From my e-mail:<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n
[For those outside Washington interested in how they can organize a Global Justice Film Festival in their own communities, please contact Elsa Gebreyseus at organizer@50years.org]<\/p>\n
The Washington, DC 50 Years Is Enough Film Festival begins Saturday afternoon!<\/b><\/p>\n
[See the full schedule in extended entry]<\/p>\n
50 Years Is Enough Network<\/a> This year marks the 60th year of the founding of the World Bank and IMF, and given the devastating impact of the policies, programs and projects of these institutions over these six decades, 2004 is a crucial year in the struggle for global justice. Along with partner organizations and activists, the 50 Years Is Enough Network presents a collection of eleven films that expose the pressing social, economic and environmental issues that have mobilized thousands of people around the world to call for a profound transformation of these institutions. (see http:\/\/www.50years.org\/cms\/action\/apr2004\/desc <\/a>) Two Trevors Go To Washington<\/b> For more in depth information on the films and speakers, please visit www.50years.org<\/a><\/p>\n We would like to thank all the individuals and organizations that have contributed to the 2004 Global Justice Film Festival and continue to support the work of the 50 Years Is Enough Network.<\/p>\n *All films are free to the public*<\/p>\n 50 Years is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice Also from my e-mail:<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n WHOSE TRADE ORGANIZATION?<\/b> “A crucial guide – devastating and highly readable. Wallach and Woodall are warriors for democracy against its most powerful opponents.”<\/p>\n – Naomi Klein<\/p>\n Globalization affects our lives every day in myriad ways – often for the worse. Yet, as this eye-opening expos? documents, the current terms of corporate-led globalization are not inevitable, merely one option being imposed by the powerful, secretive and profoundly undemocratic World Trade Organization.<\/p>\n Here is the definitive guide to the WTO. It reveals which WTO terms have led to U.S. job losses, the race to the bottom in wages, unsafe food, attacks on environmental and health laws, and burgeoning international inequality. Want to know why the WTO attracts passionate protests all over the world? Public Citizen advocates Wallach and Woodall carefully document the WTO’s nine-year track record with riveting case-by-case accounts. <\/p>\n And, trade is the least of it: this book shows how the WTO chills government actions to fight sweatshops, make life-saving drugs available, and protect endangered species- and even limits our elected governments’ ability to maintain policies on everything from meat inspection to media concentration.<\/p>\n Whose Trade Organization?<\/b> Offers first steps toward a democratic, accountable alternative. It reminds us that change is not only necessary- it’s possible.<\/p>\n Whose Trade Organization:<\/b><\/p>\n * “You must read this book to get past the fraudulent clich?s promoted by liberals and conservatives alike.” <\/p>\n – John R. MacArthur, publisher, Harper’s Magazine and author of The Selling of “Free Trade”<\/p>\n * “Lori Wallach is the brave, brilliant advocate who has helped millions around the world to see through the lies and myths of corporate-led globalization. This book is her ultimate power tool for global justice. Read it, citizens, and find yourselves empowered to act.” <\/p>\n – William Greider, author of The Soul of Capitalism<\/p>\n * “If you think trade, globalization, and the WTO aren’t your business or are boring, read this clear, compelling, and downright scary account.”<\/p>\n – Congressman Jesse L. Jackson<\/p>\n * “Not just a powerful denunciation of the organization’s system of corporate-managed trade. It is an essential handbook for activists who want to challenge that system in the name of liberty, equality, and democracy.” <\/p>\n – John Nichols<\/p>\n TO ORDER: Whose Trade Organization?<\/b> Visit www.tradewatch.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From my e-mail: [For those outside Washington interested in how they can organize a Global Justice Film Festival in their own communities, please contact Elsa Gebreyseus at organizer@50years.org] The Washington, DC 50 Years Is Enough Film Festival begins Saturday afternoon! … Continue reading
\n2004 Global Justice Film Festival
\nMarch 13th to April 18th<\/p>\n
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\nSaturday March 13th, 2004 2:00 -4:30pm
\nDrowned Out: We Can’t wash Them Away<\/b>
\nSpanner Films Ltd., 2003
\nChronicles the fight against the Narmada dam which threatens to submerge the Jalsindi village in central India.
