Diverse alternatives for global changes

2004-01-12 00:00:00

Panel / Debate

January 18 from 9h00 to 12h00 in Hall 3 - WSF, Mumbai

Diverse perspectives on strategy proposals and future struggles
in
the face of critical aspects of neoliberal globalization: free
trade,
militarization, communication, transnationalization of
agriculture
and natural resources.

A panel to reaffirm critical thinking and the autonomy of
movements.

Moderators:

Phumi Mtetwa (South-Africa / Ecuador) & Sunila Abyesekara (Sri
Lanka)
LGBT South-South Dialogue

Keynote speaker:

Rigoberta Menchú, Peace Nobel Prize (Guatemala / Mexico)
Ideas on resistance to globalisation and key issues to achieve
integral change. Some points on the WSF process.

Presentations:

The Cancun debacle: a glance towards the future of free trade,
Julia Di Giovanni, REMTE (Brazil)

Agriculture & natural resources: resistance to globalisation
Francisca Rodríguez, Via Campesina (Chile)

Diversity & independent thinking: towards a democratic
communication
Irene León, ALAI (Ecuador)

Debate

Strategies to face globalisation
Diane Matte, World March of Women (Canada)

Human rights and Culture of Peace
Medha Paktar, Delhi Forum (India)

Debate

Capacity for 4000 people, simultaneous translation to English,
French, Spanish and Hindi