[mobglob-discuss] new anti-global trade & investment website

[Tom_Childs at Douglas.BC.CA]

Subscribers,  I have just perused this newly launched website put up
by corporate observatory:  www.investmentwatch.org   For a teriffic
overview of the struggles against corporate globalization i would refer
it to you whatever your level of understanding of the issues around the
WTO, GATS, NAFTA, FTAA & MAI-like corporate-driven trade deals.   Take
a moment and have a look and do share it around with all your networks.
Regards, Tom
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Dear friends,  

Following a preview period, the new website  

www.investmentwatch.org  

is now on-line! This website is designed to be a central resource for 
NGOs, trade unions, civil society groups (and so on) working against 
the launch of investment negotiations in the WTO. The website serves 
multiple functions:  

[1]  News: The website will be kept right up-to-date with all the 
latest news from the world of WTO-Investment. News articles, 
notifications of new position statements, events, and so on.  

[2]  Critical voices: The website will serve as a central hub with 
links to critical groups, their publications, sign-on statements, and 
so on.  

[3]  Resources: The website will carry quite an array of materials 
potentially of use to activists. This includes a technical glossary 
(hopefully updated over time), information on the latest known 
positions of WTO members, information on the latest known positions 
of corporate lobby groups and information on forthcoming events (such 
as WTO meetings, mobilisations, demonstrations and so on.)  

[4]  The website will also have a restricted zone (for sensitive 
information sharing) and, when finished, a "starter package" which 
activists new to the issue can peruse to gain a grounding in the WTO-
Investment issue. (The intention is to make the website as accessible 
as possible to the general public, although this is work-in-
progress.)  

[5] ...and more!  

The website is always evolving, and the webmaster (see the 'Contact' 
section of the website) is very happy to be sent any relevant 
information for inclusion on the website. In fact, the more you can 
tell us, the better the website will be. At present the website needs 
more links to (critical) groups and their publications, so if your 
group and/or your publication is not represented just send the 
webmaster an email. And keep the news coming in...  

Feel free to forward this email far and wide,  

Thanks,  

The Webmaster InvestmentWatch.org  

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