Program and budget for Tijuana Apr. 21
Date: 4/11/01 1:17:25 AM
From: Endavalos

Hola friends Stopftaaers,
Information from the Baja California Globalphobics meeting
Tuesday April 10, 7 pm

1. Program for April 21

a) Teach-in

WHEN: There are two options:
April 20, 5-8 p
April 21, 10 am-1 pm
They will decide Wed. Apr. 11

WHERE: There are two options:
Casa de la Cultura, Tijuana
El Cortijo, Playas de Tijuana
Decision will be made on Apr. 11b)

Protest April 21
Playas de Tijuana, on the other (Mexican) side of Border Field Park 2:30-6:00 pm

Baja California proposal:
10 speakers:
5 from the US and 5 from Mexico, including:

1. Speaker from Maclovio Rojas

2. Speaker from San Quintin farmworkers

3. Speaker about migration and border militarization

4. Speaker from maquiladoras

5. Speaker from environmental groups

6. Globaliphobics for introducing speakers

Translators English/Spanish

Cultural Festival at Playas de Tijuana
(Same place of the demonstration
April 21, 6 pm-10:30 pm, including:

8 bands, four from the US and four from Mexico Some testimonies from maquiladora workers, emmigrants, and others

Bi-national meeting, Sunday April 22 12:00--4 pm
Maclovio Rojas Neighborhood

Maclovio Rojas also offers space for sleep: 100 people (Bring your sleepingbag)

2. Budget
The organization of the event at Baja California requires:

Renting a professional sound system + lights + electric power source: About $1,500 (perhaps a lower price)

Instaling a high stage for bands and speakers to be listen and seen from both sides of the border: $400

Supporting transportation from Maclovio and San Quintin: $350

Food for 150/200 people: $300

Rosy and Tannia from LA are paying 5,000 color fliers

Globaliphobics are paying 1000 black and white fliers and posters

Total required: about $2,500

(A more precise budget will be available tomorrow.)

Do you think people from San Diego, LA and Bay Area could support Baja California's event?
Saludos,
Enrique

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Saturday, March 24, 2001
Regional Coordination meeting in Tijuana The Stop the FTAA! meeting will start at 2:30pm At 12pm there will be a report of the caravan for those interested.
Location is close to Casa de la Cultura.

Thursday, March 29, 2001
12pm
City College teach-in in conjunction with Cesar Chavez day. Jaime Cota will be one of the speakers.

Monday, April 02, 2001
A teach-in will be hosted at the university in Tijuana.

Friday, April 20, 2001
Stop the FTAA! Forum
Location: Unitarian Church

4-6pm Breakout sessions

6-7pm Big Kitchen will provide lasagna

7-9:30pm Main Forum.
Several speakers are ligned up including Medea Benjamin and Domingo Gonzales.
Contact Herb Shore for more information. 619-287-5535

Saturday, April 21, 2001
Stop the FTAA! Border Action
9:00-10:00 am
Marchers will gather at the 31st Anniversary Celebration of Chicano Park in Logan Heights.
Demonstrators will ride the trolley to San Ysidro where they will join the main event at San Ysidro.

1pm
Main demonstration at Larsen Park, San Ysidro
U'Wa people from Colombia will speak
A delegation from San Diego will meet the Tijuana delegation at the train tracks in San Ysidro.

May 11, 2001
Post Stop the FTAA! demonstration event at the University of San Diego in Manchester Hall

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Contact: Paul Marini
(510) 653-1883
Pegro373@yahoo.com

Bay Area FTAA Action Schedule

April 27-29th
Press Freedom Conferenceand Alternative Media Exposition
San Francisco State University
San Francisco

The Alternative News Media Exposition will have display booths featuring information on leading alternative news organizations and media activists groups from both the United States and foreign countries. Organizations are encouraged to bring sample publications, subscription forms, and audio-visual materials.

Media related presentations, panels, films, demonstrations, and workshops will be on-going during the two day period.

The Exposition will be open to the general public for a $7.00 entry fee. The Press Freedom Conference will run concurrently in a separate conference center, a short five minute walk form the Exposition.

