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Linked up in Seattle	research links for studying globalization & its discontents

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globalization basics

globalization/neoliberalism
Arundhati Roy, speech at Lannan College, 18 September 2002.
Food First, "Twelve Myths about Hunger" and "The Myth: Scarcity of Food"
*** NEW United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, "The Equality Predicament" 2005.

WTO/Free Trade Agreements
Lori Wallach, "The WTO’s Slow Motion Coup Against Democracy: An Interview with Lori Wallach". Multinational Monitor October/November 1999: 26-30.
Global Trade Watch, Briefing on FTAA
Human Rights Watch, report on Labor Rights in NAFTA

IMF/World Bank/Third World Debt
Institute for Policy Studies, "Bearing the Burden The Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Workers and Alternative Agendas for the IMF and Other Institutions"
Essential Action on IMF/WB & AIDS crisis
Njoki Njoroge Njehû of 50 Years is Enough, Congressional Testimony on Debt Relief for Africa part i & part ii
Njoki Njoroge Njehû, Testimony before Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade of the House Committee on Financial Services, Hearing on U.S. Policy toward the African Development Bank and African Development Fund, April 25, 2001
Stuart Hodkinson, "Oh No they didn't! Bono and Geldoff: 'We Saved Africa'" 26 October, 2005. UK Independent.
Economic Policy Institute, "NAFTA AT SEVEN Its impact on workers in all three nations

alterglobalization basics

"Fair Trade"
Josée Johnston, "Consuming Social Justice". Arena Magazine 51 (March 2001): 42-47.
James O'Nions, "Fairtrade & Global Justice". 22 April 06. Red Pepper reposted on ZNet.

"globalization from below"/"another world is possible"/alterglobalization
Brian Dominick, "Thoughts on the Anti-capitalist Globalization Movement" 6.11.01 at Z Media Institute
Factsheet on the Ogoni people in Nigeria
John Jordan, "Que Se Vayan Todos: Argentina's Popular Rebellion". February and August 2002

hong kong wto ministerial dec 14-18 2005

Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South "Are the WTO Talks in Trouble? Don't Bet on it" 19 August 2005.
THE DERAILER'S GUIDE TO THE WTO provides basic information about WTO agreements, what is on the negotiating table for Hong Kong and the remainder of the Doha Round (which will likely continue through 2006), and the main actors in these negotiations. It also offers ideas about how all
those committed to social and economic justice can stalemate, or derail, this latest liberalization offensive through the WTO parading under the guise of “development.”
Paul Blustein, "Dispute Over Farm Subsidies Stalls Global Trade Negotiations" Washington Post
Sunday, October 16, 2005; A09 Peoples Global Action, "Call for action against HK WTO Ministerial" 19 Oct 05
Aileen Kwa, Focus on the Global South, “What the US has done is deceptive and misleading”, delegate of a small country to the WTO, denouncing the public relations spin that the US and EU had made huge concessions." Report on Ag Talks. 20 Oct 2005.
David Jessop, Caribbean Council The Week in Europe 28 October 2005
Walden Bello, "Nothing to Gain, Everything to Lose: Developing Country Prospects at the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial and Beyond" Talk delivered at the Forum “What is at Stake in Hong Kong?,” co-sponsored by Stop the New Round Coalition and Focus on the Global South, Sulo Hotel, Quezon City, Philippines, Nov. 25, 2005.
Vía Campesina appeal "on the road to WTO ministerial"
"Global campaign Water out of Free Trade"
Devinder Sharma, "Farm Subsidies: The Report Card" Znet Commentary 27 November 2005.

