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<nettime> The FTAA Protests, Earth Day and More |
>Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:19:09 -0500 >Subject: The FTAA Protests, Earth Day and More >To: "The Nation Magazine" <emailnation@laser.sparklist.com> >From: The Nation Magazine <emailnation@thenation.com> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:leave-emailnation-3785332C@laser.sparklist.com> >Reply-To: emailnation@thenation.com > >Dear EmailNation Subscriber, > >Today the leaders of the Western hemisphere met in Quebec City for the >third straight day to try to hammer out final negotiations over a free >trade agreement that would extend across Latin America, just hours after a >turbulent night of clashes between police and protesters lead to about 270 >arrests. > >Tens of thousands of people converged on Quebec from across the hemisphere >late last week to protest the Summit of the Americas, where George W. Bush >and other leaders are trying to create a NAFTA-like economic zone across >the continent known as the Free Trade Area of the Americas. As of this >morning, more than 400 people have been arrested by an increasingly >violent Canadian police force numbering over 6,000. Yesterday, according >to an AP report, police fired rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas >at groups of roving activists while most of the nearly 30,000 >demonstrators marched peacefully through this picturesque city protesting >the proposed free-trade pact. > >The Nation is collecting some of the most illuminating reporting coming >out of Quebec City this weekend, along with some background information on >the FTAA, in a special web section. And we'll be adding frequent updates >over the next few days. Currently you can read columns, articles and >dispatches by Naomi Klein, William Greider, Sarah Anderson and John >Cavanagh, John Nichols, Margaret Wente, Alejandro Bustos and more. >Available at: > >http://www.thenation.com/special/2001quebec.mhtml > > >EARTH DAY > >George W. Bush's hard line on the environment -- including decisions on >arsenic, mining, energy, oil drilling and much more -- is mobilizing the >environmental movement more profoundly than has been seen since the first >Earth Day thirty-one years ago. To mark this critical moment in the health >of the planet we're currently featuring some recent commentary from the >pages of The Nation, as well as two web only special reports: > >BARBARA KINGSOLVER: Bush Vs. Green, -- WEB ONLY (April 6) >http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=kingsolver20010415 > >TERRY ALLEN: Science Or Politics?, April 7 -- WEB ONLY (April 7) >http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=allen20010412 > >DAVID HELVARG: Bush Unites the Enviros, May 7 Nation >http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010507&s=helvarg > >ROSS GELBSPAN: Bushís Global Warmers, April 9 Nation >http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010409&s=gelbspan > >DAVID HELVARG: The Three Horsemen, January 29 Nation >http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010129&s=helvarg > >DOUG IRELAND: Whitman, A Toxic Choice, January 29 Nation >http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010129&s=ireland > >JAMES SALZMAN: Earth In The Judicial Balance, October 9, 2000 >http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20001009&s=salzman > >WEB-ONLY ARCHIVE: > >You can also find a new archive comprising dozens of special Nation >web-only reports from the likes of David Corn, John Nichols, Amy Bach, >Mumia Abu-Jamal, Bruce Shapiro, Richard Kim, Mouin Rabbani, Congressman >Bob Filner and Ken Silverstein. 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