RESIST THE FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS (FTAA)
Quebec City:
April 20-22, 2001
Quebec City: Photos, Videos, Reports...
LIBERTAS LEGAL COLLECTIVE - legal follow-up
FTAA International Protest Summary: April 20-23, 2001
StraightGoods Summit of the Americas Coverage
The Bridge At Midnight Trembles: My Story of Quebec City - report from Starhawk
Sommet des Amériques: pas d'enquête sur le travail des policiers (1 mai, 2001 / TVA)
Le Soliel - Dossier Sommet des Amériques - plusiers articles, photos, etc.
REPORT BACK - QUEBEC CITY APRIL 20-22 - my own experience in Quebec City
 Map of Quebec City indicating summit area surrounded by fence (initial perimeter indicated in blue - later modifications in red). Click on the image for a full size map (see below for more detailed maps) |
 IndyMedia Quebec: non-corporate media coverage of the anti-FTAA protests |
Spokesperson contacts (in Quebec City) for anti-FTAA groups (Contact List in Excel Format)
General anti-FTAA sites (organizing, information, links...)
Stop the FTAA (stopftaa.org) - very thorough site with heaps of resources, documentation, and links... from the Freedom Rising Affinity Group and the Red Cursor Collective
a20- large collection of FTAA resources and links...
Coalition to Shut Down the FTAA
Field Guide to the FTAA Protest in Quebec City - very thorough and practical guide from SOA Watch/NE; pay special attention to the border advice section
Fighting the Octopus: Protest Against the FTAA - from Infoshop, the "online anarchist community"
Citizens on the Web - Stop the FTAA page
People's Summit of the Americas - the 'parallel summit' to the OAS Summit of the Americas. Go here for links to the summit organizers (RQIC and Common Frontiers)
Official Programme of the People's Summit (in .pdf format)
Quebec City based anti-FTAA Groups
CASA - Quebec City anti-capitalist coalition
OQP2001- Opération Québec Printemps 2001 - another coalition of groups in Quebec City. These are the main people taking care of lodging of protesters.
Montreal Based anti-FTAA Groups
GOMM - Groupe opposé à la mondialisation des marchés
Other Regional Organizing:
Toronto Mobilization for Global Justice
Guelph Action Network - anti-FTAA working group
University of Ottawa - Carleton University - Anti-FTAA Organizing Committees
Queen's Coalition Against Corporate Globalization - anti-FTAA organizing in the Kingston area
Northumberland Coalition Against the FTAA
People's Action Network - Edmonton Organizing
A22Buffalo - anti-FTAA mobilization efforts in Buffalo N.Y.
Boston Global Action Network - many FTAA links...
New Haven Mobilization to Stop the FTAA
Bay Area Coalition to Stop the FTAA- (San Francisco)
Twin Cities - Stop the FTAA! - anti-FTAA mobilization from Minneapolis-St.Paul
Smash FTAA: The Border Caravan - activists working to ensure a safe border crossing for all protesters
Liberate the Tijuana-San Diego Border - US-Mexico border action happening simultaneously with the summit in Quebec
Transportation (click here)
Anti-FTAA Educational and Research Resources:
Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas
FTAA Kit - produced by Common Frontiers
The FTAA: Environment at the Mercy of Free Trade Once Again - Read about some good environmental reasons why it's important to get involved in the anti-FTAA demonstrations planned for Quebec City in April, 2001.
La crise environnementale ignorée dans l'accord de la ZLEA - French translation of the article above
The Free Trade Area of the Americas: Hemispheric Forest Threat (American Lands Alliance)
Understanding the FTAA - a Guide for Activists- ACERCA (Action for Community and Ecology in the Regions of Central America) a comprehensive introduction to many aspects of the FTAA. This guide includes a broad look at the implications and issues surrounding the FTAA. A guide to the 'big picture', in a sense.
What is the FTAA? - get yourself informed with this online info. booklet
Sierra Student Coalition (SSC): Stop the Expansion of NAFTA - includes an "organizing packet", an FTAA flyer, and more (most are in .pdf format)
The Free Trade Area of the Americas and the Threat to Social Programs, Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice in Canada and the Americas - Probably the most comprehensive critique of the FTAA... by Maude Barlow
La Zone de Libre-Échange des Amériques et La Menace Qu'elle Constitue Pour Les Programmes Sociaux, La Protection De l'environnement et la Justice Sociale au Canada et dans les Amériques - same text as above (by Maude Barlow) but in French
Liberate the Text! - Letter from groups represented by the Hemispheric Social Alliance to Dr. Giavarini, Chairman of the FTAA Trade Negotiations Committee
Groupe de recherche sur l'intégration continentale - Centre Études Internationales et Mondialisation (UQAM). Within this site, among other valuable work, you will find De l’ALÉ à la ZLÉA - a chronology of free-trade in Canada, from the FTA to the FTAA (document in French)
Commission des institutions - Le Québec et la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques: Effets politiques et socioéconomiques - summary of the Quebec consultation on ZLEA (in French - from Dec. 2000)
Canadian Labour Congress: Submission re. the Free Trade Area of the Americas
Maps of Quebec, Ste. Foy, and the Ste. Foy Airport from the Summit Security site
Detailed Maps - with various sections of the perimeter and photos of the fence... from FTAA-Alert Concordia (CFS-Q)
...more FTAA links - from the Open Directory Project. Contains many good articles, although not that many recent ones.
Info and links...- from Necessary Dissent