[van-announce] 20 Years of NAFTA, 20 Years of Resistance

[maryann at resist.ca]

[ please post widely ]


The January 1st Collective, are organizing a march on to commemorate the 
Zapatistas uprising in 1994 on the day that the North American Free  Trade
Agreement was implemented. In doing so we hope to both honour the 
struggles of the past while helping to re-ignite our movements to work 
collaboratively in opposition to corporate power, "trade" agreements and 
the neo-liberal, capitalist and colonial forces we continue to struggle 
against today.

We ask you to please join us on January 1st at 2 pm for a march through 
the streets of Vancouver.

20 Years of NAFTA, 20 Years of Resistance
Our Struggle Against Corporate Power Continues

*Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 at 2:00 pm**
**Waterfront Skytrain Station (Train Station Entrance)**
**601 West Cordova Street (cross street Seymour)**
**Unceded Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver*

This is a family friendly march.

On Facebook: http://on.fb.me/189KIhb

Almost two decades have passed 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, and on 
January 1st, 2014 we're celebrating that we're still here, re-building 
our communities.

Bring your friends, family, comrades and join in on this international 
day of action!

*For more info or to endorse the action please email:
jan1stcollective at gmail.com*


ENDORSEMENT!

We would also ask your organization, collective or group to please 
endorse this action. An endorsement would require 3 main asks: 1) we 
could list your name as an endorsing organization, 2) your commitment to 
circulate the call-out/event information on your email lists and through 
your social media networks and 3) most importantly, bring yourselves, 
your membership and supporters to the march on the 1st of January.

Please send all endorsements to: jan1stcollective at gmail.com