Nation on QC

[Doug Henwood]

At 4:19 PM -0500 4/22/01, The Nation Magazine wrote:
>Dear EmailNation Subscriber,
>
>Today the leaders of the Western hemisphere met in Quebec City for the
>third straight day to try to hammer out final negotiations over a free
>trade agreement that would extend across Latin America, just hours after a
>turbulent night of clashes between police and protesters lead to about 270
>arrests.
>
>Tens of thousands of people converged on Quebec from across the hemisphere
>late last week to protest the Summit of the Americas, where George W. Bush
>and other leaders are trying to create a NAFTA-like economic zone across
>the continent known as the Free Trade Area of the Americas. As of this
>morning, more than 400 people have been arrested by an increasingly
>violent Canadian police force numbering over 6,000. Yesterday, according
>to an AP report, police fired rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas
>at groups of roving activists while most of the nearly 30,000
>demonstrators marched peacefully through this picturesque city protesting
>the proposed free-trade pact.
>
>The Nation is collecting some of the most illuminating reporting coming
>out of Quebec City this weekend, along with some background information on
>the FTAA, in a special web section. And we'll be adding frequent updates
>over the next few days. Currently you can read columns, articles and
>dispatches by Naomi Klein, William Greider, Sarah Anderson and John
>Cavanagh, John Nichols, Margaret Wente, Alejandro Bustos and more.
>Available at:
>
>http://www.thenation.com/special/2001quebec.mhtml