Plusieurs centaines de manifestants, surtout des jeunes, ont accueilli sans hospitalité lundi en fin de journée les participants à la rencontre du G-20. Devant l'hôtel Sheraton de Montréal où se déroule la rencontre jusqu'à mercredi, ils ont scandé leur désaccord face à l'idéologie néolibérale et ont demandé que l'être humain et l'environnement passent au-dessus de la quête du profit.

L'énergie déployée par les grands médias canadiens à faire la promotion des thèmes chers aux gouvernements, quels qu'ils soient, n'est plus à démontrer. Mais alors que certains médias rapportaient les moqueries de J-C au sujet du Bloc Québécois, Radio Canada lançait "SA" campagne fédérale en diffusant la première de sa nouvelle télésérie : "Le Canada, une histoire populaire".

If you're interested in helping putting together the event, come to 5482
> Victoria Av. (Cote-Sainte-Catherine metro), Thursday October 26th, at 7pm.
> Phone Nadine at 844-6612 for more info [or the Immigrant Worker's Centre
> at 342-2111 for better directions].

zlea-l est une nouvelle liste internationale qui porte sur la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques (ZLEA) et sur le Sommet des Amériques qui se tiendra dans la ville de Québec (Avril 2001).

Report from the solidarity demonstration with Prague demonstrators in Montreal on September 26. Includes a preview of G-20 and Summit of the Americas protests.

Participer à un carnaval contre le capitalisme, ça vous intéresse? Les politiciens et les patrons ne sont pas les seuls à se préparer pour le prochain Sommet des Amériques. Nous sommes des centaines à nous organiser dans une perspective anti capitaliste à Montréal en prévision de cet important rendez-vous. D'ici avril 2001, nous espérons être des milliers dans les rues du Vieux Québec à manifester clairement notre opposition à la mondialisation des marchés.

Resisting capitalist globalization ... Mobilizing for Quebec City ... Creating radical alternatives ... The Anti-Capitalist Convergence ...

October 24 and 25 Montreal dubiously hosts the Group of 20 (G-20) meeting at the Sheraton Hotel (Rene-Levesque West and Stanley). The G-20 is comprised of the finance ministers and bank governors of the G-7 nations, as well as other countries defined as "emerging markets." Importantly, the G-20 is also made up of the heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the
World Bank. These men (and they ARE all practically men) are some of the most powerful proponents of capitalist-style globalization in the world.

The DSP National Committee meeting October 14-15 discussed the exciting
experiences of the S11 blockade of the World Economic Forum in
Melbourne, and the S26 Prague mobilisation against the World Bank and
IMF meeting, and enthusiastically endorsed the proposal for a major
action on May 1.

Under pressure from the World Bank, last year Bolivia privatized the water
system of Cochabamba, the countries third largest city. The government
sold the city's water to Agua del Tunari, a subsidiary of the California based Bechtel Corp. In January the company increased the water rates by as much
as 400 percent. In a country where the minimum wage is $100 per month many
families saw their monthly water bill soar past $20.

People of Cochabamba rebelled. A coalition of labor, human rights, and
community activists under the leadership of "La Coordinadora'', brought
the
city to a halt. They refused to back down despite the government's
declaration of a "state of siege" and the sending in of troops. After
months of protests the Bolivian government was forced to nullify the
contract.

Make Sure Your Voice is Heard when Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin hosts a
so-called "Public Consultation" on globalization. The event is one part of
Martin's concerted public relations efforts in the lead-up to next week's
Group of 20 meeting in Montreal (and a potential federal election).

Sunday October 22, just one day before a street party and protest against the
G-20 meeting at the Sheraton Hotel (Monday, October 23, 4pm) the
Montreal-area "G-20 Welcoming Committee" presents a popular education teach-in

A little known, but sweeping new trade agreement, the WTO General Agreement
on Trade in Services (GATS) is the latest threat to the public sector and
the ability of governments to regulate in the public interest. Details of
this new trade deal were presented at a recent forum held in Vancouver on
September 21, organized by Trading Strategies, a coalition of unions and
civil society groups.

Article detailing what the G20 is and why Free-Trade is the new face of Colonialism.

