[Januaryfirst] Nov. 20 invite

[Gil]

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gil

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Almost two decades have past since Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) were the
hot topic, when the incredible resistance to the World Trade Organization
at Seattle covered front pages across the globe, and the Zapatistas of
Chiapas, Mexico were on everyone’s minds. Even the powerful music and
message of Rage Against the Machine seems like ancient history!

But two decades have not been enough to normalize the almost-complete
destruction of our social safety nets (health care, education, unemployment
insurance programs), the impoverished living and working conditions that
are constantly getting worse, and the general dispossession that thousands
of people across North America and the rest of the world have endured due
to these agreements. Two decades of FTAs have also meant two decades of
resistance.

Join this public discussion of how communities have endured these two
decades, and be part of the ongoing struggle to recover the lost ground and
build anew communities that rely on our collective sense of belonging and
friendship, and where our work is put to the benefit of all, not the few.

Speakers: TBA

*when:* Friday, Nov. 20, 2013, 6 PM
*where:* YWCA Downtown Meeting Room at 733 Beatty St., corner of Georgia
*info:* facebook.com/events/1355036004636525
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