[Peace] Fwd: Chicago - Anti-TABD action Nov 7th - 9th

[Alfred Kagan]

>Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 15:52:01 -0800
>From: <Tom_Childs at Douglas.BC.CA>
>Subject: Chicago - Anti-TABD action Nov 7th - 9th
>To: akagan at uiuc.edu
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>Al, 
>Here's some news about an upcoming event in your neck of the woods.  You may
>have colleagues who'd be interested.
>Regards,
>Tom 
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>Subject: [Infoshop News] Anti-Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue
>Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 17:38:29 -0500
>
>
>http://www.azone.org/notabd
>
>YOU ARE NOT INVITED TO THE
>
>TRANS-ATLANTIC BUSINESS DIALOGUE
>
>NOV 7-8TH 2002
>
>SHERATON HOTEL CHICAGO ~ 301 EAST N. WATER
>
>Hidden from public scrutiny and armed with the protection of the Chicago
>Police, the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) will bring together
>large European and North American corporations with high-level government
>officials to develop the public policy of corporate globalization. The
>recommendations made by this public-private body set the agenda for the
>World Trade Organization (WTO) and continuously strengthen the right of
>corporations to operate globally without any accountability.
>
>Invited corporations commonly use sweatshop-labor, practice union-busting,
>and violate workplace, environmental and consumer legislation to promote
>profits (Ford, Lafarge, Wal-Mart, Dell). Some corporations have profited
>from the illegal dumping of hazardous materials (Unilever) and the
>widespread sale of untested genetically-modified food (Monsanto). Some
>even use patents and intellectual property protections to block the
>distribution of affordable generic HIV/AIDS drugs to the global south,
>killing 3 million people a year in South Africa alone (Pfizer, Glaxo
>Wellcome, Bayer)
>
>The TABD meeting will be co-chaired by the Chicago-based Boeing
>Corporation and the UK-based BAE systems, two of the biggest weapons
>manufacturers and profiteers of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the
>recent war in Afghanistan, and the 11 year bombing of Iraq. Along with
>attendant oil companies BP and Shell, who are invested in pipeline
>projects throughout the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, we can expect to
>see more private money made off the so-called "War on Terror" and foreign
>policy which reflects the lucrative business of war and a disregard for
>human life.
>
>TABD's agenda benefits the few at the expense of the many. What we need
>is autonomy, food for our families, clean water, free healthcare, schools,
>independent media, diversity, democracy, and affordable housing - not
>wealthier corporations!
>
>BUT YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO:
>
>STOP THE WAR IN IRAQ !
>
>STOP THE BOEING-SPONSORED TABD !
>
>
>Thursday Nov 7th
>
>Anti-War March and Rally Downtown to Protest the TABD
>
>Meet at Boeing's world headquarters at Washington and Canal at 4:30PM.
>
>Come mark the trail of blood and money that leads from Boeing to the
>Federal Building, through the Tribune Towers to the door of the TABD.
>
>
>Friday Nov 8th
>
>A Day of Autonomous Actions
>
>Look for citizen interventions, counter-summits, and TABD tailgating
>parties happening throughout Chicago.
>
>
>Saturday Nov 9th
>
>Alternative Economics Summit
>
>Free meals and workshops on anarchist practice, shadow economics, and
>other alternatives to capitalism. Email: <sesummit at azone.org> for more
>info or to get involved.
>
>Check out <www.azone.org/notabd> and <www.chicago.indymedia.org>
>for more information and event updates.
>
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