============================================================================ Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:06:17 +1200 To: •••@••.••• From: Makere Harawira <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: rn- Welcome to the new world order... Kia ora Richard I always read your postings with much interest and enjoy sharing in the development of your book. Re this latest piece, all is, of course, as you say except that I think your analysis is a bit simplistic but essentially its all there. The imporytant thing of course, is not only the resistance to this but what we are going to replace it with. So we have a two-pronged process en traine as it were, resistance on one hand - as expressed in social movements and civil movements all over the world, and the recreation of something better. The problem with regard to both processes is fragmentation. Fragmentation of resistance movements and fragmentation with regard to really viable alternatives, in both cases due to partly to different agendas but more often to differing ideologies. As Gramsci pointed out, fragementation is the single biggest cause of failure of social movements to successfully overthrow imperialism. How to overcome that, now there's a question! Warmest regards Makere Harawira ============================================================================ From: "Brian Hill" <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: LET'S TALK ...Fwd: Globalize This! Action Camp Announcement-Please Share Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 17:48:20 -0700 -----Original Message----- From: Tracy Katelman <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• <•••@••.•••> Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 18:18 Subject: LET'S TALK ...Fwd: Globalize This! Action Camp Announcement-Please Share ----Original Message Follows---- From: •••@••.••• (power4u) To: •••@••.••• Subject: Fwd: Globalize This! Action Camp Announcement-Please Share Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:09:31 +0100 check it out. Ruckus Society is having a "Smash the WTO" action camp in Spetember. Anyone working on trade, biotech and forests should go there. Its free and you can apply at www.ruckus.org. From: The Ruckus Society <•••@••.••• Subject: Globalize This! Action Camp Announcement-Please Share Globalize This! Action Camp 1999 When:September 16-22, 1999 Where: Arlington, WA (north of Seattle) Why: The Ruckus Society would like to help insure that the non-violent confrontation with the WTO unfolds in a safe and meaningful way that will inspire the global public. This event is co-sponsored by Rainforest Action Network. How to apply or get more information: Individuals interested in attending or learning more about the "Globalize This!" Action Camp can apply online at our website <http://www.ruckus.org or call The Ruckus Society at (510) 848-9565. PLEASE NOTE: o Ruckus Action Camp alumni and individuals with at least two years experience in direct action campaigns will be given special preference. o All camp participants must commit to organizing toward a strategic and multifaceted confrontation at the WTO's ministerial meeting in Seattle. o The Ruckus Society is not interested in catalyzing another easily marginalized protest in which the left eats its own on international television. We are calling out to forward looking activists who want to work in concert with those representing other important movements; those who can articulate a powerful critique of capitol and at the same time have the vision to see a more just global reality. Only those with a sense of excellence, rhythm and humor need apply. Background ^^^^^^^^^^ The World Trade Organization (WTO) plans to celebrate the end of the millennium with its Ministerial Summit in Seattle, November 29 through December 3. This promises to be an unprecedented meeting of corporate conquistadors from multi-nationals and governments all over the Earth. NAFTA champion, President Clinton, will welcome the thousands of delegates. The WTO's stated intent is to set the agenda of continued economic globalization for the coming decade. The Ruckus Society's "Globalize This" Action Camp will be the most ambitious undertaking that Ruckus has ever coordinated. We plan to bring together 150 experienced activists from throughout the Pacific Northwest for an advanced strategic and tactical skill share. We aim to foster compelling direct action against the WTO on several important levels: o Large colorful protest involving political theater pageantry and celebration o Mass movement civil disobedience o Technical blockades and lockdowns o High profile climbing actions and banner hangs o High-tech "witnessing" involving radio and digital activists live simply ============================================================================ Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 22:21:31 -0800 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Paul Cienfuegos) Subject: You are invited to attend a Deep Ecology Training on Challenging Corporate Rule Dear friends and allies, I've been invited for the second year in a row to be a faculty member for the Institute For Deep Ecology training entitled "Recovering Our Future - How to Take Back Our Lives from Corporations". I sent many of you a notice about this event months ago, but i just wanted to remind folks that the date is fast approaching - it begins August 6th, and there's still room left in the course. There's even an experimental sliding scale fee structure this time around, so most people can afford to attend. Tuition is $100 to $1000, based on ability to pay, and you can work off up to half your fee through work scholarship. (The above fees do not include room and board.) Here are the details if you wish to join us. Last year was incredible! This year should be even better! See you there? Paul Cienfuegos Director, Democracy Unlimited Arcata, CA ---------------------------------------------- Recovering Our Future How to Take Back Our Lives from Corporations August 6 - 10, $100 to $1000 sliding scale, average $370 Shenoa Retreat Center, Philo, CA (about 2 hours northwest of San Francisco) Paul Cienfuegos, Stuart Cowan, Fran Macy, Jerry Mander, Fran Peavey Never before has a society been so dominated by corporations and the culture they impose. In many ways, our minds and bodies have been colonized. We are forgetting how to feed ourselves, clothe ourselves, entertain ourselves. It is time to take a fresh look at the institutional forces that tear at the fabric of our social and biological systems. In this workshop, we will draw upon numerous social movements and emerging disciplines to help weave us back into natural communities: challenging corporate rule/rethinking democracy, The Natural Step, living systems theory, voluntary simplicity, and the universe story. New insights and experiential teaching methods will demystify the nature and role of large corporations and help us reclaim our language and thought-forms. We will learn personal and political strategies for dismantling corporate rule and re-asserting citizen authority over our corporate creations. The Natural Step will be introduced as a practical and powerful compass to guide society towards sustainability - a compass which allows us to call to account the people who lead our corporations and other institutions. Through the teachings and practices of voluntary simplicity, we will receive tools for participating in an economy of gift and respect, for ridding ourselves of addictions to money and stuff, and for liberating ourselves from the frenzied pace of our modern lives. Deep ecology, systems theory, and the universe story will help us revision our lives and transform pain into power. Participants and the living landscape will be strong allies in our quest for a sane future. A Typical Day at the IDE Training: Meditation and Yoga Silent Breakfast Faculty Presentations and Experiential Exercises Networking Lunch Core Group Work Issue-specific Workshops Time for Rejuvenation Dinner Creative Expression and Sharing Equitable Pay Scale for Recovering Our Future: We are experimenting with a pay scale that will enable people from all income levels to participate. The average tuition cost is $370. Individual payment, however, will range from $100 - $1,000. Pre-registration materials will include a worksheet designed to determine how much each participant can afford to pay. Our hope is that implementing an equitable fee structure will be the first step we take together on the path of true democracy. Contact: Institute for Deep Ecology, P.O. 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