The conference will feature discussions, panels and presentations on contemporary media issues. Topics covered in Indymedia Vermont, the Fordham University, Press Freedom Conference, and the Media Democracy Congresses will be continued and expanded. We will discuss how to mobilize our resources to redevelop news and information systems from the bottom up. We will explore expanding our distribution of news, via small newspapers, local magazines, independent radio, internet listservs and cable access TV. How can we use the internet to interconnect with like-minded grassroots news organizations for the sharing of important news stories.

Participation in the conference will be for registrants only. http://www.projectcensored.org

June 2nd Teach-In on Globalization, FTAA, and 3rd World Deb
First Unitarian Church in San Jose

Featuring speakers & workshops from 9am to 4:30pm

A day-long Teach-In featuring the founder and acting director of IFG, Jerry Mander,Ê Cathi Tactaquin of the National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights, Antonia Juhasz, Program Director of IFG,Victor Menotti , IFG Environmental Director.

Morning Speakers and Afternoon Workshops:
In the afternoon there will be a variety of workshops by South Bay organizations and activists working for peace, justice, the Earth, and confronting economic globalization.

If you wish to become a sponsoring organization, contact Billie Wachter at 408-258-0439 or Paul Burks at 650-960-1767

Fee, Lunch, Registration:
The admission fee will be $5.00 but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. A box lunch will be available for an additional $5.00. You can bring your own lunch if you prefer.

To REGISTER
Make checks out to Southbay Jubilee Campaign and mail to:
Southbay Jubilee Campaign, 160 N. Third Street, San Jose 95112

Tickets can be purchased at the door but your advance registration helps us plan. Register early since we expect over 300.

(Contact Billie or Paul soon,especially if you want to offer a workshop. We need your input and help. Bring others. Thanks, Paul)

June 8-10th
"Another World is Possible"
Organizing for the Next World Social Forum/s
A Retreat Center in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near San Jose

Organizing meeting for the US Mobilization Committee for the Next World Social Forum to be held in Porto Allegre, Brazil January 25-30, 2002.

My unsuccessful attempts to get cheap group airfares for next January, (best I can find is about $1000) makes me think that we might need to hold a parallel event in North America.

If you would plan to go to Brazil, or want to help with a parallel event, please contact Carol Brouillet
http://www.communitycurrency.org/
650-857-0927.Ê

June 29- July 1, 2001
Regional People's Assembly San Francisco

Check out:
http://acgc.org/peoplesassembly/index.html
for details and to register.

I also keep up a calendar of events on my website http://www.communitycurrency.org which has even more events.

Let me know if you want to add an event which I've missed.

Mohawk Meeting Update - 04.12.01
from: jncatr@mail.wm.edu

Hey everyone! Here is an update to what happened at the meeting that we had at Akwesasne. It was a great meeting and it cleared up a lot of confusion that i had and i hope this e-mail will for you too. So whoever is spreading rumors, STOP IT! Everything will be okay and we will be able to smash the FTAA and stuff. All right?

And if you are going to Akwesasne b/c you are so concerned with your easy ride into Quebec, we don't want you to come!!!!

The Mohawks want us to emphasize a few things with the media:

That the bridge is a daily affront to their sovereignty. (i.e one gent we met has to go through customs on his own land each time he goes to see his father on the Canadian side)

Expose conditions on the reserve. Such things as environmental racism (the Canadian government warns women on the reserve not to breast feed because pollution in the river from Alcan)

These two points can be easily tied in also to why we are protesting the FTAA.

Plan for the day:
Noon social on highway 37 near border (it will be visible)
There will be a Fish fry (there will be vegan soup) and talks.

They emphasized on us having fun! They want us to provide a speaker to talk about issues on FTAA

suggestions
Nisha Anand (from the Call to Action tour and from the War Resisters League and Jody Dodd (from Philadelphia Direct Action Group)

People can join at Noon at Akwesasne, but we are still strongly encouraging folks to join us at Burlington
(www.vermontactionnetwork.org) BY the 18th (legal training 11-3, Cultural Sensitivity training 5pm-7, SPOKECOUNCIL 8-11) so we can figure out some things for ourselves.

NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WILL BE TOLERATED (We need clear heads)

We will follow the lead of the Mohawks in all things once we enter the reserve. they will have organized security (to protect folks) There will also be a mobile medical clinic.