Coordinadora Departamental de Defensa del Agua y de la Vida

Y....OTRA VEZ SALDREMOS DE NUESTRAS COMUNIDADES, NUESTRAS CASAS Y NUESTRAS
ESCUELAS PARA MOVILIZARNOS

Despues de mas de cinco meses desde la victoria de abril, ante la
incapacidad del gobierno, volveremos a salir a la lucha, esta vez porque la
situación del país ha empeorado, los jubilados han marchado, los
universitarios, los transportistas, los maestros y cocaleros están en pleno
conflicto; la problemática del agua está siendo tergiversada por gobierno,
algunos medios y comentaristas de prensa están pidiendo a gritos que el
gobierno reprima a la población para restablecer el "orden".

« Fausse crise du pétrole », c’est par ce titre que Frédéric Wagnière coiffe son long éditorial du 30 août. « Tempête dans un bidon d’essence », écrit une semaine plus tard Alain Dubuc. Un vent de panique s’empare des consommateurs en Amérique du Nord, la France et la moitié de l’Europe sont paralysées, l’attention de la planète entière est rivée sur l’augmentation des prix du pétrole. Mais, pour les éditorialistes de La Presse, « y’a rien là ! »

'GLOBALISATION' is only a word, in some key respects a misleading word. We could simply say 'Empire'. That might even be more accurate. Perhaps 'American Empire'. Perhaps even more exact - but in other ways again somewhat misleading! Because what we actu ally have is, finally, for the first time in history, a globalised empire of capital itself, in all its nakedness, in which the United States imperium plays the dominant role, financially, militarily, institutionally, ideologically. We shall continue to use the word 'globalisation', however, because it is more familiar and serves the purpose. But we shall have to explain what it means and how it came about.

Typical of the sensationalist big business press, the official coverage [on s26] focused obsessively on the activities of small handfuls of property destructors who acted outside of and against the spirit of the organized demonstration. But for our part, as partisans of the emerging movement against capitalist globalization, it is important that we reject these false characterizations of the media and claim S26 as a victory, a step forward for our movement.

Compte-rendu de l'action de solidarité avec les manifestantEs emprisonnéEs à Prague tenue devant le consulat tchèque à Montréal, le dimanche 8 octobre.

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From April 20 to 22, 2001, Quebec City will host the third Summit of the Heads of State of the Americas. The summit will principally deal with the creation of the Free Trade Area of the Americas, and needs to be viewed within this context. Clearly the failure of the launching of the Millennium Round in Seattle left a gigantic vacuum in the process of rapidly establishing a global liberalised world. The stakes in Quebec City are even higher!

THE RECENT GROWTH of obstacles to getting health care here in the United States has led to a renewed interest in Canada's system of universal access, called Medicare. (See note 1) Premium inflation has accelerated after stabilizing in the mid-1990s.

Protest Actions in Bombay and Delhi against the 55th Summit of the World Bank and IMF in Prague: Various organisations support the protesters in Prague Representatives of various organisations participated in symbolic, but effective protest against the World Bank (WB) and International Monitory Fund (IMF) in Bombay and Delhi on Sep. 26th. This was held in the wake of the 55th Summit of WB and IMF at Prague. This was also to extent support and solidarity to over 15,000 activists from all over the world, protesting against the Summit at Prague, inspite of heavy police deployment and terror tactics by the Czech Government.

Which do you love most, your party or your country? The Canadian Action Party is the only party that would immediately give the six months notice required to abrogate (cancel) both the FTA and NAFTA, as well as refuse to sign any more agreements like the FTAA if the "national treatment" clause was included.

À l’heure qu'il est, nous sommes si habitués à penser la démocratie exclusive comme quelque chose de logique et de naturel, que lorsque nous faisons appel à ce terme nous n'imaginons jamais un gouvernement de tout le peuple. Dans notre subconscient collectif, nous avons une idée oligarchique de la démocratie : une idée propre aux élites. Seule notre conscience morale et politique nous conduit à concevoir la démocratie de tous comme une utopie porteuse de solutions. Je postule et je soutiens que la liberté ne peut être atteinte que grâce à une démocratie non exclusive, qu'une politique moins injuste n'est possible que par la voie d'une démocratie inclusive et que l'avènement d'un monde moins violent et autodestructeur dépend de l'instauration d'une démocratie inclusive.