[May 2] U.S. Trade Policy & Its Impacts on Food, Land, and Immigration in the Americas (UC Berkeley)

Not Just Change but Justice!

A joint LASC/NACLA Conference

U.S. Trade Policy & its Impacts on Food, Land, and Immigration

Saturday, May 2, 1 PM - 6 PM

110 Barrows Hall (near Telegraph & Bancroft)
UC Berkeley Campus

LASC: Latin america Solidarity Coalition (www.lasolidarity.org)

NACLA Report on the Americas: North American Congress on Latin America

(http://nacla.org/justicecampaign, https://nacla.org/donate)

U.S. Trade Policy & its Impacts on Food, Land, and Immigration

As we approach the end of Obama's first 100 days, grassroots groups working

in solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean will come together to

assess the recent history of U.S. trade policy toward the region, and to

construct an agenda for the future that places the rights of people above

profit. This half-day program will examine how U.S. trade policy has

impacted issues of food, land, and immigration throughout the region, from

questions of food security in Haiti and Cuba, to biofuels and GMOs in

Brazil; from NAFTA and migration, to indigenous land rights in Bolivia.

Experts and movement leaders from throughout the country will participate in

this day of learning and action, and work together to create not just

change, but justice in the Americas.

1pm – 3pm: Panel discussion: each speaker is 10-12min

- Introduction: Christy Thornton, NACLA

- CAFTA: Kathy Hoyt, Nicaragua Network

- NAFTA: David Bacon, photojournalist, author of Illegal People

-US Trade Policy and Immigration: Colin Raja, National Network on Immigrant and Refugee Rights

- Agrarian and Land Reform: Angus Wright

- Biofuels and agrobusiness: Eric Holt Giménez, Food First

- Indigenous issues/mega projects: Maria Ramos, NISGUA

- U.S. trade and relations with Venezuela: Martin Sanchez, Consulate of Venezuela

3:30 – 5: Workshops

Constructing alternatives in food, land, and trade: Bolivia, Venezuela, and Ecuador

• Roger Burbach, Center for the Study of the Americas (CENSA)

• Martin Sanchez, Consulate of Venezuela

- Militarization & Counterinsurgency: How Plan Colombia and "Plan Mexico" support the neoliberal agenda

• Mary Ann Tenuto, Chiapas Support Committee

• John Lindsay Poland, Fellowship of Reconciliation

Immigration, food security, and US relations: a comparison of Cuba and Haiti

• Delvis Fernandez, Cuban American Alliance Education Fund

• Pierre Laboissiere, Co-Founder, Haiti Action Committee

Big soy and ethanol agribusiness in the Southern Cone: /Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay

• Eric Holt Giménez, Food First

• EricaOmena Erickson, Friends of the MST

• Theresa Cameranesi, SOA Watch San Francisco

5 - 6: Wrap up and moving forward

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