[Seattle-editorial] FP: FTAA

Mon Nov 10 21:00:25 PST 2003

there is a radio spot that vincent erine put out , there are charles anselem cartoons on the global that need citation, there is radio-imc-miami stream that some locals with the fun-race are hoping to tie into---need a mobile sound crew someone---and we need to focus on this lighter event because its too important not too.

EMILY:  is this posted yet?  I will go look and do so if its not.

walt
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DATE: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:57:38
From: Emily Reilly <queenej at riseup.net>
To: editorial at seattle.indymedia.org
Cc: 

>
>Hi seattle Editorail Collective: 
>I am writing you request that the FTAA and the Race to the Bottom be the 
>feature of the front page as soon as possible. Please find a sample 
>article below. 
>thanks, 
>emily reilly 
>
>STOP the FTAA: RACE TO THE BOTTOM! 
>Tens of thousands across the hemisphere expected to mobilize against 
>upcoming negotiation of the massive extension of the North American Free 
>Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Miami, November... 
>
>The proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) would expand NAFTA’s 
>proven disastrous record of environmental plunder, massive job and wage 
>loss, erosion of public safety into all of Central and South America and 
>the Caribbean (except Cuba). Additionally, if passed the FTAA will force 
>the public and service sectors of the hemisphere to be taken over by 
>corporations, in the privatization of water, electricity, transportation, 
>education, emergency and government services, and healthcare. 
>
>Because Bush narrowly won “Fast Track” or “Trade Promotion Authority” last 
>year, members of Congress will have just a few hours to consider the final 
>agreement, and will be forced to vote “yes” or “no” without any 
>negotiation or amendments. 
>
>The corporate trade lobby faces the possibility of the agreement crumbling 
>because of widespread opposition, even amongst trade delegates. In the 
>September meetings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Cancun, 
>Mexico, Southern countries successfully banded together and refused to 
>sign what they considered to be a plan heavily weighted toward the 
>interests of the US, Europe, and other major powers. 
>
>Recognizing that the FTAA puts so much at stake, organizers around the 
>hemisphere are hard at work at stopping it. Analysis from “fair trade” 
>organizations indicates that Washington State’s congressional votes on 
>trade issues are among the most strategic in the nation. So while the 
>civil societies of the Western Hemisphere gather against the further 
>expansion of neoliberal trade policies and for economic, social, and 
>environmental justice, Seattle will be protesting the global 
>economic “race to the bottom” in refreshing way: the “Race to the Bottom 
>Fun Run & March.” 
>
>On Nov. 22, a rally will take place in Occidental Park, in the Pioneer 
>Square district, highlighting NAFTA’s destructive record and the threats 
>posed by the FTAA. Then a march take a symbolic trip through Seattle’s 
>downtown, passing sites impacted, threatened, and influenced by “free 
>trade.” At the Federal Building, banners will decry Bush’s proposal to lay 
>off 800,000 federal employees and privatize their jobs, and a theatrical 
>auction will be held to sell off Iraq’s infrastructure, showing that war 
>and “free trade” are two sides of the same coin. At the Pike Place Market, 
>the theme is to protect family farmers, pushed off the land by NAFTA, 
>across the US and Mexico. And at the CASA Latina Day Laborers Center, it’s 
>about protecting the rights of immigrants and recognizing they’ve been 
>forced to leave their homes because of failed “free trade” policies. 
>
>Other themes address by the rally and march include: 
>·        “Structural adjustment in the US,” otherwise known as cuts to 
>health and human services 
>·        Ongoing attempts – some already successful – to privatize of the 
>Port of Seattle, Washington State Ferries, public education, water and 
>electricity 
>·        Massive loss of white- and blue-collar jobs because of corporate 
>outsourcing, and 
>·        The continued increase of militarization, locally and abroad 
>
>
>Stop the FTAA: Join the Race to the BOTTOM! 
>Saturday Nov. 22 
>Fun Run registration begins at 10am at Occidental Park (at Occidental and 
>Main St. in Seattle’s Pioneer Square) 
>Rally beings at 11am 
>Fun Run and March begin at 11:30 
>Both ending at the Seattle Labor Temple for Food, Music, and Awards 
>Ceremony for speed, best costumes, and teams. 
>See www.seattleglobaljustice.org for info and registration 
>
>
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