Résistons à L'OMC / Resist the WTO
 A riot cop fires from point blank range at non-violent demonstrators resisting the WTO ministerial in November 1999. Protesters ultimately succeeded in shutting down the Seattle Ministerial. |
Contents: | Latest News Reports |
Montreal Events and Organizing |
Cancun Events and Organizing |
| Qatar (2001) Reports |
Analysis |
Links |
Pamphlets, Posters, etc. |
Archived items:
Stop the WTO Benefit Party - Soirée benefice contre l'OMC - Sat., June 28, 2003 / Sam., 28 juin, 2003
Anti-WTO Toronto Brigade invites you to: STOP THE WTO IN MONTREAL! (June 16, 2003)
APPEL À LA MOBILISATION CONTRE L'OMC À MONTRÉAL (16 juin, 2003 / version français); CALL TO MOBILIZE AGAINST THE WTO IN MONTREAL (June 16, 2003 / English version)
MISE A JOUR POUR LA CONSULTA / SPOKECONCIL- 21-22 JUIN 2003 (13 juin, 2003)
APPEL À TOUS POUR UNE CONSULTA, À MONTRÉAL LE 21 ET 22 JUIN (6 juin, 2003 / version français); CALL FOR A NORTHEAST REGIONAL CONSULTA, MONTREAL, JUNE 21-22 (June 6, 2003 / English version)
Who knows? (June 5-11, 2003 / Montreal Hour) A recent provincial court decision (see: Resist the G20, archive section) exonerated activists Jonathan Aspireault-Masse, Jaggi Singh and Christina Xydous and left Montreal's police squad looking like the real troublemakers. In this exposé/opinion piece, Martin Patriquin speculates whether Montreal police will be shaping up their act in time for the WTO mini-ministerial in late July.
L'ORGANISATION ANTI-OMC EST COMMENCÉE À MONTRÉAL !!! (Nouvelles informations et contacts) (1 juin, 2003 / version français); MONTREAL ANTI-WTO ORGANIZING HAS BEGUN!!! (Updates and Contact Info) (June 1, 2003 / English version)
WTO is meeting in Montreal in July 2003 - Anti-WTO organizing and mobilizing starts NOW! (English); L'OMC se réunit à Montréal en juillet 2003 - Organisons dès MAINTENANT la mobilisation et les actions contre l'OMC! (français)
Montreal Area Activists Gear Up For WTO Meetings In July (May 21, 2003 / Montreal Indymedia)
www.radiocancun.org - RadioCancun.org will present weekly news summaries and special reports through August. In September it will begin broadcasting daily from Cancun and cover the WTO Ministerial from start to finish.
Derail the 5th ministerial of the WTO - Call of the Hemispheric and Global Assembly against the FTAA and the WTO, Mexico City, May 11-12, 2003
EF! Journal - WTO in Cancun? Mexicans Don't Think So (April 11, 2003 / A-Infos)
No to the WTO! - In the Wake of the War, Here Comes the WTO (April 10, 2003 / Equipo Rumbo a Cancun)
Cancun Will Not be a Party for the Free Traders (Jan. 27, 2003 / TerraViva)
Travel Package and Information on World Trade Organization (WTO) Protests in Cancun, Mexico (Organic Consumers' Association)
Call for Mobilization Against WTO in Cancun 2003 (Dec. 15, 2003 / CorpWatch)
Genetically Modified Crops and Sustainable Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa; an assessment of current evidence (June 24, 2003 / TWN) An in depth study which concludes that GM crops do not address the real causes of poverty and hunger in Africa
GM Crops and Sustainable Poverty Alleviation in Sub-SaharanAfrica: An Assessment of Current Evidence (June 27, 2003 / GM Watch)
Countdown to Cancun: Opaque, Exclusive and “Rule-less” Negotiating Process (May, 2003 / Focus on the Global South)
Trade Decisions Could Transform Fisheries (April 2003 / Fisherman's News)
The Crisis of the WTO and the Crisis of the Globalist Project: Update on the World Trade Organization and Global Trends - analysis by Walden Bello
The WTO, War and Globalisation: Forever New Frontiers (March 19, 2003 / ZNet) - article by Aziz Choudry
Perspectives - Promesses trahies (11 janvier, 2003 / Le Devoir)
Towards a "Plan Cancun" - Key WTO Issues for Mexico
Six Arguments against an Investment Agreement at the WTO (May, 2003 / Oxfam, etc.)
