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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 14:50:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Njoki Njoroge Njehu <wb50years at igc.apc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk Sender: owner-50-years at igc.apc.org Subject: LATEST: On the 50 Years Conference To: 50-years at igc.org X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by igc3.igc.apc.org id OAA13067 X-Sender: wb50years at pop.igc.org
Dear Friends/Activists:
This is the most update info. that I have re: plenary speakers and other confirmed presenters/speakers. I am still working on scheduling the workshops. Most likely that information shall not be available much before the start of the conference, but I've included a sampling of presentations/workshops.
The OPENING PLENARY will feature:
Walden Bello - Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand
Amy Goodman - Host of Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now," New York
Doug Henwood - Left Business Observer, New York
elmira Nazombe - Center for Women's Global Leadership, New Brunswick, NJ
The Most Right Reverend, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, Cape Town, South Africa
Read on for details on other presenters. As always, please share this with friends far and wide. See you at the conference.
In Peace & Solidarity,
Njoki
Ps. And yes do register now ;> Am I sounding desperate enough yet?
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Updated information on the 50 Years Is Enough Conference (October 2-4, 1998). It includes a list of confrimed speakers, Plenary speakers line-up, and a sample listing of workshops to be offered at the conference. Updates are available on our website: <www.50years.org> We hope you will join us in October.
VENUE: The American University, Washington, DC
(Ward Circle Building; corner of MASSACHUSETTS & NEBRASKA AVENUES, NW:
(Metro: Red Line to Tenley Town/AU; free suttle to AU)
The conference SADO-MONETARISM: THE OTHER CAPITAL PUNISHMENT -- THE IMF & WORLD BANK IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC ORDER will feature activists from around the world working in many fields – at the grassroots, as policy analysts, and international campaigners.
The Conference is co-sponsored by The American University School for International Service. Detailed materials will be available for all who register to attend.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS include: Soren Ambrose, Alliance for Global Justice (Washington, DC) Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, DC) Nila Ardhianie, Yaya San Duta Awam (Solo, Indonesia) Bama Athreya, International Labor Rights Fund (Washington, DC) Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South (Bangkok, Thailand) Trim Bissell, Campaign for Labor Rights (Washington, DC) Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth, U.S. (Washington, DC) Patrick Bond, Campaign Against Neo-Liberalism in South Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa) Dennis Brutus, University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) Horace Campbell, Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY) Ruth Caplan, Alliance for Democracy (Washington, DC) Gustavo Castro Soto, CIEPAC (San Cristobal, Mexico) John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, DC) Terry Collingsworth, International Labor Rights Fund (Washington, DC) Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange (San Francisco, CA) Marie Dennis, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (Washington, DC) Oronto Douglas, Environmental Rights Action, (Port Harcourt, Nigeria) Andrea Durbin, Friends of the Earth-U.S. (Washington, DC) Susan George, TransNational Institute (Paris, France) Amy Goodman, Host, Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now" (New York, NY) Han Young Workers (Tijuana, Mexico) Tom Hansen, Mexico Solidarity Network / Chiapas Media Project (Chicago, IL) Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer (New York, NY) Cheri Honkala, Kensington Welfare Rights Union (Philadelphia, PA) Korinna Horta, Environmental Defense Fund (Washington, DC) Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Pesticide Action Network (San Francisco, CA) Pastor Luc Norbert Kenne, Ecumenical Service for Peace (Service Humanus) (Yaounde, Cameroon) Kofi Klu, Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign (Accra, Ghana/London, U.K.) Magda Lanuza, Centro Humboldt (Managua, Nicaragua) Margaret McCasland, IthacaHours (Ithaca, NY) Francesco Martone, Campaign to Reform the World Bank (Rome, Italy) Allan Nairn, East Timor Action Network (ETAN) (New York, NY) elmira Nazombe, Center for Women's Global Leadership (New Brunswick, NJ) Samuel Nguiffo, Director, Centre pour l'Environnement et le Developpement (Yaounde, Cameroon) The Most Right Reverend Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, (Cape Town, South Africa) Doug Norlen, Pacific Environmental Resource Center (Washington, DC) Sister Ann Oestrich, Sisters of the Holy Cross (South Bend, IN) Ezekiel Pajibo, Africa Faith & Justice Network (Washington, DC) Robin Round, Halifax Initiative, (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Doris Shen, International Rivers Network (Berkeley, CA) Susan Thompson, Columban Justice & Peace Office (Washington, DC) Deborah Toller, Scholar & Activist (Oakland, CA)
Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch (Washington, DC) Carol Welch, Friends of the Earth-U.S. (Washington, DC) Daphne Wysham, Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, DC)
