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  • WSF 2015: Global Convergence of Resistances to Corporate Power

    from Sol Trumbo Vila on Mar 21, 2015 01:46 PM
    Dear all,
    
    Looking forward to meet some of  you in Tunis. Please see below the 
    activities that a global coalition of civil society organizations and 
    social movements (see list at the end of the email) are organizing in 
    Tunis. We would very much appreciate your participation in the discussions.
    
    Best wishes,
    
    Sol
    
    
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    Compas,
    
    Attached you will find information on the several activities of the 
    Global Convergence of Resistances to Corporate Power being co-organized 
    by the Global Campaign and several movements/organizations in Tunis from 
    24 to 29 March 2015. We call your special attention and invite you to:
    
    1) the *Campaign strategy workshops* which will be held on *Wednesday 
    25^th from 11:30am to 2pm and from 3pm to 5:30pm* always in the room 
    *I105-I104 *
    
    2) the *Convergence Assembly* “Resisting and Building Alternatives to 
    Free Trade and Corporate Power: People and the Planet Before Profits”, 
    being co-organized on *Friday 27 March from 3pm to 5:30pm (room TBC)* by 
    the co-convenors of the Global Convergence and the co-convenors of the 
    Trade Space.
    
    This process in being built for the past two months by a collective of 
    Campaign members and partners and it’s open for those who would like to 
    join it. Please find below the list of all current co-convenors of the 
    Global Convergence.
    
    Besides the two public events, other moments to meet are:
    
    1) the *WSF opening march on 24^th at 3pm* leaving from from the 
    Municipal Theatre to the Place des Droits de l’Homme. Let’s march 
    together with the Campaign banners and flags. As soon as we have a 
    meeting point, we will share it though this list.
    
    2) the *preparatory meeting for the Convergence Assembly* will be on 
    Thursday 26^th from 5:30 pm to 7pm, place TBC close to the University.
    
    Looking forward to seeing many of you soon in Tunisia,
    
    Diana, Monica and Richard
    
    *Co-convenors *
    
    **
    
    Campaign Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity, La Via Campesina 
    International, Friends of the Earth International (FoEI), World March of 
    Women, FIAN International, Transnational Institute, Polaris Institute 
    Canada, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) – Global Economy Project, 
    Observatorio de la Deuda en la Globalización (ODG) Catalunya, War on 
    Want, AITEC-IPAM, Just Net Coalition, Comité pour l'Annulation de la 
    dette du Tiers Monde(CADTM), CADTM Ayna, ATTAC Argentina, Union of 
    People Affected by Texaco -Ecuador (UDAPT), Stop the Wall Campaign, 
    Palestinian National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Committee 
    (BNC),Ecologistas en Acción, Plateforme haïtienne de Plaidoyer pour un 
    Développement Alternatif (PAPDA - Haïti), Alternatives Canada, REBRIP 
    (Brazilian Network for Peoples Integration), Enginyeria Sense Fronteres 
    (ESF), ATTAC Morocco, African Women Unite Against Destructive Resource 
    Extraction (WoMin), Rural Women’s Assembly(RWA) Southern Africa, Groupe 
    de Recherche pour une Stratégie Economique Alternative (GRESEA) Belgium, 
    CDHAL (Comité por los Derechos Humanos en América Latina) Canada, 
    Justiça nos Trilhos Brazil, Justiça Global Brazil, Corporate Europe 
    Observatory (CEO), Attac France, Fundación de Estudios para la 
    Aplicación del Derecho – El Salvador (FESPAD), Mesa Nacional frente a la 
    Minería - El Salvador (MNFMM), Assemblée Européenne des Citoyens (AEC - 
    HCA), CTA Autónoma Argentina, Frente Amplio Opositor a la 
    Megaminería (FAO) Mexico, Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB) 
    Brazil.
    
    **
    
    
    
    
    
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