MAI Road Show Coming to Town
janice
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch and the Preamble Center for Public
Policy are organizing an Roadshow on the Multilateral Agreement on
Investment (MAI) in December to San Diego, Los Angeles and Denver
(Colorado). We are working with local groups such as the California
Fair Trade Campaign, the Alliance for Democracy, the Sierra Club,
the Colorado Progressive Coalition and many others, to shed light
on this controversial investment agreement that has been negotiated
through the Organization for Economic Corporation and
Development (OECD) since 1995.
We will also focus on the broader globalization issues
such as the Asian Financial Crises, the IMF Bailout,
Clinton's Free Trade Agenda (and the recent defeats
of this, such as the Fast Track vote in the House and
the fact that the NAFTA for Africa Bill and the Caribbean
Basin's NAFTA Expansion couldn't be brought to a vote
in the Senate).
YOU are invited to help organize, participate and to
spread the word about these exciting events!
IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN ANY OF THESE CITIES, MAYBE
YOU KNOW SOMEONE THERE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED....
Here's the program:
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IN SAN DIEGO:
Corporate Power Abuse
GLOBALIZATION & WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR SAN DIEGO
Multinational corporations are writing the rules of the global
economy-- NAFTA, GATT and now the most dangerous of all,
the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). These
rules enable corporations to do business where they want,
how they want and with no regard to their local impact. The MAI
would enable corporations to sue governments in their own trade
courts and overturn local, state and federal laws -- yet few people
have ever heard of it. Please join us to learn more about
corporate globalization and what's at stake for San Diego.
FEATURED SPEAKER
Lori Wallach, International Trade Lawyer, Director,
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch Called "Ralph
Nader with a sense of humor" by the Wall Street
Journal, Lori Wallach has been a staunch advocate for
promoting the public interest in trade agreements
and recently led the successful fight
against Fast Track in Congress.
LOCAL IMPACTS: A PANEL DISCUSSION
Environment and Public Health: Cesar Luna, Attorney
Environmental Health Coalition
Privatization and Workers Rights: Donald Cohen, Political Director,
San Diego Imperial Counties Labor Council
Local Economic Development: Jim Bliesner, Reinvestment Director,
San Diego City-County Reinvestment Task Force
December 2, 7:00 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church 4190 Front Street
in
Hillcrest (opposite UCSD Medical Center)
Parking validated but carpooling suggested
Suggested Donation: $5, No one turned away
Sponsored by: California Fair Trade Campaign,
SD MAI Alert, Public Citizen,Preamble Center for
Public Policy, SD Imperial Counties Labor Council,
SD Chapter of the Sierra Club, Environmental Health
Coalition, Support Committee for Maquiladora Workers,
SD Economic Conversion Council, SD Chapter of the
National Lawyers Guild, SD Action Network, SD
Progressive Caucus, SD Citizen's Action, Interfaith
Coalition for Immigrant Rights, SD Review,
Committee on Economic Insecurity, Committee for
Solidarity in the America's, Zenger's news magazine,
Democratic Socialists of America, PACE
For more information call 619-463-0721
Margrete Strand Rangnes
MAI Project Coordinator
Public Citizen Global Trade Watch
215 Pennsylvania Ave, SE
Washington DC, 20003
mst...@citizen.org
202-546 4996, ext. 306
202-547 7392 (fax)
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