Local Futures | 20 May 2016
6th global to local webinar
Beyond ‘Free Trade’ – Alternatives to Corporate Rule
with Stéphanie Danielle Roth & Helena Norberg-Hodge
Berlin on May 24th at 1:00-2.30 pm
New York on May 24th at 7:00-8.30 am
Sydney on May 24th at 9:00-10.30 pm
Check the corresponding time for your location
Join Stéphanie Roth, campaign coordinator of the European Initiative ‘Stop TTIP,’ and Local Futures’ Director Helena Norberg-Hodge, for an eye-opening discussion about “free trade” treaties that exposes some of their lesser known effects and outlines strategic alternatives.
For decades, governments and big business have negotiated trade treaties that have steadily shifted power from nation states to global corporations, decimating democracy, local economies and communities, while systematically lowering social and environmental standards.
But opposition is growing. People are waking up to the “free trade” issue and the fact that it concerns us all. Wherever your focus lies – social justice, worker’s rights, climate change, food and farming, animal welfare, community health, environmental protection – it’s time to get “trade literate” and take part in the resistance against a destructive system that only benefits the 1%.
During the webinar we will address the following topics:
The link between global trade treaties and • cultural breakdown • fundamentalism
• poverty • financial instability • epidemics of depression and suicide among youth
• increased CO2 emissions • plastic waste • GMOs • and much more…
“Investor-State Dispute Settlements” that allow corporations to sue governments
Strategies of resistance: campaigns, petitions, lawsuits, protests
Strategies of renewal: alternative trade mandate, systemic localization
This webinar is a chance to get updated on what is happening on the “free trade” front and to learn about resistance strategies and alternatives. You’ll find out what you can do to revoke these undemocratic treaties that threaten the survival of both people and planet.
Global to Local Webinars are online events organized by Local Futures as part of the International Alliance for Localization (IAL) initiative. The webinars are free for IAL members. We request donations on a pay-what-you-can-afford basis for non-members.
