A Call for a WEF Counter-Summit
National Activist & Student Mobilization

Thursday, January 31st to Friday, February 1st 2002
at Columbia University in New York City

Final Workshop List, As Of January 30th
Title Presenter(s) Time Location
Training: Health and Safety in Militant Demonstrations Ace and Gusto, North East Action Medics Association 1/31 10:00 Lerner C555
Training: Noviolent Direct Action Root Activist Network of Trainers 1/31 10:00 Lerner Party Space
A History of People's Global Action: A Global Anti-Capitalist Network Lesley Wood 1/31 10:00 St. Paul's Art Gallery
Biopiracy, the Earth, and Indigenous Rights Christina Cobb, Free Agency; Howard Brandstein, SOSFood; Georgina Silby, Primal Seeds; Eric Seifert, Civil Rights Attorney 1/31 10:00 Lerner W501
Citigroup: Taking back the planet from the world's largest private bank Patrick Reinsborough, Rainforest Action Network; Mark vonTopel, Powershift 1/31 10:00 Lerner W502
Dirty Business: Star Wars, Nuclear Weapons, and the Global War System Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Center for the Environment; Frida Berrigan, World Policy Institute; Emily Schroeder, Women's Int'l League for Peace and Freedom 1/31 10:00 Lerner E569
Growing Divide: Inequality and the Roots of Economic Insecurity Dara Silverman and Autumn Leonard, United for a Fair Economy 1/31 10:00 Lerner Jed D. Satow
Magical Activism Root Activist Network of Trainers 1/31 10:00 Lerner W503
Privacy and Surveillance The Surveillance Camera Players 1/31 10:00 Lerner Ramp Lounge E
Who is Mumia? Pam Africa, Int'l Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia 1/31 10:00 Lerner E568
Who's Next? Targets of the U.S.'s Endless War Simon Harak, Voices in the Wilderness; Riya Ortiz, Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines; Colombia Action Committee. Moderated by Brian Campbell, Left Turn 1/31 10:00 Lerner Ramp Lounge W
Training: Health and Safety in Militant Demonstrations Ace and Gusto, North East Action Medics Association 1/31 1:00 Lerner C555
Achilles Heel or Linchpin: Plan Puebla-Panama Alliance for Global Justice 1/31 1:00 Lerner W501
Building the Anti-Capitalist and Anti-War Movements Together Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace; Brooke Lehman, NYC Direct Action Network; Ehssan Vandaei, Berkeley Coalition for Global Justice; Hoang Phan, Left Turn 1/31 1:00 Lerner Jed D. Satow
Corporations, Repression and the Criminal Injustice System Pam Africa, Int'l Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia; Shana Agid, Critical Resistance East; Lawrence Hayes, Campaign to End the Death Penalty 1/31 1:00 Lerner E569
Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements Bill Moyer 1/31 1:00 Lerner W502
Economic Globalization: a Blueprint for Forest Destruction Jason Tockman, American Lands Alliance 1/31 1:00 Lerner Party Space
Fighting the Alphabet Soup of Globalization Mike Dolan, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch 1/31 1:00 Lerner E568
Four Steps to an IMF Riot Greg Palast 1/31 1:00 Lerner Ramp Lounge E
Multinational Corporations and HIV/AIDS Health GAP and ACT UP NY 1/31 1:00 Lerner Ramp Lounge W
Tibetan Resistance: Supporting Nonviolent Struggles in a Time of War Lhadon Tethong, Students for a Free Tibet 1/31 1:00 St. Paul's Art Gallery
Wartime Opportunism: Designing a Message to Counter Corporate Profiteering Jacob Harold, Organizing Director, Citizen Works 1/31 1:00 Lerner W503
Training: Nonviolent Direct Action Root Activist Network of Trainers 1/31 2:45 Lerner Party Space
Training: Street Tactics and Solidarity Root Activist Network of Trainers 1/31 2:45 Lerner E569
Training: Health and Safety in Militant Demonstrations Ace and Gusto, North East Action Medics Association 1/31 3:00 Lerner C555
Another World is Possible: Conversations in a Time of Terror Jee Kim, Jeremy Glick, and Beka Economopoulos 1/31 3:00 Lerner W501
Creative Writing for Activists John Tarleton, NYC Independent Media Center 1/31 3:00 Lerner W502
Global Sustainability: Corporate Agriculture and Energy and Community-Based Solutions Leslie Seff and Christina Salvi (GRACE), staff of Public Citizen. Moderator: Maryna Harrison 1/31 3:00 Lerner E568
International Financing 101: Drying Up Funds for Colonial Exploitation Students for a Free Tibet 1/31 3:00 St. Paul's Art Gallery