The whole event will be PEACEFUL AND ORGANIZED. Especially with the procession through Customs It will be "child friendly"- lots of people will be bringing their kids. Also- if you want to bring a gift to show our gratitude for the Mohawks' hospitality- they suggested that we bring something for the kids. Toys, clothes, and pokemon stuff maybe???

This is also not a risk-free event. Please think twice about what you bring with you when we cross the border. (what customs might perceive as a weapon, etc.)

We will not leave anyone behind at customs.

Our goal is to have everyone clear customs as guests of the Mohawk Nation.

On the bridge we will allow ambulances and firetrucks through, and try to move into the left lane to allow local traffic to pass.

Exact details of the crossing are not yet figured out as the situation is fluid, but will be organized by our Mohawk hosts. So, DON'T WORRY. It will be well organized, discplined and peaceful.

SEE you guys there! IT sounds like lots of fun and a great event. I am very excited and can't wait. IT would be great for coalition building, too and this will hopefully not be the last time that we work with the Mohawks.

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Calendar of Anti-FTAA Events
Buffalo, NY April 20-22nd

Friday April 20th
12 pm
Funeral for Jobs & the Environment
City Hall

1 pm
Privatization of Prisons
Teach-In at Statler Towers

3:30pm
Sodexho Marriot
Rally against private prisons and for a fair living wage at City Hall

5 pm
Human Power Not Corporate Power Bike Ride to the Peace Bridge
meet at City Hall

6pm-9pm
Affinity Group Spokescouncil Meeting, Location TBA

6pm (or so)
Dinner (served by Food Not Bombs) at El Buen Amigo

7pm- 8pm
Legal/medic training at El Buen Amigo

8pm- 9pm
Medic/legal training at El Buen Amigo

8 pm
Screening at Squeaky Wheel: Corrections (on Prisons)

Saturday April 21
10 am Dupont Rally

12pm Lunch
(served by Food Not Bombs) at Pilgrim St. Luke's (Richmond and Utica)

12pm-2pm
Legal and medical training at Pilgrim St. Luke's

1pm-3pm
Sweatshop media event, Location TBA

4pm-6pm
Media training at Pilgrim St. Luke's Church

6pm-9pm
Affinity Group Spokescouncil Meeting, Location TBA

6pm-9pm
Non-violent Civil Disobedience Training

7:00 pm
Rock the FTAA Benefit Show Pearl Street Brewery

Sunday April 22
11am
Globalize Liberation Rally Speakers, bands, and more! Front Park
Civil Disobedience Actions

3:30pm
Obey Little, Resist Much march to Tri-Co and Reinhabit the downtown area

For more Information Contact the Buffalo Activist Network 716-881-7023 buffaloactivist@yahoo.com www.a22buffalo.org

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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY ACTION!!!
DETROIT-WINDSOR
BORDER DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE FTAA!!
"BREAK THE CHAINS OF FREE TRADE"
Saturday April 21st, 12:00-2:00pm

Detroit-side:

The infrastructure for this border town event is in place. We have secured Hart Plaza for the afternoon of April 21st. A march will begin in front of Cobo Hall at Noon, proceed east along the north side of Jefferson Ave. to the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building (formerly the City/County Bldg, where a representative from the Committee for the Political Resurrection of Detroit will say a few words), cross Jefferson to GM Headquarters (aka the Renaissance Center, where a GM worker from Great Britain will briefly speak), leaflet the tunnel to Windsor and end up at Hart Plaza for the rally.

The speakers include:

1. Geronimo Hernandez
Detroit Mexican Industries (UAW Local 600)

2. A representative from the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO

3. Charles Simmons
Committee for the Political Resurection of Detroit

4. Jackie Bray
United Students Against Sweatshops/U. of Michigan activist (SOLE)

5. Carmen Peredo
Committee for the Defense of Water and Life, Bolivia

6. Anton Marcus
Joint Secretary, Industrial Transport and
General Workers Union of Sri Lanka

7. A representative from Citizens Environmental Alliance, Windsor

8. Jose Ramirez
President of USO, the Oil Workers Union in Colombia

After the rally, people can attend two workshops in Cobo Hall. A modest donation will be requested though low and fixed income can attend at no cost with prior notice.

