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It's Time to Globalize the Resistance!
Latin America Solidarity Conference
In the 1980's, solidarity activists stood together
against US imperialism and ruthless dictatorship in Latin America,
preventing a direct military invasion of Nicaragua and El Salvador,
providing sanctuary for Guatemalan and Salvadorian refugees fleeing
military massacre, and bearing public witness to the human rights
violations committed by the United States government and collaborating
Latin American regimes.
Now, faced with corporate globalization, the
approach of the Free Trade Area of Americas (FTAA) discussion
at a summit meeting next April, and a renewal of United States
militarism in Latin America, members of the Latin American solidarity
community will unite again to form collective strategies at a
second Latin America Solidarity Conference (LASC II) on March
17-18, 2001 at the International Conference Center in Chicago.
This follows a very successful conference in Washington, DC, on
April 15, 2000 where 600 activists heard from 20 Latin American
speakers on the wide array of hemispheric issues confronting the
solidarity movement.
Goals of the Conference
At LASC II, we will develop analyses, coordinating strategies,
and calls to action for solidarity work throughout Latin America
in response to the many harmful and damaging aspects of globalization.
The conference will address each of the following 11 topic areas:
democracy, militarization, corporate globalization, trade, the
environment, labor, indigenous peoples, women's issues, rural/agricultural
concerns, human rights, and immigration.
Forming a Collective Strategy
For each of the topic areas, a pre-conference working group of
interested organizations will hold discussions to draft a working
"mini-manifesto," a brief document including statements
of principle, positions on relevant US and international policy,
and calls to action for US activists, which will be finalized
in conference workshops and consolidated with the others into
a single strategy and position manifesto for the conference.
How to Get Involved
We are calling on all interested organizations to participate
in the conference and join the broadening hemispheric networks
currently forming
Please consider the following:
* joining the Latin American solidarity listserv; send a blank
e-mail to
* sending a representative to the March 17-18 conference; see
registration form below
* joining the discussion of a pre-conference working group; see
website for details
* joining the conference planning committee; see website for details
* co-sponsoring the conference as an organization; see form below
To sign up for rooms/bunks, $16-32/night at the International
Conference Center, call ext 204.
Please use the form below to co-sponsor the
conference, reserve a table, or pre-register.
TO CO-SPONSOR THE CONFERENCE, RESERVE A TABLE, OR PRE-REGISTER,
PLEASE USE THIS FORM:
Name: Organization:
Address: City, State, Zip:
Phone: E-Mail:
_____ SPONSORING: $100 for Organizations with
paid staff, $25 for all-volunteer groups
_____ TABLE: $25/organization
_____ Pre-Registration: $50 includes 2 lunches
and 2 light breakfasts
All Checks should be made out to the Alliance
for Global Justice and sent to:
Alliance for Global Justice
C/O: LASC
1247 E Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
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