QUEBEC NEXT-- SAY NO TO THE FTAA FIGHT GLOBALIZATION

Join a Baltimore Affinity Group

The All Peoples Congress and International Action Center will be forming an affinity group to participate in the upcoming demonstrations. If you are interesting in traveling together or participating in an affinity group call: (410) 235-7040. A discussion meeting will be set for those interested.

In April 2001--one year after protests rocked the meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank--activists from the anti-globalization movement will again rise up in protest outside a meeting of capitalist vultures.

This time it's the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, Canada--a meeting of heads of state and trade ministers representing every country in the Western Hemisphere except socialist Cuba. There they will discuss the Free Trade Area of the Americas.

Like NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, the FTAA is a plan to facilitate the expansion of finance capital, especially by the United States. The FTAA is a means to expand the NAFTA model to all 34 countries in the Western Hemisphere except Cuba, opening them to greater degrees of exploitation by U.S. banks and corporations.

NAFTA has meant more sweatshops and more poverty for the people of Mexico. Many small farmers have been driven off their land as a result of U.S. agribusiness flooding the market with goods there. It has also meant layoffs for workers in the U.S. and Canada, as more companies have moved factories to exploit cheaper labor.

The FTAA program will go beyond NAFTA, expanding its features, such as the right of corporations to sue governments over laws that infringe upon their profits and their ability to increase the privatization of health care, education and other services.

Major demonstrations are planned in Quebec City April 20 and 21 and at other important areas along the border including Buffalo, Vermont and Tijuana, Mexico from the April 19 to 22.

We will be participating in these protests, for more information call (410) 235-7040.

ANALYSIS FOR APRIL 20-22 PROTESTS OF FTAA

IAC TRANSPORTATION TO QUEBEC CITY For April 20-21 2001 Demonstrations