Here is a plan of some of the conferences that wil take place in New York City during the anti-WEF events

1) Global Workers Forum
2) Rally for Global Justice
3) Public Eye on Davos Conference
4) Selected other events

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Global Workers Forum and Rally for Global Justice

Listen to the voices the World Economic Forum will not hear

Workers from New York to the Dominican Republic to China will speak about the challenges faced by working people around the world. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney will discuss the state of the labor movement in today's recession and how to make the global economy work for working people everywhere.

Global Workers Forum
2:30 pm -- Thursday, January 31
Florence Gould Hall
55 E. 59th St. (between Park and Madison)

Rally for Global Justice
4:30 pm -- Thursday, January 31 at the GAP
54th Street and 5th Avenue

Sponsored by the AFL-CIO, New York State AFL-CIO, New York City Central Labor Council and Jobs with Justice.

NOTE: You need a ticket to attend the Global Workers Forum. Just call New York Jobs with Justice at 212-631-0886 to reserve your tickets.

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The "Public Eye" on the World Economic Forum
Conference on Alternatives to Corporate-Driven Globalization

"The Public Eye on Davos" International Conference
Thursday, January 31 through Sunday, February 3, 2002
United Nations Church Center, 777 UN Plaza
2nd Floor - Auditorium (44th & 1st Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Subway: Grand Central on 4,5,6,)

- Free & open to the public -

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As the world's top corporate CEOs and government officials gather in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria hotel for this year's World Economic Forum, a few blocks away an international coalition of organizations will hold the "Public Eye on Davos" conference for the third year in a row.

Come learn about the socially and environmentally destructive policies and plans promoted by the World Economic Forum. International critics and economists present alternatives while exposing how the WEF's agenda creates global inequality, environmental degradation and instability.

Presenters include:
* Robert Kuttner of The American Prospect
* Yash Tandon, Director of the International South Group Network
* Tony Juniper, Vice President of Friends of the Earth

International
* John Passacantando, Director of Greenpeace (United States)
* Bill Hartung, Senior Fellow of the World Policy Institute
* Adotei Akwei, Amnesty International
* Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Director of the Tebtebba Foundation,

Philippines
* Yassine Fall, United Nations Development Fund for Women
* Jonathan Schell, author and contributing writer to The Nation

The conference is open and free to the public and representatives of the media. For more information and daily updates during the conference, please visit our website at or , or call our Information Line at (212) 539-6747.

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Public Citizen/IFG/Nation Magazine (www.citizen.org): A forum that will include a report back from Porto Alegre, featuring Lori Wallach, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Mark Weisbrot and others. They have also invited the World Economic Forum's participants to report back from their own event and to engage in a dialogue with these representatives from civil society. Monday. 2/4 at 7:00PM, Community Church (35th between Park and Madison Avenue).

Students for Global Justice (http://www.studentsforglobaljustice.org/), are
hosting a student conference with workshops both Thursday and Friday, 1/31 - 2/1 (including a GTW presentation), followed by a peaceful, permitted ritual with Starhawk and the Pagan Cluster with Jubilee 2002 on Friday evening. Good energy from students of all ages.

Another World Is Possible (http://www.anotherworldispossible.com/) -- a coalition of organizations including the NYC Direct Action Network will hold a peaceful, "green," permitted rally and march on Saturday 2/2. The rally will begin at noon at the Southeast corner of Central Park, followed by a 1:00 march from the park, arriving at the Waldorf-Astoria. They are also planning trainings during the days leading up to February 2nd and coordinating logistics for out of town visitors.

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New York Jobs with Justice
330 West 42nd St., 9th floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 212-631-0886
Fax: 212-947-0835