\nVenue: Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd, NW Metro: Columbia Heights Discussant: Rahul Vaswani, Rural Community Assistance Program
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\nThursday, March 18th, 2004 7:00 -8:30pm
\nDeadly Embrace: Nicaragua, the World Bank and the IMF<\/b>
\nElizabeth Canner & Ashley Eames, 1996\/1999
\nAccount of how Nicaragua is affected by the threat of structural adjustment and the debt crisis.
\nVenue: All Souls Church (Unitarian), 1500 Harvard St. NW Metro: Columbia Heights
\nDiscussant: Rita Clark, Nicaragua-U.S. Friendship Office<\/p>\n
\nSeipone Productions 2000
\nThe April 2000 IMF\/WB meetings seen through the eyes of two South Africans: a finance minister and a Soweto activist.
\nVenue: All Souls Church: Unitarian, 1500 Harvard St.
\nNW Metro: Columbia Heights
\nDiscussant: Soren Ambrose, 50 Years is Enough Network
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\nThursday March 25th, 2004 7:00 – 9:00pm
\nWorking Women of the World<\/b>
\nMarie France Collard 2000
\nFollows the relocation of the garment industry focusing on Levi Strauss & Co.
\nVenue: IPS, 733 15th Street NW Metro: Metro Center \/McPherson Sq
\nDiscussant: Analia Penchaszadeh, Jobs with Justice
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\nSaturday March 27th, 2004 2:00 -4:30pm
\nBreaking the Bank <\/b>
\nCoalition of independent media groups, 2000 Independent account of the April 2000 protests and examines the issues behind the protests.
\nDate: Saturday March 27th, 2004
\nVenue: Josephine Butler Parks Center Metro: Columbia Heights
\nSpeaker: Neil Watkins, Jubilee USA Network
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\nThursday, April 1st, 2004 7:00 – 9:00 pm
\nLife and Debt <\/b>
\nStephanie Black, 2001
\nExposes the devastating effects of free trade and debt on the lives of Jamaicans.
\nVenue: IPS, 733 15th Street NW Metro: Metro Center\/McPherson Sq
\nDiscussant: Marie Clarke, Jubilee USA Network and Njoki Njoroge Njehu, 50 Years is Enough Network
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\nSaturday, April 3rd, 2004 2:00 – 4:30pm
\nChoropampa: The Price of Gold<\/b>
\nErnesto Cabellos & Stephanie Boyd 2002
\nFollows the valiant struggle for health care and justice after a devastating mercury spill at the Yanacocha gold mine in the Peruvian Andes.
\nVenue: Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd, NW Metro:
\nColumbia Heights Discussant: Radhika Sarin, Earthworks
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\nThursday, April 8th, 2004 7:00 – 9:00 pm
\nPatient Abuse Jack Lewis 2001<\/b>
\nChronicles the Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa and their struggle against international drug companies.
\nVenue: IPS, 733 15th Street NW Metro: Metro Center\/McPherson Sq
\nDiscussant: Salih Booker, Africa Action
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\nSaturday April 10th, 2004 2:00 – 4:30pm
\nProfits of Doom<\/b>
\nBBC, 2001
\nIn depth analysis of the structural adjustment programs of World Bank and IMF in Ghana.
\nVenue: Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd, NW Metro:Columbia Heights Discussant: TBA
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\nThursday, April 15th, 2004 7:00 – 9:00 pm
\nFisheries: Beyond the Crisis CBC, 1998<\/b>
\nFollows two fishing communities one in Canada, one in India and explores the issues behind the decline of once vibrant fishing communities.
\nVenue: IPS, 733 15th Street NW Metro: Metro Center \/McPherson Sq
\nDiscussant: TBA
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\nSunday April 18th, 2004 2:00 – 4:00 pm
\nTo Be a Woman <\/b>
\nVisafric Productions, 1992
\nExamines the issues of debt, structural adjustment and development through the stories of women in Uganda, Zambia and Ghana.
\nVenue: Sisterspace & Books, 1515 U Street, N.W. Metro: U Street\/Cardozo
\nDiscussant: Njoki Njoroge Njehu, 50 Years Is Enough Network
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\n3628 12th St., NE
\nWashington, DC 20017
\nTel: 202-IMF-BANK (463-2265)
\nFax: 202-636-4238
\nEmail: organizer@50years.org
\nweb: www.50years.org<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe Comprehensive Guide to the WTO
\nLori Wallach and Patrick Woodall, Public Citizen
\nPublished by The New Press, Distributed by Norton<\/p>\n