[van-announce] Fw: Public forum - US Empire Building by Trade and by War.

[Paul Browning]

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From: RB on Behalf of Irene McInnes 
To: iremac at shaw.ca 
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 3:52 PM
Subject: FW: Public forum - US Empire Building by Trade and by War.


STOPWAR.CA PUBLIC FORUM

FEBRUARY 13MARITIME LABOUR CENTRE7 P.M. 

BUSINESS SUITS AND FLAK-JACKETS 

 

 

Think Iraq-military battles, flak-jackets. Think Canada - business schemes for privatization of public resources.  

Now switch. Think Iraq - business schemes for privatization. ThinkCanada - schemes to militarize the corporations. 

U.S. empire building by trade and by war is the theme of a forum organized by STOPWAR.ca, a coalition of over 140 organizations in B.C. 

 

 

The two speakers are David Bacon and Steven Staples. 

David Bacon is a prominent photo-journalist and labour reporter in California. He is author of the new book Children of NAFTA. Just returned from Iraq, he will speak on the privatization of the Iraqi economy and the response to this of the trade union and workers movement. 

Steven Staples, formerly with the Council of Canadians, now director of the Polaris Institute Project on the Corporate-security state will speak about the militarization of our economy and the policies of the Martin government. 

 

 

February 13, 7 p.m. at the Maritime Labour Centre, 111 Victoria (corner of Victoria Drive and Triumph). 

For further information: 

Phone: 604-298-9638 or e-mail: mbriemberg at shaw.ca 
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