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globalization: the actors the G8 World Trade Organization (WTO) Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) World Bank International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Chamber of Commerce World Economic Forum (Davos Group) United Nations Global Compact New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)	introductions to glob & alterglob Walden Bello, "Why Reform of the WTO is the Wrong Agenda" IMF/World Bank basic intro (there's a whole section on IMF/WB below) Njoki Njoroge Njehû, Testimony before Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade of the House Committee on Financial Services, Hearing on U.S. Policy toward the African Development Bank and African Development Fund, April 25, 2001 Brian Dominick, "Thoughts on the Anti-capitalist Globalization Movement" 6.11.01 at Z Media Institute some of the nasty details Arlie Hochschild, "The Nanny Chain". The American Prospect 11.4 (January 3,2000). Richard Poulin, "Globalization & the Sex Trade: Trafficking and the Commodification of Women and Children". Sysyphe 12 February, 2004. Birjinder Anant, "Sketches of Bombay: At the Call Centers" Samar 21, published online October 30th, 2005. Kolinko, "4. Call Centres: In the Whirlpools of Circulation" from Hotlines (a book about European call centers). Nancy Scheper-Hughes, "The Global Traffic in Human Organs" Current Anthropology. 41.2 (april 2000). Maude Barlow on Privatization of Water Jane Perlez & Kirk Johnson, "Behind Gold's Glitter: Torn Lands and Pointed Questions" New York Times, 24 Oct 2005. Jane Perlez & Lowell Bergman, "Tangled Strands in Fight Over Peru Gold Mine". New York Times, October 25, 2005.
IMF/WB Third World Debt Jubilee International Debt Campaign is an international inter-faith coalition working for the forgiveness of third world debt. They also have a research component, Jubilee Research. There is a separate version of Jubilee USA and Jubilee South, the network of Southern/3rd world/Global Southorganizations working for debt relief. World Bank Bonds Boycott Campaign the strategy and plans of this campaign. 50 Years is Enough has been working for over a decade to dismantle the World Bank and IMF. Food First works on hunger and agriculture issues in the third world as well as trade and debt Global Exchange has lots of projects in the third world, including debt relief, fair trade, and reality tours. Satire very funny stuff from "The Whirled Bank" but accurate statistics! Third World Network publishes on a wide range of issues affecting the third world. Bank Information Center provides reports on the World Bank & IMF. States of Unrest a thorough report on current resistance to the World Bank & IMF in third world countries.	Research Organizations Transnational Institute (European/international perspective) Third World Network is the foremost critical economic analysis of and for the third world Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy goes way beyond agriculture. they have a Trade Observatory The Global Policy Forum has good analysis of poverty and justice and the shortcomings of the UN International Forum on Globalization (IFG) the foremost international organization of activist scholars working on globalization issues and their 1998 Siena Declaration Global Trade Watch Great way to learn about NAFTA, WTO, TABD, MAI and all the newest trade agreements.(US perspective) Economic Policy Institute, "NAFTA AT SEVEN Its impact on workers in all three nations" Transnationale Corporate Observatory is a European research group check out brand new report on "NAFTA at 7 years" at the Institute for Policy Studies webpage Corporate Watch cool on-line magazine with information about how corporations control the international economy. Food First works on hunger and agriculture issues in the third world as well as trade and debt it isn't an organization, but Naomi Klein, author of No Logo, has a website For Sustainable Village-Based Development
Media ZNet is analysis, not news but publishes lots of firsthand reports from the actions IndyMedia be sure to check local indymedia sites from left column protest net a-infos good short international reporting, mostly from anarchists alternet the AP wire for progressive news FAIR well researched analysis of mainstream media Project Censored publishes a list of each year's 25 least-covered outrages Infoshop anarchist news online videos (and cheap ones by mail) at the Video Activist Network AdBusters is lots of fun	Activist Organizations Sweatshop Watch Coalition Reclaim the Streets action pages and Photos of their actions Global Exchange has lots of projects in the third world, including debt relief, fair trade, and reality tours. Rainforest Action Network is involved in many anti-corporate campaigns that affect indigenous people Ruckus Society teaches people how to climb stuff, drop banners, make human barricades, etc. ATTAC is based in Europe, but international and BIG. they have a really informative newsletter which you can subscribe to on your email for free Coordination Paysanne Européenne is the European farmers network fighting to protect small and family farms and "multifunctional agriculture" Slow Food is a group insisting on the superiority of traditional foods and production techniques Council of Canadians is the largest group there, and another group is Common Front on the WTO Starhawk's Resources for Activists and Trainers
