Organizing Manuals

Print and Web Resources on the FTAA.

Globalization: it\'s a buzzword you can\'t escape. But what on earth does it mean? For some it\'s the ticket to a democratic world of instant communications and global prosperity. While for others it\'s a money-mad juggernaut, spinning wildly out of control, threatening both cultural and biological diversity.
The complex entanglement of cultures and economies has been growing since the colonial era and even before. So today commercial culture and the Western consumer model have seeped into every corner of the globe while gaps in wealth, food security and social provision continue to grow.

During the week of November 17-21st hundreds of thousands of workers, unions, environmental groups, youth and student organizations, global justice groups and civil and human rights organizations throughout North and South America will be participating in a week of educational activities, protests, marches, speakouts and forums focused on defeating the ratification and implementation of the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA). The fight against FTAA is part of the struggle to defeat the right wing attack on our civil and labor rights, democracy and our environment.

The Bush administration is intent on plunging America into an illegitimate and pre-emptive war that will only increase danger for Americans and the world. At the same time education, healthcare, and the economy are being neglected. Its time for youth and students to take a stand for America\'s future!