[Peace] U of I Teach-in on WB & IMF

[Danielle Chynoweth]

>>University of Illinois Teach-In on the World Bank and IMF

>>On September 16, 2002, three prominent activists from Nigeria,
>>Mexico, and the Philippines will speak at a  Teach-In on the World
>>Bank and IMF.  Coming just two weeks prior to the annual World
>>Bank/IMF meetings in Washington, DC, the UI Teach-In hopes to open
>>up a public discussion on these powerful, yet little understood,
>>international finance institutions.   Dozens of Teach-Ins are
>>occurring throughout the world in anticipation of these closed
>>World Bank/IMF meetings.

>>The first speaker, Onesimo Hildago is co-director of the
>>Chiapas-based Center for Economic Research and Social Action, an
>>organization that focuses on military repression and IMF/World Bank
>>neoliberal policies, and the effects on the peoples of Chiapas,
>>Mexico. Our second speaker is Asume Osuoka, who works with
>>Environmental Rights Action, a Nigerian-based human rights advocacy
>>group active in the struggle for democracy and against the violence
>>propagated by the oil and mining companies, and supportive policies
>>by the World Bank and IMF.  The third speaker is Chie Abad, former
>>garment worker who for twelve years made clothes for GAP on the
>>island of Saipan.  She attempted to organize a garment worker
>>union, was threatened by her employers, and now is spokesperson for
>>an international group suing for better conditions for these
>>garment workers.  All three speakers will address the critical
>>issues of just and sustainable development, North-South relations,
>>and the quest for alternatives to the undemocratic World Bank and
>>IMF.

>>The Teach-In will be an excellent opportunity for students to hear
>>from people active in the struggle for social and economic justice
>>around the world.  Our venue will be Foellinger Hall, 7pm, Monday
>>16th September.  Sponsors include Sociology, Education Policy
>>Studies, Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, ICR, IPRH, and
>>many many more. Please contact Prof. Michael Goldman, Sociology
>>Department, 326 Lincoln Hall, 244-2279/mgoldman at uiuc.edu

>>Prof. Michael Goldman
>>Sociology, University of Illinois
>>326 Lincoln Hall MC-454
>>Urbana, IL 61801 USA
>>(217) 244-2279