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DESCRIPTION:Educational Conference "KORUS Another NAFTA?"  US KORUS Free Trade 
 Agreement & The  Korean Peninsula\nSunday February 27, 2011 9:30 AM - 5:00 
 PM\nUniversity Of San Francisco McClaren Hall\nFulton St & Clayton St. San 
 Francisco\nFree\n\nThe Korea-US KORUS will be the largest free trade 
 agreement in the US since NAFTA. This conference will look at the affect of 
  NAFTA in the US and Mexico and the proposed KORUS trade agreement between 
 the United States and Korea. How will the economic rules of this new 
 agreement  affect the  conditions for farmers and workers are in Korea and 
 for US workers and the environment. It will also look at the movement for 
 democratic communication rights and media in Korea under the present 
 administration. Education, healthcare, food and many other areas will be 
 radically changed under this agreement and this will be outlined at this 
 educational conference. Finally the conference will also look at the 
 growing militarization of the Korean peninsula, why this is taking place 
 and what this means for the people of Korea and the United States. This 
 will be the first educational conference in the United States on this 
 important proposed agreement.\n\nSpeakers-\nChristine Ahn, Korea Policy 
 Center\nTim Robertson,  California Fair Trade Coalition\nDorothy Kidd, 
 Professor USF Media Studies\nIan Fletcher, Economist\nClarence Thomas, ILWU 
 Local 10 former Secretary Treasurer\nPaul Liem, Korea Policy Expert\nCindy 
 Sheehan, Anti-War and Human Rights Activist\nGeorge Wright, AFT 1492 
 Professor Skyline College  UPWA\nPablo Rodriquez, AFT 2121 Professor 
 \nKorea Mediact, Representative streamed live from Korea\n\nVideos and 
 Music\nWill be streamed on the web live at www.labortech.net\n\nSponsored 
 by San Francisco Labor Council, California Fair Trade Coalition, United 
 Public Workers For Action, Peace and Freedom Party San Francisco\nFor 
 information lvpsf(at)igc.org   (415)867-0628 or (415)987-4870\nFor more 
 information\nhttp://citizenstrade.org/cal-korea.php\nhttp://sflaborcouncil.org/sites/labor/uploads/01-24-11ResOpposingKORUS.pdf\nhttp://blip.tv/file/4640296\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/13/18671910.php
SUMMARY:Educational Conference "KORUS Another NAFTA?" US KORUS Free Trade Agreement & The Korean
LOCATION:McClaren Hall\nUniversity Of San Francisco\nFulton & Clayton St. San 
 Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/13/18671910.php
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