Resource Pointer #226
November 22, 1999
For copies of the following resources, please contact the
appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
*When Trade is Toxic: the WTO Threat to Public and Planetary Health,
1999* Jim Puckett. Focuses on how World Trade Organization (WTO)
threatens environmental protection and public health. Covers
promotion of trade in toxics, threats to precautionary principle and
more. Explains current status of WTO discussion of "chemical and
allied products" sector, slated for expedited agreement to promote
trade. Discusses attempts by Australia to limit treaty on persistent
organic pollutants (POPs) by providing for WTO supremacy. 38 pp.
Free with donation to Basel Action Network (BAN). Contact Asia
Pacific Environmental Exchange (APEX), 1827 39th Ave. E., Seattle,
Washington 98112; phone (206) 720-6426; email apex@seanet.com; or
BAN, email info@ban.org, website http://www.ban.org
*Invisible Government -- The World Trade Organization: Global
Government for the New Millennium?, 1999* Debi Barker and Jerry
Mander. Provides introduction to development and structure of World
Trade Organization (WTO) and explains implications for environment,
agriculture, food, public health, intellectual property rights and
more. Environment section covers key WTO provisions and rulings with
environmental effects and discusses status of trade agreements on
wood products and water. Agriculture, food and public health section
includes explanation of rulings on bananas, beef, dairy products and
pesticide residue levels. 45 pp. US$5 IFG members, US$8 nonmembers.
Contact International Forum on Globalization, 1555 Pacific Ave., San
Francisco, CA 94109; phone (415) 771-3394; fax (415) 771-1102; email
ifg@ifg.org; website http://www.ifg.org
*Food First Trade Principles, 1999* Peter Rossett. Food First
Backgrounder. Outlines environmental, social and human rights
problems associated with trade liberalization. Presents principles
that should be met by any future trade bill, treaty or policy.
Principles include no corporate welfare; no food dumping; and
mandatory environmental, social and other impact studies. 4 pp.
US$0.50. Contact Food First/Institute for Food and Development
Policy, 398 60th St., Oakland, CA 94618; phone (510) 654-4400; email
foodfirst@foodfirst.org; website http://www.foodfirst.org
*International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development website*
http://www.ictsd.com/html Provides information for members of civil
society concerned about social and environmental effects of trade.
Includes past and current issues of BRIDGES, weekly digest of news
related to trade and sustainable development. Special section on
November 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) Third Ministerial
Meeting in Seattle includes ongoing calendar of official WTO,
comprehensive daily calendar of civil society events, map showing
event locations and more. Contact International Centre for Trade and
Sustainable Development, International Environment House, 13 chemin
des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland; phone (41-22)
917-8492; fax (41-22) 917-8093; email ictsd@ictsd.ch
*The Activist Cookbook: Creative Actions for a Fair Economy, 1997*
Andrew Boyd. Manual for organizers, artists and educators. Presents
ideas for theater, art and other creative approaches to making
political statements. Includes descriptions of skits and role plays
such as "Minimum Wage Limbo," "Credit Card Pole Vault," "Inequality
Olympics," plus ideas for guerrilla leafleting and more. Outlines
principles for effective action-performance such as choosing
powerful metaphors and balancing subtlety with clarity. Second
printing. 110 pp. US$15. Contact United for a Fair Economy, 37
Temple Place, 2nd floor, Boston, MA 02111; phone (617) 423-2148; fax
(617) 423-0191; email stw@stw.org; website http://www.stw.org
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