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A one-hour radio program exploring economic globalization produced by National Radio Project's Globalization Desk.
On this special radio program, people from around the world share stories about their lives and explain how economic globalization has affected their wages and working conditions. We discuss what it all means for democracy, human rights, women, and the environment.
You'll hear community based organizers from Senegal, Kenya, Eritrea, Haiti, and the United States who are part of an international movement for debt relief. Other creative solutions are explored such as an initiative to curb currency speculation, and the Brazilian peasants' land reform movement.
The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization are some of the institutions shaping the world's economic policies. We discuss how these world finance and trade structures benefit transnational corporations often at the expense of communities. You'll hear analysts and activists from Mexico to Malaysia describe the effects of current globalization policies on labor and the environment.
For more information:
Bill Breeden, Teamster
Rt. 3, Box 499
Spencer, IN 47460
812-829-3431
Njoki Njehu and Soren Ambrose
50 Years is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice
1247 E Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
202-463-2265; wb50years@igc.org
www.50years.org
Nunu Kidane
c/o International Development Exchange
827 Valencia #101
San Francisco, CA 94110-1736
415-824-8384
www.idex.org
Seydina Senghor
Jubilee 2000
P.O. Box 8614
New York, NY 10116
800-810-8789;
fax: 212-234-2233
www.jubilee2000uk.org
Camille Chalmers
PAPDA, c/o Marx Aristide
3415 Holmead Place, NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-588-1954
papda@haitinews.com
Kevin Danaher
Global Exchange
2017 Mission St., Suite 303
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-255-7296;
fax: 415-255-7498; gx-info@globalexchange.org
www.globalexchange.org
Lori Wallach
Public Citizen - Global Trade Watch
1600 20th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
800-289-3787; gtwinfo@citizen.org
www.publiccitizen.org
Tran Dieu Chan
Committee for the Defense of Workers Rights Vietnam
c/o Open World Conference, S.F. Labor Council
415-641-8616
Jeff Crosby
United Electrical Union
Pres. IEU Local 201
100 Bennett St.
Lynn, MA 01905
Louisa Hanoune
National Deputy, Workers Party of Algeria
c/o Open World Conference, S.F. Labor Council
415-641-8616
Peter Rosset
The Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First)
398 60th St., Oakland, CA 94618
510-654-4400 or 800-274-7826;
fax: 510-654-4551; foodfirst@foodfirst.org
www.foodfirst.com
Roberto Baggio
Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) Brazil
c/o Global Exchange and Maria Luisa Mendoca (above address)
Colin Rajah
Just Act: Youth Action For Global Justice
333 Valencia St., Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-431-4204;
fax: 415-431-5953; info@justact.org
www.justact.org
Ruthann Cecil, Tobin Tax Initiative
Center for Environmental Economic Development
P.O. Box 4167, Arcata, CA 95518-4167
707-822-8347
www.tobintax.org