Wednesday, 31 May 2000
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The Organization of American States is meeting in Windsor, Ontario the week of June 3. There are a host of anti-OAS events planned in both Windsor and Detroit.
The major issue underlying this protest is the Free Trade Area of the Americas. In addition to a variety of North American progressive groups, the Canadian Auto Workers union has been central in planning and supporting the protests.
From tao.ca's call to action:
The Organization of American States is a capitalist mechanism for the North to further manipulate and exploit the South in the interest of corporate profit. The OAS works to ensure prosperity and stability for the rich at the expense of the poor throughout the Americas. The OAS parented the FTAA, the extension of NAFTA across the entire hemisphere. These "agreements" aim to eliminate international restrictions -forcing countries to compete against each other in a rush to the bottom. This means environmental, labour and human rights policies are deregulated as soon as they threaten corporate profit. Community initiatives, local economies and so called "democracy" are crushed in the capitalist grip.
This is Next Protest Site: Detroit/Windsor <http://monkeyfist.com/articles/549>