SAMPLE WORKSHOPS: IMF and Militarization in Africa: Lessons from Rwanda and Angola Development Without Debt or Inflation: Local Currencies Faith-based Strategies for Economic Justice Activism Countering Globalization Myths/Ten Arguments for a Democratic Global Economy Gender and Economic Globalization MAI Free Zones: Local Organizing Around the World Stealth IMF: The "Africa Growth and Opportunity Act" Slavery in Washington: Domestic Workers in IFIs Households Tobin Tax: Controlling Speculative Capital The ABCs of ECAs: Your Public Money Supporting Corporate Investment Overseas Women's Labor and Economic Globalization Community Based Monitoring: Farmers Investigating World Bank Projects in Asia Earth Day: Organizing for Economic and Environmental Justice "The Bank is Changing": World Bank Activism in the 21st Century Students and the Global Economy: Peer education for a just and equitable global society Economic Violence: The Policies & Practices of Global Domination Ideas & Tools for Grassroots Advocacy Making the Media Work The East Asian Financial Crisis Russia's Financial Crisis: Experts at Work An Ill Wind: Globalization's Impact Visited on the U.S. Civil Disobedience Mini-Training Kyrgystan's Poison Profits: What's A Little Cyanide for Pots of Gold? Exporting Repression: How World Bank and IMF Programs Undermine Labor Rights
-- Brazil, El Salvador, Indonesia, and Thailand IMF 101: The Basics of the International Monetary Fund Debt & the IFIs 101 Corporate Welfare and the IFIs "It's Getting Hot in Here": The Role of International Financial Institutions in Fueling Climate Change Privatization: The Threat to Social Security's Future Linking Welfare, Immigration, and the Drug War to the Global Economy SAPs & the IFIs 101 The Han Young: Challenging the Free Trade Regime Disney/Haiti: Re-energizing the Campaign Engaging People of Faith for Action Funding Extinction: Tropical Rainforests of the Americas and Africa Influencing the MDBs: Advocacy Campaigns Initiated by Southern NGOs Oil and Development: Road to Prosperity or Obstacle to Progress? The Plunder Continues: The World Bank in Southern Africa and many more . . . . .
Tentative Agenda:
Friday, October 2:
5:00 PM * Registration 7:00 PM * OPENING PLENARY: -- Sado-Monetarism: The Other Capital Punishment?
Walden Bello - Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand Amy Goodman - Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now," New York Doug Henwood - Left Business Observer, New York elmira Nazombe - Center for Women's Global Leadership, New Brunswick, NJ The Most Right Reverend, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, Cape Town, South Africa
Saturday, October 3: Joint Workshops with Jubilee 2000/USA Campaign
8:15 AM * Registration -- Refreshments
9:00 AM * PLENARY: The MAI, the IMF Bailouts, Debt, and other Hot Topics
Dennis Brutus - University of Pittsburgh Kofi Klu - Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign, London, U.K. Magda Lanuza - Centro Humboldt, Managua, Nicaragua Lori Wallach - Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, Washington DC Nila Ardhianie, Yaya San Duta Awam, Solo, Indonesia Soren Ambrose, Alliance for Global Justice, Washington, DC
10:45- 2:45 PM * Workshop Series
4:30 PM * PLENARY: Resistance & Success Stories in the Quest for Economic Justice for All
Gustavo Castro Soto - CIEPAC, San Cristobal, Mexico Tammi Coles - Washington Peace Center, Washington DC Oronto Douglas - Environmental Rights Action, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Susan George - TransNational Institute, Paris, France Charlie Hinton - 50 Years is Enough Network, San Francisco Mexican Han Young Worker - Tijuana, Mexico
7:00 PM * Inter-Faith Program on Debt by the Religious Working Group on the World Bank & IMF
8:00 PM * PARTY !
Sunday, October 4:
9:30 AM * Workshop Series
12:00 Noon * CLOSING PLENARY: Action & Direction: Carrying the Movement Forward
Patrick Bond - Campaign Against Neo-Liberalism in South Africa, Johannesburg John Cavanagh - Institute for Policy Studies, Washington DC Kevin Danaher - Global Exchange, San Francisco Cheri Honkala - Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Philadelphia Deborah Toller - Scholar/Activist, Oakland
3:00 PM * Rally for Economic Justice & Debt Relief at the White House (Metro: McPherson Sq.)
50 Years Is Enough, in conjunction with the Jubilee 2000 USA Campaign, will sponsor a rally at the White House (in Lafayette Park) to make our demands known to President Clinton. After the Rally we will march to the International Monetary Fund (about 4 blocks away) where the Joint Development Committee of the World Bank and IMF will be meeting in preparation for their Annual Meeting with the world's Finance Ministers the following Week.
Join activists from around the world as we let the Clinton Administration, the IMF, and the World Bank know that our movement grows stronger every year. We will not go away until there is Economic Justice for All!
REGISTRATION FORM:
All events are open to the public, however space is limited so please register in advance.
The $35 registration fee will help cover costs and ensure scholarships for those who cannot afford to pay. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Student rates available.
For more information contact: 50 Years Is Enough at (202) 463-2265 or e-mail us at <wb50years at igc.apc.org>
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================================================================================ Njoki Njoroge Njehu Public Outreach Coordinator 50 Years Is Enough Network 1247 E Street, SE Washington, DC 20003 - USA Email: wb50years at igc.org Web: www.50years.org