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DESCRIPTION:Next Planning Meeting for Globalize This!:\nSunday, August 19 at 1:00 
 p.m.\nRevolution Cafe at 3248 22nd Street between Valencia and Mission 
 [MAP].\n\nGlobalize This! is a new group looking to coalesce activists, 
 community organizers, and other organizations in the Bay Area in opposition 
 to corporate globalization and so-called 'free trade' agreements. \n\nFree 
 trade institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 
 International Monetary Fund (IMF) and treaties such as NAFTA and the Free 
 Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) are protecting wealth and solidifying the 
 power of multinational corporations at the expense of the environment, 
 workers rights, the indigenous, people of color, and the poor.  
 \n\nGlobalize This! seeks to coordinate activities, events, actions, and 
 public forums that will help raise awareness about the negative impacts of 
 neo-liberal policies (i.e., pro-corporate globalization), develop 
 innovative campaigns to build a diverse activist base and deliver concrete 
 results in the struggle against the corporate globalization agenda, and 
 work in solidarity with other anti-globalization groups world-wide.\n\nIt 
 is time to take these grassroots organizing efforts to the next level in 
 preparation for the next big battle against free trade set to take place in 
 Costa Rica on October 7, when Costa Rican voters will have the chance to 
 accept or reject the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade 
 Agreement (DR-CAFTA).  This opportunity is historic as it is the first time 
 a voting population anywhere in the world has had the chance to vote on a 
 free trade agreement.\n\nCosta Rican organizations have been reaching out 
 to people in North America to act in solidarity with their struggle against 
 DR-CAFTA and to procure further support in preparation for the October 
 referendum--but time is short.\n\nOur present campaigns are focused on work 
 in conjunction with Costa Rican organizations to defeat CAFTA at the ballot 
 box in October as well as to plan in preparation for the No Border Camp in 
 November. \n\nCampaign planning will focus around:\n-	Drafting a media 
 strategy and press releases\n-	Planning and coordinating anti-globalization 
 events\n-	Community outreach \n-	Web design\n-	Translation\n-	Post-October 
 initiatives including the No Border Camp in November\n\nIf you are 
 interested in becoming a part of Globalize This! and helping out with this 
 or future campaigns, email us at info [at] globalizethissf.org  or just 
 come to our next planning meeting Sunday, August 19 at 1:00 p.m. at 
 Revolution Cafe in the Mission at 3248 22nd Street between Valencia and 
 Mission.\n\nOTRO MUNDO ES POSIBLE -- ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/13/18440510.php
SUMMARY:Globalize This! Help Build Momentum for Real Change
LOCATION:Revolution Cafe at 3248 22nd Street between Mission and Valencia
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/13/18440510.php
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