[PEN-L:1380] (Fwd) (mai) 50 YEARS IS ENHOUGH CONFERENCE

[Bill Rosenberg <w.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some "big names" familiar to this list appearing shortly ...

Bill

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Date:          Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:50:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:          Margrete Strand-Rangnes <mstrand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:       (mai) 50 YEARS IS ENHOUGH CONFERENCE
Reply-to:      mstrand@xxxxxxxxxxx


Dear Friends:

Some updated information on the 50 Years Is Enough Conference (October
2-4, 1998).  This message includes a list of "big name" speakers and a
sample of workshops to be offered at the conference.  Updates will
also be available on our website: <www.50years.org> We hope you will
join us in October.


The conference SADO-MONETARISM: THE OTHER CAPITAL PUNISHMENT -- THE
IMF & WORLD BANK IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC ORDER will feature activists
from around the world working in many fields - at the grassroots, as
policy analysts, and international campaigners.

Confirmed speakers include: David Barsamian, Alternative Radio; Walden
Bello, Focus on the Global South (Bangkok); Brent Blackwelder, Friends
of the Earth, U.S.; Patrick Bond, Campaign Against Neo-Liberalism in
South Africa; Dennis Brutus, University of Pittsburgh, poet and
anti-apartheid activist; Marsha Burnett, Alliance for Global Justice;
Ruth Caplan, Alliance for Democracy; John Cavanagh, Institute for
Policy Studies; Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange, editor Corporations
are Gonna Get Your Mama; Marie Dennis, Maryknoll Office for Global
Concerns; Susan George, TransNational Institute, author A Fate Worse
than Debt; Pharis Harvey, International Labor Rights Fund; Doug
Henwood, Left Business Observer, author Wall Street; Cheri Honkala,
Kensington Welfare Rights Union; Kofi Klu, Jubilee 2000 Afrika
Campaign; Magda Lanuza, Centro Humboldt; Mexican Han Young Workers;
and Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch.


SAMPLE WORKSHOPS:

How to Escape the Debt Cycle: Local Currencies/Alternatives to Debt
and Inflation" Faith-based Strategies for Economic Justice Activism,
Myths of Globalization, Gender and Economic Globalization, Student
Organizing on International Financial Institutions (IFIs)issues MAI:
What is it again?, MAI Free Zones: Local Organizing Around the World,
Stealth IMF: The "Africa Growth and Opportunity Act", The Price
Workers Pay: Labor in the Global Economy,
 --  Brazil, El Salvador, Indonesia, and Thailand
Capital Account Liberalization: 'The MAI in the IMF',
Corporate Welfare and the IMF,
The Plunder Continues: The World Bank in Southern Africa,
"Its Getting Hot in Here": The World Bank and Climate Change,
Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) and the IFIs
Privatization: The Threat to Social Security's Future
Linking Welfare, Immigration, and the Drug War to the Global Economy
The Han Young Struggle: Challenging the Free Trade Regime Debt and the
IFIs 101 Engaging People of Faith for Action Capital Account
Liberalization: The MAI in the IMF The Meso-American Rainforest: World
Bank Chainsaws at work Influencing the MDBs: Advocacy Campaigns
Initiated by Southern NGOs IMF and Militarization in Africa: Lessons
from Rwanda and Angola Subsidizing Transnational Oil Companies: The
World Bank's Role as Facilitator The IMF and the Asian Crisis Ten
Arguments for a Democratic Global Economy, and many more . . . . .


The Sado-Monetarism: The Other Capital Punishment Conference is
co-sponsored by The American University School for International
Service.  Detailed materials will be available for all who register to
attend.

Tentative Agenda:

Friday, October 2:

5:00 PM	        * Registration
7:00 PM	        * Opening Plenary -- Sado-Monetarism: The Other
Capital Punishment?

Saturday, October 3:	 Joint Workshops with Jubilee 2000/USA Campaign

8:15 AM	        * Registration -- Refreshments

9:00 AM 	* Plenary: The MAI, the IMF Bailouts, Debt, and other Hot
Topics

10:45 AM	* Workshop Series

1:10 PM 	* Workshop Series

2:45 PM	        * Workshop Series

4:30 PM	        * Plenary: Working for Economic Justice for All

7:00 PM	        * Inter-Faith Program on Debt by the Religious Working
Group on the World Bank & IMF

8:00 PM	        * Party !

Sunday, October 4:

9:30 AM	        * Workshop Series

12:00 Noon	* Closing Plenary:  Carrying the Movement Forward

3:00 PM	        * Rally for Economic Justice & Debt Relief at the
White House (Metro: McPherson Sq.)

50 Years Is Enough, in conjunction with the Jubilee 2000 USA Campaign,
will sponsor a rally at the White House (in Lafayette Park) to make
our demands known to President Clinton.  After the Rally we will march
to the International Monetary Fund (about 4 blocks away) where the
Join Development Committee of the World Bank and IMF will be meeting
in preparation for their Annual Meeting with the world's Finance
Ministers the following Week.

Join activists from around the world as we let the Clinton
Administration, the IMF, and the World Bank know that our movement
grows stronger every year.  We will not go away until there is
Economic Justice for All!

REGISTRATION FORM:

All events are open to the public, however space is limited so please
register in advance.

The $35 registration fee will help cover costs and ensure scholarships
for those who cannot afford to pay.  No one will be turned away due to
lack of funds. Student rates available.

For more information contact: 50 Years Is Enough at (202) 463-2265 or
e-mail us at <wb50years@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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Sponsor an Activist to the Conference:
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Make checks payable to 50 Years Is Enough/AGJ .  Please return to:  50
Years Is Enough Network, 1247 E Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003



The movement for global economic justice grows every day!  Let the
ruling classes tremble!!

In Peace & Solidarity,


Njoki Njoroge Njehu 50 Years Is Enough Network


Margrete Strand Rangnes
MAI Project Coordinator
Public Citizen Global Trade Watch
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