Between February 12 to March 3, members of the Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC) in Montreal, and the Summit of the Americas Welcoming Committee (CASA) in Quebec City, will be undertaking an anti-FTAA caravan to the Northeastern United States in anticipation of the upcoming Summit of the Americas meeting in Quebec City this April 2001. We’ll be traveling from Vermont to DC, from West Virginia to Rhode Island. {schedule attached)

=== CASA/CLAC CARAVAN: Quebec comes to you! ===
ANTI-FTAA TOUR TO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
[Schedule attached below]

Between February 12 to March 3, members of the Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC) in Montreal, and the Summit of the Americas Welcoming Committee (CASA) in Quebec City, will be undertaking an anti-FTAA caravan to the Northeastern United States in anticipation of the upcoming Summit of the Americas meeting in Quebec City this April 2001. We’ll be traveling from Vermont to DC, from West Virginia to Rhode Island.

The caravan, in collaboration with local groups, will be presenting workshops and presentations on the FTAA, the Summit of the Americas, as well the broader context of capitalist globalization. Other topic areas include: women and globalization; the colour of resistance; the situation on the ground in Quebec City; anti-authoritarian and participatory organizing; and more. We are particularly interested in strategizing beyond the “summit-hopping” dynamic of Quebec City.

The caravan participants will be Helene Vallieres and Ian Renaud-Lauze of the CASA in Quebec City and Jaggi Singh of the CLAC in Montreal. Local US organizers and activists will also be participating in presentations. [Note: One of CLAC’s speakers, originally from Mexico, was refused a visa by the US government.]

=-=-=-=-=-= TOUR SCHEDULE – February 12 to March 3 =-=-=-=-=-=

[More details about the tour dates later in the month will be forthcoming in the upcoming week. For more info, contact clac@tao.ca.]

---> February 12 -- Plainfield, VERMONT February 13 -- Amherst, MASSACHUSETTS February 14 -- Springfield, MASSACHUSETTS February 14 -- Amherst, MASSACHUSETTS February 15 -- Providence, RHODE ISLAND February 16 -- Boston, MASSACHUSETTS February 17-- Boston, MASSACHUSETTS February 19 -- Buffalo, NEW YORK February 20 -- Ithaca, NEW YORK February 21 -- Syracuse, NEW YORK February 22 -- New Haven, CONNECTICUT (to be confirmed) February 22 – Middletown, CONNECTICUT February 23 -- New York, NEW YORK February 24 – New York, NEW YORK February 26 – New Brunswick, NEW JERSEY (to be confirmed) February 27 -- Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA February 28 – Philadephia, PENNSYLVANIA March 1 -- Morgantown, WEST VIRGINIA March 2 – Baltimore, MARYLAND March 3 – Washington, DC