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West Coast FTAA Consulta in SF Bay Area, Oct 18
by sfconsulta
Thursday, Oct. 09, 2003 at 10:27 PM
sfconsulta@riseup.net
Activists are converging in Oakland, California on Oct 18 for the West Coast FTAA Consulta. See below for more details.
WHEN: Saturday October 18, 10am to 8pm
WHERE: Oakland, California, HERE Local 2850 Union Hall, 548 20th St
- map (between Telegraph and San Pablo), Downtown Oakland (a block
from 19th St/Oakland BART)
CONVENORS: Direct Action to
Stop the War (DASW), Anti-FTAA Action and
Action for Local/Global Justice
Building on a major victory over the World Trade Organization in Cancun, Mexico, tens
of thousands of people will gather in Miami from November 19-22 in a crucial
mobilization to stop the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). When the FTAA meets
in Miami
to unilaterally finalize their vision of an economic policy that threatens the
freedom and well being of every living being in this hemisphere, we'll be there to
say no. Ordinary people are not allowed into the meetings, but shutting the doors
will not silence our voices. At the FTAA protest in Quebec, we tore the fence down;
the next year in Quito, we descended from the four
directions with our demands for justice; and this year in Miami, we'll stop them in
their tracks. A better world is necessary. With dances of dissent, seductive artwork,
padded blocs, critical mass bike trickery, guerrilla murals and other displays of
public beauty and empowerment we'll build a better future right
then and there in the streets of Miami!
Activists from across the country have converged at Consultas in Pittsburgh, Chicago
and Denver to plan coordinated actions, street tactics and creative disruptions in
Miami.
Speakers from Pittsburgh, Miami and Denver organizing efforts will be present to
give reportbacks from regional mobilizations.
DASW, Anti-FTAA Action and Action for Local/Global Justice invite activists
throughout California and the west coast to participate in a Consulta to plan
nonviolent direct actions for Miami that will send a message loud and clear to the
world that the movements against war and empire are alive and well in the belly of
the empire.
Proposed consulta agenda items:
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