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Three activists from developing countries will speak about globalization, free trade, sweatshops and other issues at a teach-in Thursday, Sept. 20, at Macalester College in St. Paul.

The program will start at 7 p.m. at the Weyerhauser Chapel. It is free and open to the public.

Featured speakers will be:

  • Carmencita Abad, a former garment worker and union organizer from Saipan
  • Tania Arosemena, representative of the Civil Society Initiative for the Environment, Panama
  • Jonah Gokova, chairperson of the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development

Theme of the teach-in is "Ending Global Apartheid." The speakers will discuss what today's global economy has meant in their countries and why their movements are part of the international campaign for global justice. Topics to be covered include the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, structural adjustment policies, free trade and sweatshops.

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Program examines ‘global apartheid’

By tsuperadmin | September 17, 2001

Three activists from developing countries will speak about globalization, free trade, sweatshops and other issues at a teach-in Thursday, Sept. 20, at Macalester College in St. Paul.

The program will start at 7 p.m. at the Weyerhauser Chapel. It is free and open to the public.

Featured speakers will be:

  • Carmencita Abad, a former garment worker and union organizer from Saipan

  • Tania Arosemena, representative of the Civil Society Initiative for the Environment, Panama

  • Jonah Gokova, chairperson of the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development

Theme of the teach-in is “Ending Global Apartheid.” The speakers will discuss what today’s global economy has meant in their countries and why their movements are part of the international campaign for global justice. Topics to be covered include the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, structural adjustment policies, free trade and sweatshops.

By tsuperadmin | September 17, 2001

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