[CIMC-working] Re: PROPOSED FEATURE: Protests Against TABD in Chicago, 11/7-8

[Chris Kaihatsu]

Cool! Got my vote!


Chris




-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Morris <being@enteract.com>
To: CAGeovanis@aol.com,Chris Kaihatsu <ckaihatsu@myrealbox.com>, ianb@color=
study.com
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 13:08:13 -0500
Subject: PROPOSED FEATURE: Protests Against TABD in Chicago, 11/7-8

Hi Chris, Chris, Dick, Ian,

I would like propose the feature below on the TABD protests.

Can you proof this and post to the cimc center column?
It is a rough draft in html.

This needs to go up soon.

One thing. It needs a photo or graphic.
The exec or pig shot from this page could be used...:
http://www.azone.org/notabd/main.html

Note:  I did not take the approach of building this up as the first=20
Chicago-based "global justice" protest. The protests might well be a flop.=
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I stuck to the issues and event.

Note 2: We need to talk about organizing coverage for this event.  Like: We=
=20
need to have our office open and people manning the wire/center column,=20
etc. We need to get in touch with midwest imcistas to see if they are comin=
g.

Note 3: Some more links from the call to action article could be included=
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at the end of this feature.

The feature is based on this article (cribing some copy):=20
http://chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=3D14715&group=3Dwebcast
And this website: http://www.azone.org/notabd/main.html

Let me know if you need me to do more.
Thanks, Doug

Protests Against TABD in Chicago!
November 7-8, 2002

<P>
<a=20
href=3D"http://chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=3D14715&group=3D=
webcast">Protests</a>=20
are being organized against the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialog meetings in=
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Chicago November 7-8, 2002.  A protest march will be held in the afternoon=
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of November 7 and civil disobedience actions on November 8.

<P>The <a href=3D"http://tabd.org/">TABD</a>, an exclusive group of corpora=
te=20
CEOs and senior-level government officials from the United States and=20
European Union (i.e. "the global north"), is a decision-making group for=20
the World Trade Organization. The TABD summits function as a forum for=20
architects of neo-liberal economic globalization to plan the demolition of=
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"trade barriers" (labor rights, enviromental protections, cultural heritage=
).

<P>This year, TABD will be co-chaired by two of the world's largest weapon=
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manufacturers, Chicago-based Boeing for the US and the BAE Systems for the=
=20
EU. The TABD agenda for Chicago includes
<a href=3D"http://www.azone.org/notabd/main.html">strategizing</a> how to=
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capitalize on the war economy.

<P>Protests were held in Cincinnati in November, 2000, against TABD, where=
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over 50 protesters were arrested [link:=20
http://www.citybeat.com/tabd/index.html]. Chicago police are rumored to be=
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organizing to suppress the protests as was recently done in the <a=20
href=3D"http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/09/2002-09.html#5250">cr=
iminalization=20
of dissent</a> and violation of civil liberties by police and officials in=
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Washington, D.C., during the recent <a=20
href=3D"http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/09/2002-09.html#5236">an=
ti-WEF 
protests</a>, which were attended by <a 
href=3D"http://chicago.indymedia.org">Chicago police</a> (see CIMC Sept. 28=
 
center column feature).

[LINK NEEDE: directly to the cimc sept 28 feature - DO WE HAVE Link?].

See:
<a href=3D"http://www.azone.org/notabd/main.html">Azone Anti-TABD Protest 
webpages</a> |
<a 
href=3D"http://chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=3D14715&group=3D=
webcast">Anti-TABD 
Protest call to action</a>










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You know, that pit bull behind the fence probably will not attack you unles=
s you start prodding it with a stick. By the way, here's a stick to prod =
the dog with! Brilliant thinking Congress, thanks for looking out for the=
 best interest of the citizens of the United States and the world. 

http://indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=3D208508&group=3Dwebcast