[stop-imf] DC: Sun, 9/22: A PEOPLE'S SUMMIT ON SOCIAL JUSTICE

[Robert Weissman]

LOCAL STRUGGLES - GLOBAL VISION:
A PEOPLE'S SUMMIT ON SOCIAL JUSTICE

Guest Speakers Include: Starhawk, author and activist, Dennis Brutus, 
former political prisoner in South Africa, Chie Abad, a former sweatshop 
worker from the Philippines and Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 12:00 ¡V 5:30 P.M.
University of the District of Columbia
4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Building #38
For more information contact: (202) 722-1392


Come to the People's Summit to learn, discuss and
debate different issues in the global justice/
anti-corporate movement. The afternoon¡|s events will
be made up of workshops with a final plenary titled
"Debates In The Movement: Where Do We Go From Here?"
We will also have information on the protests,
teach-ins and trainings being held to protest the IMF
and World Bank Meetings and Bush¡|s planned war on
Iraq.


SCHEDULE OF PEOPLE’S SUMMIT


Opening Panel: 12:00-1:00pm

The September 2002 Mobilizations in DC: Why Are We Protesting?

Speakers from  Mobilization for Global Justice, Colombia Mobilization, 
Anti-Capitalist Convergence, DC Social Forum and Peace Groups


Workshops Session 1: 1:05pm- 2:15pm

Bigger and Badder than the Bank:  Export Credit Agencies and
Corporate-led 
Globalization
Iraq: The Mad Drive for War and How to Resist it
Can We Zap Our Way to a Safe Food Supply?
Why McDonald’s needs McDonnell-Douglas: Connecting Economic and Military 
Imperialism
The Untold Story of the World Summit on Sustainable Development


Workshops Session 2:  2:30- 3:45pm

Globalization and Resistance in Colombia
The Ongoing Struggle for Palestine
Hey, Anti-Authoritarian Anti-Capitalists, What Are You FOR?: A Dialogue 
Between Anarchism & Marxist-Humanism.
Fair Trade Coffee
Gentrification in DC: The Grand Prix and Other Grand Schemes


Final Plenary: 4:00- 5:30 pm

Debates in the Movement: Where Do We Go From Here? Dialogue with
Starhawk, 
activist and writer; Dennis Brutus, former political prisoner in South 
Africa; Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace; and Chie Abad, a former 
sweatshop worker from the Philippines