. 15.) Shiva, Vandana. Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply. South End Press, 2000. <><><><> Videos on Globalization and Free Trade: 1.) "Banking on Life and Debt," 30 minutes. The World Bank, the IMF, structural adjustment, and three case studies (Brazil, Phillipines, Ghana). Narrated by Martin Sheen. Produced by Maryknoll World Productions, PO Box 308, Maryknoll, NY, 10545-0308, 800-227-8523. 2.) "Deadly Embrace," 30 minutes. The World Bank, structural adjustment, and Nicaragua. $25 from Elizabeth Canner, 617-666-5122 or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 3.) "Global Village or Global pillage," 28 minutes. How people around the world are fighting the "race to the borrom." Preamble Center's World Economy Project. $25 per copy, $10 for students and low-income. 4.) "WTO: In Whose Hands?" 20 minutes. A video by the Women's Division General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church. $5. 1-800-305-9857. 5.) "Two Trevors go to Washington," The IMF/World Bank meetings & protests in April 2000 through the eyes of two South Africans. http://go.to/two.trevors ***For general information on the Free Trade Area of the Americas and the proliferation of sweatshops, contact the Campaign for Labor Rights: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 202-544-9355. <><><><><> Stop NAFTA for the Americas--Call to Action >From April 17-21 in Quebec City, trade ministers will be meeting to negotiate the expansion of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the entire Western hemisphere-a trade agreement called the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). This treaty would expand the power of corporations even beyond the provisions of NAFTA. Organize against the FTAA. There will be a mass mobilization in Quebec City from April 17-21 as well as localized, solidarity action in cities across the U.S. For more information on local actions contact Jobs with Justice, [EMAIL PROTECTED], check the website www.jwj.org. For information about the mass mobilization contact ACERCA at [EMAIL PROTECTED] <><><><><> FTAA Organizing Materials **Alliance for Global Justice Booklet on FTAA The Alliance for Global Justice's newest pocket booklet is a great tool for popular education and organizing work on the FTAA. Entitled "Free Trade Area of the Americas: Demystifying the Corporate Jargon," the 28-page, 4"X9" booklet translates FTAA "tradespeak" for general grassroots education and organizing, defining and analyzing the impact of terminology such as National Treatment, Market Access, Investor-State Dispute Resolution, Performance Requirements, etc, in an easily-accessible format. Individual copies are $2 (incl.S&H). For more information or to place an order online go to: www.afgj.org/donate. For bulk order inquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] **FTAA Action Packet ACERCA (Action for Community & Ecology in the Regions of Central America), a group in Burlington, VT, has developed an FTAA Action Packet for which they are asking donations on a sliding scale of $6-$10, which includes postage (recommended donation: $7.50). These packets come highly recommended by the Campaign for Labor Rights, and they are meant to be used as a community organizing tool. For more information or to place an order contact Lauren at (802) 863-0571 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.afgj.org <><><><><> END. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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