Explaining GATS: An attempt (Nov. 5, 2002 / Sydney Morning Herald) - Very accessible and broad analysis written just prior to the Sydney mini-ministerial
The Case Against Agricultural Biotechnology: Why Are Transgenic Crops Incompatible With Sustainable Agriculture In The Third World? (June 22, 2003 / WTO Info list) - by Miguel A. Altieri
Convergence des Luttes Anti-Capitalistes (CLAC)
WTO Watch - more listservs to subscribe to for updates...
World Trade Organization - spoof site
Council of Canadians - go to the 'campaigns' section and then click on "trade and investment issues" to find WTO-related info.
Guardian WTO Subsite - collection of articles from the Guardian, plus an overview presentation about the WTO
Infoshop No2WTO - coverage of the Seattle protests in 1999, mostly
Friends of the Earth (FoE) WTO campaign
The WTO History Project - a comprehensive set of resources for those who wish to find out more about what went down in Nov. '99 in Seattle
Public Services International - anti-WTO graphics available with slogans in many languages....
Robarts Research Projects- in particular, check out: "The First Seven Years of the WTO and Canada's Role at Centre Stage: A Report Card on Trade and the Social Deficit"
Summary of "The WTO: The First Seven Years" - summary of the report mentioned above
Bill Blaikie's WTO site - many articles with concise but trenchant analysis
antiwto.jinbo.net (Korean)
Not yet updated:
L'OMC et l'éducation (pamphlète française - format Word)
The WTO held its fourth ministerial (Nov.9-14, 2001) in the tiny desert monarchy of Qatar, a longstanding U.S. toady (it hosted the U.S. Central Command during the American-led aggression against Iraq) and a country where democratic freedoms are severely limited. Early on, critics condemned this retreat beyond the range of protesters as yet another instance of the WTO's inability to come to terms with the ideas of democracy and meaningful dialogue. Meanwhile, anti-WTO protests took place simultaneously in Montreal and around the world.
Qatar Related News
WTO: sham round mounted under sham conditions - The outcome of Qatar (Nov. 14, 2001)
Montrealers Take To The Streets in Protest against the WTO - (Nov. 9, 2001)
Information on Beirut anti-WTO Summit
Mexican NGOs Say WTO 'Mini Ministerial' Would Hamstring Anti-Globalization Groups (Aug. 29, 2001 / International Trade Daily) - "Non-governmental organizations in Mexico are charging that authorities here are organizing an informal conference of World Trade Organization ministers with little transparency in an apparent effort to limit opportunities for anti-globalization advocates to organize. A main complaint is that Mexican authorities will wait until just hours before the beginning of an informal conference of some 18 WTO ministers Aug. 30 before announcing the venue for the event...."
The WTO IN QATAR: Stacking the Odds against Democracy (English version); L'OMC se cache au Qatar (version française)
Articles about choice of Qatar as WTO ministerial venue - from Global Exchange
Montreal N9 Coalition and the Manifestive Contre L'OMC
SydneyRally.org - Info. on demonstrations scheduled for Nov. 13 in Sydney, Australia
SF Bay Area Global Action Aginst the WTO
Europe: Days of GLOBAL ACTION against WTO
Germany: Days of GLOBAL ACTION against WTO
Global Unions - WTO Day of Action 2001
Boston Global Action - Anti-WTO 2001
PGA N9 Callout Flier - from Manchester Earth First!
