September 2003
Community Networks and Other
Resources
COMPA
- Convergence of Movements of the Peoples of the Americas
http://www.compasite.org/English/indexing.htm
COMPA is a broad-based, autonomous, diverse, and democratic
movement that spans the Americas. Through COMPA, women and
men from different organized sectors struggle together to
construct alternatives to neo-liberal globalization, towards
a new society. The North American region includes community-based
organizations such as Southwest Public Worker's Union and
Kensington
Welfare Rights Union.
ACERCA
- Action for Community & Ecology in the Regions of Central
America
FTAA Action Packet
http://www.asej.org/ACERCA/actionpack/index.shtml
Includes information on the FTAA, sample press releases,
sound bites, public service announcements & more to
aid in your organizing efforts.
Public
Citizen - Global Trade Watch
http://www.citizen.org/trade/
Contains information links to draft texts of FTAA, articles
on the environmental and investment effects of FTAA
Alliance
for Responsible Trade
http://www.art-us.org/
The Alliance for Responsible Trade (ART) is a national network
of labor, family-farm, religious, women's, environmental,
development and research organizations that promotes equitable
and sustainable trade and development.
A project of the DataCenter's
Economic Justice
Program.
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