[PEN-L:5236] Public Forum on Mexico for social and labour activists (fwd)

[lefeber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

The following is the finalized programme of the Public Forum on Mexico after
NAFTA.

Louis Lefeber                             lefeber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Department of Economics                   Office: (416) 736-5083
York University, Toronto.                    Fax: (416) 736-5737
CANADA    M3J 1P3

                              MEXICO AFTER NAFTA

               A PUBLIC FORUM FOR SOCIAL AND LABOUR ACTIVISTS
                        ON THE CURRENT MEXICAN CRISIS
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      Date: Sunday, June 4, 1995.            Time: 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.
      Place: Meeting room 308, Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Toronto.

A day-long workshop designed to deliver overviews and updates focusing on
the deep economic, social and political crisis that has engulfed Mexico.
The sessions will deal with critical issues of interest for social,
international and labour activists. Brief presentations will be followed
by discussion from the floor. Presentations will go beyond headline news
and official discourse, addressing the harsh realities caused by the
deepening crisis, and the multiple responses to this crisis by the Mexican
people and their allies in Canada and elsewhere. A final session is
scheduled for open debate involving all panelists and the audience.

                                 Programme:

 8:30 -  9:00      Registration
 9:00 -  9:15      Overview of the day
 9:15 - 9:45       Neoliberal restructuring and its political and economic
                   implications - Judith Teichman, University of Toronto
 9:45 - 10:15      Elections, parties and political reform - Nibaldo
                   Galleguillos, McMaster University
 10:15 - 10:45     Rural restructuring and the Chiapas insurrection -
                   Dick Roman, Mexico Group and University of Toronto
10:45 - 11:15      Break (coffee and refreshments)
11:15 - 11:45      The state of human rights in Mexico - Suzanne Rumsey,
                   Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America
11:45 - 12:15      Mexican responses to the neoliberal crisis  - Bob Jeffcott,
                   Maquila Solidarity Network
12:15 - 12:45      Canadian labour responses  - Nick De Carlo, Canadian Auto
                   Workers
12:45 -  2:00      Lunch break
 2:00 -   2:45     Labour and the economic and social crisis - Alejandro
                   Alvarez Bejar, economist and labour specialist with UNAM,
                   Mexico
 2:45 - 5:15       Open debate about the Mexican situation after NAFTA
                   and the current crisis, involving the audience and all
                   the panelists. Chair: Ricardo Grinspun, CERLAC, York
                   University
 5:15 -   5:30     Conclusion and evaluation

Sponsored by: Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean
(CERLAC, York University), Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Canada-Americas
Policy Alternatives (CAPA), Development Education Centre (DEC),
Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America (ICCHRLA), Latin
America Working Group (LAWG), Maquila Solidarity Network, Mexico Group,
United Steelworkers and others.

                          REGISTRATION:

    Mail or fax  registration to:

    Phone:    (416)  736-5237
    Fax:      Liddy Gomes, CERLAC, fax (416) 736-5737
    Address:  Liddy Gomes, CERLAC, Rm. 240 York Lanes, York University,
              North York, Ontario, Canada  M3J 1P3
    e-mail information: ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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                PUBLIC FORUM ON MEXICO CRISIS, JUNE 4, 1995


1.  Name:

2.  Address:

3.  Phone/Fax/E-mail:

4.  Registration fee: $22 Regular,  $10 Students and Unemployed

The payment covers organizational expenses, materials to be distributed,
and refreshments and pastries. Please note that lunch is NOT included
(restaurants available nearby).

5.  (Optional):  Could you please indicate issues relevant to the current
Mexican crisis which are of most interest to you?  We will use this
information to help us in orienting the panelists.