Is this movement really international? States of Unrest a thorough report on current resistance to the World Bank & IMF in third world countries. New Internationalist's excellent Sept 01 issue 338 on the third world anti-globalization movement Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, MST, the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement KOPA, the group that organized 020 (oct 20 2000) protest in Seoul KMP, Peasant Movement of the Phillipines Via Campesina is an international network of small farmers fighting for "food sovereignty" Peoples' Global Action, really important international anti-glob group Ejercito Zapatista Liberacion Nationale, the Zapatistas, Ya Basta! page has good links to other Zapatista pages and this is an archive of EZLN writings , Harry Cleaver's introduction to Zapatistas! Documents of the New Mexican Revolution, New York: Autonomedia, 1994.	What do we want? Collective Visions Peoples' Global Action, founded out of international Zapatista Encuentro International Forum on Globalization's "Beyond the WTO: Alternatives to Economic Globalization" Seattle Indigenous Peoples Declaration, 1999 Declaration of the Jubilee South-South Summit, Gauteng South Africa November 18-21, 1999 Dakar Declaration and Manifesto "from Resistance to Alternatives", Dakar Senegal December 11-17, 2000 The World Social Forum is an international visioning organization, which met for the first time in Puerto Allegre, Brazil in January 2001 and February 2002.
is it racist? Elizabeth (Betita) Martinez, "Where was the Color in Seattle?" Colin Rajah, "Globalism and Race at A16 in DC" Robin Hahnel, "Speaking truth to Power, Speaking Truth to Ourselves" Chris Crass, "Beyond the Whiteness" Colours of Resistance, a people of color caucus within the North American Movement (check out their Articles section) Challenging White Supremacy, an approach to dealing with racism by folks in the movement Check out the environmental justice movement, which has always been anti-corporate	The Actions The McLibel Case, 1985-1997 Reclaim the Streets' reflections on London j18 1999 zmag's pages with archives of analysis and eyewitness reports of Seattle n30 1999 Direct Action Network (DAN)'s history pages for Seattle n30 1999 US networking at http://www.stopftaa.org for Québec City, a21 2001 organizations: Opération Québec Printemps & CLAC (Anti-Capitalist Convergence of Montreal). Genoa photo collection including the barricade of the city prior to the meetings j23 2003 usda biotech protests in sacramento, california
is it violent? Anarchist N30 Black Bloc Communiqué from the ACME Collective Dec. 12, 1999 NEFAC, "Solidarity statement to the anti-WTO anarchist Black Bloc" Mary Black, "USA: Letter from Inside the Black Bloc" Alternet July 25, 2001 Starhawk, "Fascism in Genoa", July 2001 Statement by Black Block activists Genoa, July 21st 2001	Counter-Insurgency Texts from U.S. & Canada Center for National Security Studies' analysis of the 1996 Omnibus anti-terrorism act Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Report 2000/08 "Anti-Globalization - A Spreading Phenomenon". August 22, 2000 U.S. Congress Patriot Act of 2001 text from House of Representatives website Paul Rosenberg, "The Empire Strikes Back: Police Repression of Protest from Seattle to L.A. good COINTELPRO site
Fair Trade? good article by Josée Johnston TransFair USA Equal Exchange The Human Bean Company in 2002, Oxfam separated itself from the anti-globalization movement, issuing this report through their Make Trade Fair campaign (which is NOT the same thing that the Fair Trade movement has been working on....) and Walden Bello's critique	What's Anarchism? Anarchist FAQ with lots of info a-infos anarchist interpretations of events Infoshop all kinds of resources and news by and for anarchists Flag.blackened.net Anarchists of Color website
Labor? Labornet progressive, grassroots, internationalist labor news AFL-CIO largest US union confederation ILWU the Longshorement ROCK! Jobs with Justice/Justice for Janitors organizing immigrants, very militant SEIU does more organizing than most unions UNITE! an important union working with garment sweatshop workers the Canadian Auto Workers were at the fence in Québec City and have flying squads! the Wobblies (Int'l Workers of the World) are anarcho-syndicalists Korean Confederation of Trade Unions rock	Sweatshops National Labor Committee is a US organization working on campaigns with US consumers supporting labor rights in the third world. They have worked on campaigns against Disney and Kohl's. United Students Against Sweatshops is a student organization on college campuses which works as a coalition to develop strategy for getting their universities to ensure that logo-bearing merchandise is not made in sweatshops. CU-Boulder Service-Learning Project US Labor Education in the Americas Project (US/LEAP)
Rocking religious folks United Methodist Women's Association Liberation Theology Catholics! Even the pope thinks neoliberalism is a sin! & third world bishops Jesuits are making a study of globalization Quakers have been fighting imperialism for a long time through the American Friends Service Committee	Indigenous Peoples the U'wa (Colombia) are opposing Occidental Petroleum's attempt to drill on their land. They believe the land is sacred and they have a responsibility to protect it. They have threatened mass suicide. Oxy has started exploratory drilling. Project Underground compiles all sorts of info on mining projects and the people affected all over the world. Rainforest Action Network is involved in many campaigns that affect indigenous people, including forestry as well as oil.