The first workshop will be from 2:15 - 3:45pm
Cobo Center, Macomb, Level 3, Room 31

Quebec and Beyond:
Keeping the Anti-Globalization Movement on Track

Confirmed speakers being Sid Shniad (Telecommunication Workers Union, Canada), Jorge Alfredo Robles Gomez (FAT - an independent union in Mexico), and Betsy Raasch-Gilman, from the Northland Poster Collective.

The second workshop is from 3:50 - 5:15pm

Globalization and the FTAA
(also Macomb, Level 3, Room 31)

with Barbara Garson (author of Money Makes the World Go Around),

Dale Hathaway (author of Allies Across the Border - Mexico's Authentic Labor Front and Global Solidarity)

and Dan Labotz (editor of Mexican Labor News & Analysis)

We strongly encourage interested groups and individuals to participate in this global event of solidarity!
More info:
DetroitStopFTAA@hotmail.com
or Scott Heinzman 734-462-2423, noon-9pm

Detroit Organizing Coaliton includes Alliance For Democracy, Labor Notes, Transnationals Information Exchange, Jobs With Justice, Committee for the Politicial Resurrection of Detroit, Democratic Socialists of America, USWA, Xicano Development Center, students from Ann Arbor and Rochester, the Greenhouse, Grey Panthers, Detroit National Lawyers Guild, South-East Michigan Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, etc.

Windsor-side:
Contact Jim Davies

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The People's March of the Americas
As part of the People's Summit of the Americas
and the Hemispheric Social Alliance
THE MARCH OF THE PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS
Saturday April 21st at Noon
Rally: Old Port of Quebec City (Abraham-Martin Street)

The Réseau québécois sur líintégration continentale (RQIC) and Common Frontiers, along with other coalitions including the Convergence Table are organizing the March of the Peoples of the Americas under the theme: Resisting - Proposing - Together.
There are other ways to foster continental integration than the strictly commercial approach of the FTAA.  This is why a great number of organizations that will be in Quebec City during the Summit of the Americas will participate in this demonstration.  Thousands of people from Canada, Quebec, the United States, and members of the Hemispheric Social Alliance from Latin America will unite their voices expressing their opposition to the process of corporate-led globalization and the commercial agreements that sustain it.
While the heads of states of the hemisphere meet behind the barricades in order to shape the future of the Americas, all sectors of civil society will be on the streets voicing their concerns: unions, women organizations, environmentalists, students, community organizations, international solidarity organizations, human rights advocates, groups opposed to corporate-led globalization, ethno-cultural associations, regional coalitions, church groups.
It will be a colorful, diverse and pacifist march.  The route has been designed in order to avoid provocation and confrontation.  All participants are asked to respect the route in order to ensure the security of those participating.

Schedule and organization:
* Arrival of people and busses at noon at the Old Port of Quebec City.  We recommend that all buses use highway 40 on their way to Quebec, and meet us on Saint-Paul Street.  For those of you who are coming by foot, or are planning to use another highway to enter the city, a committee will meet you on Saint-André Street..

* A group in charge of March security will be clearly identified as from the Peopleís Summit and will indicate to you how to get to the rally on Abraham-Martin Street.  There you will find directions to each of the different sectors of the march.

* Empty busses will be asked to proceed to the parking lot reserved for the event which is located near the end of the march in the Victoria Park area.  Each bus will be given an identification number in order to facilitate the return of demonstrators to their respective bus.  All groups coming by bus, should also ensure they clearly identify their vehicles with signs on the front and back windows.

* In order to limit traffic jams while demonstrators are getting off the buses, we kindly ask everyone to follow the instructions given by the security staff of the Peopleís Summit, and be prepared to get off your bus as quickly as possible after arriving.

* Only buses and people on foot will be allowed entry to the rally area.  Because of limited parking space for cars and other vehicles, we recommend that people park their vehicles far from the rallying and starting points of the march.

* The march will start at 13:30, and will be opened by international delegations, and the organizers of the event.

* The route will start on Abraham-Martin Street, we will take Saint-Paul Street - which changes its name and becomes Charest - up to Rue de la Couronne, where we will turn right to reach the parking lot of the Municipal Stadium at Victoria Park.  This is a 2.5 km route.

