opposing the trans-atlantic buisness monologue

HELLO CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT!
we are commited to non-violence.

Thursday Nov 7th
Anti-War March and Rally Downtown to Protest the TABD
the march will begin at Boeing's world headquarters at Washington and Canal at 4:30PM. Come mark the trail of blood and money that leads from Boeing to the Federal Building, through the Tribune Towers to the door of the TABD.

Columbia students: we will be gathering at 623 s. wabash (lobby) at 4:00pm and then proceed to the march at Boeing. bring your banners & noise makers!

Friday Nov 8th
A Day of Autonomous Actions
starting at 10pm, meet every 2 hours at the picasso (washington & dearborn);
critical mass: join bicyclist, musicians, artists, and police for creative blocs and street theater in a parade around the loop. keep an eye out for... pirate ships, noise orchestra, ceo golfers, a mime bloc, free stuff, and pet TV's on leashes.

bring masks, colorful costumes, cameras, and garlic to celebrate humanity and show that a world of mutual aid instead of mutual hate is possible and is coming soon to a city near you!

4:00pm - business bloc convergence. disgruntled workers and former CEO's. join in improv street theater to expose the vampires of capitalism and their plans for world domination.
don't let the goon squad keep you down.
come out and let your voice be heard.

Saturday Nov 9th
Alternative Economics Summit
12 noon, DuPaul, 333 s. state st, 11th floor.
Free meals and workshops on anarchist practice, shadow economics, and other alternatives to capitalism.

The confirmed location of the Summit is the 11th floor of DePaul University in downtown
Chicago, 333 S. State St. Please bear in mind that the DePaul elevators
are located near the Jackson street entrance. The opening reception is at
noon.

There's a three-hour block of 1 hour workshops scheduled. There are Four
Workshops total:
-Participatory Economics
-Envisioning Alternative Currencies
-Co-operatives: Starting and Organizing
-Open Source Software : Revolution in IT and Economics

The goal of the S.E. Summit is to sponsor thought and creativity towards
revolutionary/radical economic activities. There will be lots of "feedback
forms"--brainstorming questionaires--in which attendees will be encouraged
to generate ideas, however ludicrous. The results of the workshops and
overall summit will be used as content for a web page, so everyone's input
and participation is required.

In other words, this isn't something you'll just sit back and watch. We've
scheduled plenty of time for people to simply hang around and talk about
things, so please do and write down everything you possibly can!

contact: sesummit(at)azone.org


Sunday Nov 10th
"Women of Juarez" screening & discussion
6pm, AZONE, 2129 N millwakee Ave

Q&A with Rosario Acosta from
.Neustras Hija de Regresoa Casa.
Jason Wallach . Mexico Solidarity Network.

Since 1993 around 300 young women have been abducted, raped and murdered in the Mexican border city of Juarez. Over 400 more women are missing. Despite the number of victims and the audacity of the killers, authorities have failed to stop the killings or jail the murderers. A culture of violence against women reigns in Juarez.

Señorita Extraviada is a 70-minute film that documents the women of Juarez and their struggle for justice.

The Mexico Soldiarity Network supports the cries for justice in Juarez. In an effort to contribute to public education and demand justice in this overlooked human rights tragedy, the Mexico Solidarity Network is collaborating with Women Make Movies and women's organizations in Juarez to screen "Señorita Extraviada" at universities, churches, and community groups across the US.

The film is a disturbing portrait of Ciudad Juarez, NAFTA.s .City of the Future" and home to 500 enormous assembly plants, called .maquiladoras.. In these plants, Mexican workers--mostly women-- toil away 12-hour shifts in well-kept, US-owned factories for $4-8 a day. After shift, workers return to shantytowns of sewage, danger and squalor. Families with three full time wage earners can.t afford decent housing. Corporations ship out the goods and reap enormous profits.
Señorita Extraviada gives voice to the victims' families and local activists struggling against corrupt police, and questions an economic system that devalues women.s work and women.s lives.
Rosario Acosta is co-founder of Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa. The organization was founded in 1998 by family members of murdered women in Juarez and Chihuahua to end the silence, pressure authorities and demand justice in the murder cases. Her work has helped the once silent cases gain an international audience. Nuestras Hijas also helps victims' family members find psychological and financial assistance to ease the burden of loss. Recently, Rosario returned from testifying in front of the Interamerican Court on Human Rights in Washington, DC. She lives in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.

"Bush Administration Throws Its Support Behind TABD But Calls for Narrower Agenda," International Trade Reporter, October 03, 2002.

"TABD Takes Up Arms - Post-September 11, major EU and US arms producers take a leading role in the ailing group," Corporate Europe Observer - Issue 11, May 2002.

TABD's official website: http://www.tabd.org

Information on the 2001 TABD counter-summit in Stockholm.

Information on the 2000 TABD protests in Cincinnati.

flyers, etc:

noTABD Itinerary for thur/fri/sat/sun (PDF 1.8Mb)

Official 'Dis-Invitation' to the chicago TABD
- HTML (english & spanish)
- PDF file (english only) (PDF 732Kb)

Shadow Economic Summit flyer (.doc 28Kb)

Chicago flyers: sinking titanic (PDF 416Kb); Call for Critical Mass, Nov.8 (PDF 76Kb)

more information on the 2002 chicago anti-TABD events, etc:
http://azone.org/notabd
http://chicago.indymedia.org

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