The WTO
World Trade Organization
The WTO
World Trade Organization
The WTO is a legal international body...means "closed" to NGO's or Civil Society unless corporate lawyers. Can override the "best interests" of any country who signs. A Global power that can dictate policies good and/or bad for a country.
WTO NGO WEBSITE COVERAGE - A SAMPLING: Prepared for your information and ease of access to coverage of this turning point in history -the Battle of Seattle as the critics are calling it !!! Hear Democracy Now Interviews # 5 below !
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1] GLOBAL EXCHANGE http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/rulemakers/update.html
2] SEATTLE WTO http://www.seattle99.org/media_central/media_daily.html
3] PUBLIC CITIZEN GLOBAL TRADE WATCH http://www.tradewatch.org/
4] WTO WATCH http://www.wtowatch.org/
5] DEMOCRACY NOW http://www.democracynow.org/ [If you have or can download Real Audio - HEAR AMY GOODMAN in the Streets of Seattle with interviews, sounds and songs of Protestors]
6] Z-NET GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS http://www.zmag.org/ZNETTOPnoanimation.html
7] YOUR FINGERTIP GUIDE TO WTO SEATTLE:
http://www.nettrek.com.au/~brian/newslink.htm (Australian StopMAI Coalition
contribution to the international campaign)
8] WORLD TRADE OBSERVER http://www.worldtradeobserver.org/
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1] GLOBAL EXCHANGE
http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/rulemakers/update.html WTO News
Updates
During the Seattle Ministerial of the WTO (11/30/99 - 12/3/99), a coalition of NGOs will publish a daily newspaper, World Trade Observer, reporting news on the meeting from the NGO perspective. The paper will focus on labor, environmental, food and agriculture, and human rights issues at the ministerial as well as provide ommentary, a calendar of events, and a few surprise guest columnists. (A joint project of Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Institute for Trade and Agriculture Policy, International Forum on Globalization, and Public Citizen.)
PHOTO: Opening ceremonies in Seattle! Bay Area activists redecorate Old Navy, kicking off a week of direct action. See story. (Photo: Amazon Watch
Communications Team)
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2] SEATTLE WTO http://www.seattle99.org/media_central/media_daily.html
Mobilizing Against Corporate Globalization Organizations Involved The Coalition:
People For Fair Trade/No to WTO Public Citizen Earthjustice One Northwest
Asian Pacific Environmental Exchange Media Island Seattle 99 Independent
Media Center Alliance For Democracy Corporate Trade Watch Global Exchange
International Forum on Globalization (IFG) Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Our Allies:
American Lands Alliance Northwest Labor and Employment Law Office Council of
Canadiennes Sierra Club
Nov 26: Public Citizen Media Center Opens:
Nov 28 Jose Bose Meets Jim Hightower (en Francais)
Nov 29 Press Advisory : Public Citizen Press Events Press Advisory: Health
and Environment Day Program Press Advisory: Major Jubilee 2000 Event Tonite
Press Advisory: New World Bank-IMF "Coherence Agreement" Dec1
For a comprehensive introduction click:
http://www.seattle99.org/about_us/about_home.html * A Citizen's Guide to the
World Trade Organization * Everything You Need to Know to Fight for Fair
Trade:
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3] PUBLIC CITIZEN GLOBAL TRADE WATCH http://www.tradewatch.org/
WTO Ministerial Summit -Links to Seattle WTO above
NEW RELEASE! Whose Trade Organization? Corporate Globalization and the Erosion of Democracy
"A Citzen's Guide to the WTO" Everything YOU Need to Know to Fight for Fair
Trade Order this concise "everything you need to know" booklet TODAY! TEXT
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4] WTO WATCH http://www.wtowatch.org/
Welcome to WTO WATCH The global information center on the WTO, trade, and sustainable development.
Whether you are an international trade policy specialist, a reporter covering breaking news on the WTO Ministerial, or a citizen interested in learning more about global trade, you've come to the right place.
What you will find at WTO WATCH:
The most up-to-date calendar of activities in Seattle and beyond
A vast collection of documents, articles and reports on trade
Live and archived multimedia reporting from delegates, officials, community leaders and activists during the Ministerial
A press center to assist the media in covering the trade debates
Categorized links to trade resources around the world.