* There will be animation throughout the march..  We will use the full width of the streets.  These streets will be closed to traffic, and reserved for participants of the march.

* The participants are expected to reach the end of the march, the parking lot of the Municipal Stadium at Victoria Park, at around 15:00.  This area is big enough to accommodate 20,000 people.

* There will be musical animation while people are arriving at Victoria Park.

* There will be 1 hour of speeches following the March where representatives of the Hemispheric Social Alliance, as well as representatives from the Convergence Table will address the public.

* The event is expected to end at 16:15.

* We are asking all organizations and participants to take their placards, and all other materials away with them.

* We will announce from the stage how to proceed to the buses.  Members of the security staff of the Peopleís Summit will direct participants to the location of the busesí parking site located near Victoria Park.

* An information pamphlet with further information for marshals and bus coordinators will be circulated shortly to the members of the RQIC, Common Frontiers, and the Convergence Table and posted on this website.

* A detailed map of the route of the March of the Peoples of the Americas, as well as a map indicating the drop-off locations, the starting and ending points of the march and the busesí parking lot will be made available shortly.

Other information:
* Each organization participating in the event is asked to ensure marshaling.  We suggest 4 people for 50 participants.  We ask that these people be identified with an armband of the colors of their organization.  The Peopleís Summit security staff will ensure coordination with the marshals.

* For the participants coming from outside Quebec City, and planning to drive into the city, whether by bus or by car, we suggest that you eat prior to your arrival in Quebec since we are expecting a lot of people on the 21st in an area with very few restaurants.

* Toilets will be on site, and ambulances will be available in case of emergency.

* The organizing committee of the Peopleís Summit has obtained a demonstration permit from the Quebec municipality and we are discussing with the authorities our request to close the streets to traffic.

* The route is wheelchair-friendly.

* We strongly suggest that participants bring warm clothes with them, as well as rain gear and food.  Watch the weather forecasts the day prior to the march.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONTACT YOUR RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS
WELCOME TO THE MARCH OF THE PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS!!!
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CUMBRE DE LOS PUEBLOS DE AMERICA
LA MARCHE DE LOS PUEBLOS DE AMERICA
Sábado 21 de abril, 12hrs 
Punto de encuentro: Puerto de la Ciudad de Quebec (calle Abraham - Martin)

La Red de Quebec sobre la Integración Continental (RQIC) y Commons Frontiers en coordinación con diversas coaliciones nacionales como la Mesa de Convergencia, organizan la Marcha de los Pueblos de América.

Construir Juntos una América Solidaria
- Hay otras formar de ver la integración continental que aquella exclusivamente comercial como en el caso del ALCA, por ello la mayoría de las organizaciones que estarán presentes en Quebec durante la Cumbre de las Américas participaran a una gran manifestación unitaria. Miles de personas de Canadá, de Quebec, y de los Estados Unidos, a los cuales se unirán centenas de manifestantes de todos los países de las Américas, miembros de la Alianza Social Continental (ASC), juntaran sus voces con el fin de rechazar la globalización neoliberal y los acuerdos comerciales en los cuales se sustenta

- Mientras que los jefes de estado de las Américas estarán reunidos atrás de sus barricadas para discutir del futuro de nuestro continente todos los sectores de la sociedad civil se tomarán la calle para protestar: el movimiento sindical, las organizaciones feministas, ecologistas, los estudiantes, los jóvenes, el movimiento comunitario, el movimiento de defensa de los derechos humanos, las organizaciones de lucha contra la globalizacion neoliberal, las organizaciones religiosas, las asociaciones etno-culturales, etc., etc.

-Se trata de una Marcha de protestación pacifica y multicultural Los participantes están invitados a respetar el trayecto de la Marcha, ello ayudara a realizar un evento unitario y representativo de los objetivos de nuestra acción.

Horario y organización
- Llegada de las personas y de los autobuses a las 12hrs al Puerto de Quebec. Los autobuses serán invitados a tomar la autoruta 40 para llegar hasta el Puerto de Quebec. Los autobuses serán recibidos en la calle Saint-Paul. También habrá un lugar par recibir buses en la calle Saint-André para aquellos que llegan caminando o los buses que no pueden llegar a través de la autoruta 40.

