Global and Local Economic Injustice
and the
Politics of Military Repression
A two-day forum featuring speakers, videos, and interactive workshops.
(An event in the "Closing the Circle" series)
- Why do the IMF and World Bank need paramilitary death squads to enforce
their agenda?
- What do rising rents in Boston have to do with IMF-imposed "structural
adjustment?"
- How does exploitation of immigrant workers in Boston relate to
exploitation of workers in the global South?
Come find out, at the events in the Closing the Circle series.
Saturday September 15
MIT 4-370
Panel 1: Globalization and U.S. military intervention
| Speaker | Topic | Organization
|
| José Soler
| Puerto Rico/Vieques
| Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
|
| Blanca Amorin
| Plan Colombia (incl. the role of the US military and of Monsanto)
| Colombia Vive
|
| Sergio Reyes
|
| Latinos for Social Change
|
| Paul Shannon
| overview of the political economy of US imperialism
|
|
| Skill-building sessions
|
| media workshop
| Matt Keeney
|
| street theatre
| Class Acts
|
| visual arts
|
|
Panel 2: Global and local economic justice
| Speaker | Topic | Organization
|
| Kiaran Honderich
| overview/critique of neoliberal economics
| BGAN AIDS Project
|
| Vineeta Gupta
| public health expert from India
| INSAAF International, India
|
| Demba Dembele
| economist from Senegal
| Jubilee South, Senegal
|
| Juan Leyton
|
| City Life/Vida Urbana
|
| Deadly Embrace
|
| 10-12 minute video (short version)
|
| Schedule:
|
| 10:30
| 11:00
| bagels and coffee
|
| 11:00
| 1:00
| 1st panel
|
| 1:00
| 2:00
| lunch
|
| 2:00
| 4:00
| skillbuilding
|
| 4:30
| 6:00
| Panel 2: 50 years speakers
|
| 6:00
| 7:00
| break-out groups
|
For more information: call Alex (617-625-5744), or e-mail BankBusters
([email protected])
Sunday, September 16
MIT 5-134
10 am - 6:30 pm
Hands-on workshops on nonviolent civil disobedience and affinity group
formation.
For more information: Payal Parekh ([email protected],
617-441-0358)
Sponsored by:
BankBusters/BGAN
Eviction Free Zone
Harvard Living Wage Campaign
Latin American Action Coalition
Massachusetts Legalization Coalition
Sabate Anarchist Collective
South Asia Center
Student Labor Action Project