The Foreign Policy In Focus project presents:
The Global Justice Movement Looks Forward:
The World Social Forum, The World Economic Forum and Beyond
In the aftermath of September 11, the WTO meeting in Doha, Qatar in November
of 2001 and the passage of the fast-track legislation, many mainstream
analysts are claiming that the global justice movement and its efforts
to combat the negative effects of corporate-led globalization are dead.
While these developments pose new strategic challenges for the movement,
it is far from dead. Our featured speakers will discuss the upcoming meetings
and protests at the World Economic Forum in New York City and the World
Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, as well as the new strategic opportunities
and obstacles facing the global justice movement in the year ahead.
When: January 25th, 10am-12pm
Where: Institute for Policy Studies, 733 15th Street NW,
Suite 1020
Featuring Speakers from FPIF’s Advisory Committee:
- Alejandro Bendana is the Director of the Center for International
Studies in Managua, Nicaragua. He served as Secretary General in the
Foreign Ministry and Ambassador to the United Nations for the former
Sandinista government.
- John Cavanagh is the Director of the Institute for Policy Studies.
- Kristin Dawkins is the Director of the Program on Trade and
Agriculture at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in Minneapolis,
MN.
- Thea Lea is the Assistant Director for International Economics
in the Public Policy Department at the AFL-CIO.
- Moderator John Gershman is a Senior Analyst at the Interhemispheric
Resource Center and the Asia/Pacific editor for Foreign Policy In Focus.
For more information, contact Abbey Simmons at (202) 234-9382 or <abbey@ips-dc.org>.
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