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DESCRIPTION:From immigration to the war in Iraq, the U.S. is making its presence felt 
 around the world – militarily and economically. Recent immigrants’ 
 rights and anti-war protests have brought the ramifications of U.S. foreign 
 policy home to roost, and present a historic opportunity for the global 
 justice movement in the U.S. Join us for a discussion with Sameer Dossani, 
 Director of the 50 Years Is Enough Network, on these critical and urgent 
 issues, the future of the global justice movement, and how you can make 
 your voice heard.\n\nThe current debate around immigration largely 
 overlooks the most important question – why people leave families, 
 communities, and lives to come to the U.S. - but the answer is vital to 
 understanding global justice. Migrants’ lives have been destroyed by the 
 economic policies promoted by the U.S. government – trade liberalization 
 enshrined in free trade agreements, tight public spending caps imposed by 
 the IMF, and privatization of basic services pushed by the World Bank have 
 been a perfect recipe for economic collapse in many countries, causing 
 ever-growing numbers of people to migrate to the U.S.\n\nJust as basic 
 principles of justice are being ignored in the immigration debate, they are 
 also overlooked in the furor over the Iraq war. As more and more elected 
 leaders and retired generals are calling for U.S. troops out of Iraq, we 
 ask, "is that enough?" The economic occupation of Iraq is kept under wraps 
 while the Iraqi constitution enshrines privatization, liberalization, and 
 preferential treatment for multinational corporations, and the IMF and 
 World Bank have already moved in to remove subsidies on fuel and food, in 
 an environment where there is up to 50% unemployment and 60% of the 
 population depends on food subsidies for survival.\n\nSameer Dossani is the 
 Director of 50 Years Is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice, a 
 coalition of over 200 U.S. grassroots, women's, solidarity, faith-based, 
 policy, social- and economic-justice, youth, labor and development 
 organizations dedicated to the profound transformation of the World Bank 
 and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Network works in solidarity 
 with over 185 international partner\norganizations in more than 65 
 countries. Through education and action, the Network is committed to 
 transforming the international financial institutions' policies and 
 practices, to ending the outside imposition of neo-liberal economic 
 programs, and to making the development process democratic and 
 accountable.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/07/105463.php
SUMMARY:The Eagle Has Landed: U.S. Foreign Policy, War, Immigration, and the
LOCATION:1519 Sanchez Street :: San Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/07/105463.php
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