Fast Facts to help you understand complicated trade issues
A site search to help you quickly locate relevant content
We invite you to make WTO WATCH your home on trade, the WTO, and sustainable development issues and to help build this valuable resource. Click here to learn more about "What's Going On."
http://www.wtowatch.org/whatsgoingon.cfm * What's Going On? The World Trade Organization Seattle Ministerial Conference
* A Sampling of Events, Activities and Resources sponsored by non-governmental organizations
A Call to Food and Agriculture Day
Biotechnology Related Events
For an excellent primer and resource on the WTO see "A Citizen's Guide to the World Trade Organization - Everything You Need to Know to Fight for Fair Trade." [PDF - 204KB] Published by the Working Group on the WTO / MAI, July 1999.
The WTO (But What Are we Trading Away?) billboards and bus signs are up in Seattle. Fifteen different organizations join Asia Pacific Environmental Exchange (APEX) in launching the ads. To view the billboards visit website: http://www.ban.org. Please feel free to take these images off the web and use them as you will.
WTO WATCH BILLBOAD CAMPAIGN http://www.ban.org/ Click above to view the entire campaign of billboards going up around Seattle from November 11 - December 22 for the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization.
Click on "Top Story" below to read the Press Release.
Exporting Anguish TOP STORY Deposit Box
WTO Serves Polluters not the Public
-- New BAN/APEX Report --
When Trade is Toxic: The WTO Threat to Public and Planetary Health
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5] DEMOCRACY NOW http://www.democracynow.org/
Who we are: Democracy NOW! was launched by Pacifica Radio in 1996 to open the airwaves on a daily basis to alternative voices traditionally excluded from the political process For more information about Pacifica and its programming, visit the Pacifica Web site.
Contact Us: democracy@pacifica.org anchored by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez produced by Maria Carrion and David Love
MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY
Tuesday, November 30th
The fight against McGlobalization
Tuesday on Democracy Now!-- A French farmer is jailed for taking a hammer to fast food giant McDonald's, in protest of the company's use of hormone injected beef. Also, a discussion with farmers in India and the U.S. All that and more on Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now! Tune in all week for coverage of the WTO summit in Seattle, and on the Web at http://www.democracynow.org.
Monday, November 29th
What is the WTO?
Listen to the show @ Guests:
Vandana Shiva: Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology Lori Wallach:
Public Citizen Global Trade Watch Walden Bello: Focus on the Global South
[listen to the entire program at 14.4]
[click to hear any story]
NEWS HEADLINES
Story: THE BATTLE IN SEATTLE: WTO TALKS INAUGURATED, AS THOUSANDS OF ACTIVISTS DEMAND HUMAN RIGHTS
Catch the evening news every day, Pacifica Network News.
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6] Z-NET GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS http://www.zmag.org/ZNETTOPnoanimation.html
Contents of This Global Economics Crisis and WTO Page
Daily Reporting/Analysis from Seattle
Coverage from ZNet folks and other sources as well...
Quick Hit: WTO and Seattle Pieces culled from the categories below for those
in a hurry
ZNet Global Economics Commentaries Short related essays from our Sustainer Program
Some Z Magazine Global Economics Articles Longer related articles from Z Magazine
Particularly Good WTO-Related Articles from Around the Web Links to excellent articles on other sites
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and much more
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7] YOUR FINGERTIP GUIDE TO WTO SEATTLE:
http://www.nettrek.com.au/~brian/newslink.htm Citizens' Voice LINKS TO LATEST NEWS (Australian StopMAI Coalition contribution to the international campaign)
Comprehenisve set of links to following:
WTO Seattle site MAI-NOT News archive Our Eyes in Seattle Third World Network Bridges Weekly Digest Australian Govt Ministrial Draft StopWTORound archive * Reuters USA USA Seattle site Oneworld LINKS PAGE Seattle Times Post-Intelligencer Today'S N30 Site
(* Registration needed to enter this site. Follow the instructions)
SELECTION OF BREAKING STORIES BELOW:
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8] WORLD TRADE OBSERVER http://www.worldtradeobserver.org/
Monday, November 29, 1999
Top Stories World Labor Leaders Condemn WTO
The Chaos Started in Genva
WTO Symposium For NGOs `Biased'
Features
NGO Calender
Teach-ins/Talks Other Events Commentary Notes from Nader Solomon Say Gossip Links --snip--
Next Issue: November 30, 1999
WTO Foes Make Their Case to an Audience of Thousands
Thousands of concerned citizens spent the weekend in Seattle arming themselves with the weapon most likely to derail the corporate-driven free trade agenda: knowledge of the WTO and its impacts on nature, workers, food security, human rights, and democracy. (more)
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