- Un servicio de orden para este efecto e identificado como Servicio de Orden de la Cumbre de los pueblos dirigirá los manifestantes hacia la calle Abraham-Martin. En esta calle los sitios de concentración de las diferentes organizaciones  serán claramente indicados por el servicio de orden

-En seguida los autobuses, una vez de haber dejado todos los participantes, serán  dirigidos por el servicio de orden,  hacia un estacionamiento previsto para este efecto y situado a proximidad del Parque Victoria que es lugar de llegada de la Marcha. Un numero de identificaron será dado a cada autobús con el fin de que cada participante pueda identificar su autobús para el regreso. Los grupos que llegan en autobús deberán identificar claramente sus vehículos  (sugerimos afiches en el parabrisas adelante y atrás).

- Con el fin de evitar los embotellamientos en el momento de llegada, les solicitamos de respetar las consignas dadas por el servicio de orden y prepararse a descender del autobús  antes de llegar a puerto.

- Solo los buses y las personas a pie serán recibidos y admitidos en las  calles vecinas y en el lugar de salida de la Marcha, el espacio es restringido y la falta de estacionamientos adecuados para los automovilistas y otros pequeños vehículos nos obligan a aconsejar fuertemente a todos y todas que planean utilizar su propio auto de estacionarse lejos del lugar de inicio de la Marcha.

-La Marcha saldrá a las 13h30 y será encabezada  por las delegaciones internacionales y los responsables de las organizaciones que participan en la Marcha.

El trayecto será el siguiente:
- Salida, calle Abraham-Martin, después doblaremos sobre St-Paul que cambia de nombre y se llama Charest, seguiremos sobre Charest hasta la calle Couronne y bifurcáremos a la derecha sobre Couronne por llegar al estadio Municipal del Parque Victoria. Es decir, 2,5 Km.

-Habrá animación todo el trayecto de la Marcha. Utilizaremos toda la calle.

- Los participantes llegaran aproximativamente al Parque Victoria a las 15h00. Este lugar puede recibir más de 20 mil personas. Se trata de un lugar asfaltado y podremos tener nuestros pies secos  (porque tal vez aún hay nieve en Quebec

- Los participantes serán recibidos con música y otras actividades culturales

- Habrán discursos durante una hora: representantes de diferentes organizaciones miembros de la ASC tomaran la palabra así como oradores de coaliciones como la Mesa de Convergencia.

- La Marcha terminara cerca de las 16h15

- Se solicita a las organizaciones dejar el terreno limpio y recuperar sus pancartas y otros objetos utilizados durante la Marcha.

-Las consignas de retiro y de regreso al autobús serán anunciadas por micro y el servicio de orden de la Cumbre de los Pueblos dirigirá los manifestantes hacia el sitio de estacionamiento asignado a los buses situados en las proximidades.

Otras informaciones importantes:
-Cada organización que participa en la Marcha deber tener su propio servicio de Orden, 4 personas para 50 participantes, estas personas serán invitadas a identificarse con un brazalete  con los colores de su organización, el servicio de orden de la Cumbre de los Pueblos que recibirá  a los participantes coordinara su intervención con aquellos de las organizaciones presentes.

-Para las personas que provienen del exterior de Quebec y llegan en bus y autos  les sugerimos de comer antes de llegar a Quebec ya que habrá mucha gente el 21 y no hay suficientes restaurantes en el Puerto de Quebec.

-Habrá toilettes químicas y servicios de ambulancia en el sector.

-Todas las calles por donde la Marcha pasara estarán cerradas a la circulación vehicular.

-El trayecto de la Marcha es accesible para las personas con discapacidades físicas y en sillas de ruedas

- Se aconseja fuertemente vestirse con ropa caliente e impermeable y llegar una colación. El día de la Marcha infórmese de las condiciones meteorológicas

PARA OTRAS INFORMACIONES COMUNIQUE CON SU ORGANIZACION RESPECTIVA

BIENVENIDA Y BIENVENIDO A LA MARCHA DE LOS PUEBLOS DE AMERICA.

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