WTO Takeover? Report Back from the UN Earth Summit In Johannesburg

WTO Takeover? Bay Area Participants Report Back from the UN Earth Summit In Johannesburg Thursday, October 10, 7:00 pm New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco, Free Live Webcast: to listen copy & paste into your browser: http://newmedia.newcollege.edu:8000/ Speakers: Anuradha Mittal, Food First Randy Hayes, Rainforest Action Network Juliet Ellis, Urban Habitat Program Deborah James, Global Exchange Victor Menotti, International Forum on Globalization “The Bush plan for Johannesburg . . . is a grand plan which would incapacitate the United Nations as an institution to meaningfully address the twin crises of global poverty and ecological decline.” – Victor Menotti, International Forum on Globalization What really happened at the United Nation's World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa? What does Johannesburg mean for the upcoming WTO Ministerial in Cancun, Mexico? And what does it mean for the global poor, the environment, the United Nations, and anti-corporate globalization activists? Join Bay Area participants for a discussion on the summit -- from official outcomes to on-the-ground organizing between South Africa's township / landless / fishing community leaders and Bay Area activists, from the impact on the United Nations to challenges now facing the global justice movement. Sponsored by the Center for Education & Social Action (CESA), at New College of California. Contact: Jon Garfield: 415-437-3425, www.newcollege.edu/cesa/