La Mirada desde la Izquierda: Progressive Latin American Social Movements Carly Fox, Mike Hoffman, and Isela Cienfuegos, NYCISPES; Dan Kovelik, AFL-CIO; Candace Rivas, ISO 1/31 3:00 Lerner W503
More Gardens! Preserving and Expanding Sustainable Green Spaces Aresh Javadi and J.K. Canepa of More Gardens! 1/31 3:00 Lerner Ramp Lounge E
Strategies for the Movement Mike Dolan, Public Citizen; Jaggi Singh, ACC; Katherine Dwyer, ISO 1/31 3:00 Lerner Jed D. Satow
The War on Dissent: Resistance and Repression in an Era of Global Warfare Joel Weiss; Rob Jones; Frank Morales (Covert Action Quarterly) 1/31 3:00 Hamilton 401
War in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Causes and Consequences Dena Montague, World Policy Institute 1/31 3:00 Lerner Ramp Lounge W
Title Presenter(s) Time Location
Training: Health and Safety in Militant Demonstrations Ace and Gusto, North East Action Medics Association 2/1 10:00 McIntosh 122
Training: Street Tactics and Solidarity Root Activist Network of Trainers 2/1 10:00 Altschul Atrium
Corporate Globalization vs. Animal Liberation Michael Greger 2/1 10:00 Lerner Ramp Lounge W
Educating for Justice Speaking Tour On Nike, Labor, and Workers' Rights EFJ directors, Leslie Kretzu and Jim Keady 2/1 10:00 Lerner Party Space
Gender and the Global Economy Farah Fosse, Global Women's Project 2/1 10:00 McIntosh 120
Immigrant Rights in the wake Of 911 Mac Scott, Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants 2/1 10:00 McIntosh 121
Training: Legal Info for Activists People's Law Collective 2/1 10:00 Hamilton 503
Organizing Labor Against the War Michael Letwin (UAW Local 2325) and Brenda Stokely (AFSCME Local 215, DC 1707), NYC Labor Against the War 2/1 10:00 Hamilton 302
Promotion of Global Corporate Psychiatry: What's So Coercive About It? Grace Nichols and Tina Minkowitz 2/1 10:00 Lerner Ramp Lounge E
The FTAA and Globalization for Beginners Dara Silverman and Autumn Leonard, United for a Fair Economy 2/1 10:00 Hamilton 304
The Globalization of Poverty: How Policies of Economic Globalization Increase Poverty and Inequality Antonia Juhasz, International Forum on Globalization 2/1 10:00 Hamilton 309
The Oneida Struggle Harry, from CrimethInc's Harbinger 2/1 10:00 St. Paul's Art Gallery
Tranforming US Democracy: Global Justice and a Voter's Bill of Rights Amy Quinn, Institute for Policy Studies 2/1 10:00 Hamilton 404
Why McDonald's Needs McDonnell Douglas: Globalization and the Drive to War Bill Tabb, Queens College Economics Prof.; Silvia Federici, Hofstra Prof.; Hamid Dabashi, Prof. Of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures at Columbia; Meredith Kolodner, ISO 2/1 10:00 Hamilton 306
Training: Nonviolent Direct Action Root Activist Network of Trainers 2/1 1:15 Altschul Atrium
Training: Health and Safety in Militant Demonstrations Ace and Gusto, North East Action Medics Association 2/1 1:30 McIntosh 122
Training: Legal Info for Activists People's Law Collective 2/1 1:30 Hamilton 503
Community Currencies Carol Brouillet 2/1 1:30 Lerner Ramp Lounge W
From Seattle to Johannesburg: Globalization, the Failures of the Rio Earth Summit and the Opportunities of the U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg South Africa Antonia Juhasz, International Forum on Globalization; Kenny Bruno, CorpWatch; David Waskow, Friends of the Earth; and Michael Manoochehri, Food First 2/1 1:30 McIntosh 120
Green Maps for Local-Global Justice Wendy Brawer, Green Map System 2/1 1:30 McIntosh 121
Guerrilla Video Primer Randy Shadowalker, Cascadia Media Collective 2/1 1:30 Hamilton 309
Guns And Greed: U.S. Army School of the Americas SOA Watch Carly Fox, Jolie Rickman, Hendrick Voss 2/1 1:30 Lerner Ramp Lounge E
Immigrants on Lockdown Kate Rhee, Prison Moratorium Project; Monami Maulik and Subhash Kateel, Desis Rising Up and Moving; and May Va Lor, Grassroots Leadership 2/1 1:30 Hamilton 404
Linking Workplace and Community Organizing Jose Schiffano, UNITE Local 169; Jeannette Gabriel, home health care workers union in NJ; Brian Price, Students for Social Equality from NYU; Jay Arena and John Coffee, City-wide Workers Tribunal Campaign in New Orleans 2/1 1:30 Hamilton 304
Revolution without Revolt: Old Ideas, New Approaches in Everyday Social Change Diana Crowder, Andrew Willis, Emily Jacobi, and Clarissa Peterson 2/1 1:30 Hamilton 401
Taking on the World Bank John Hocevar, Students for a Free Tibet; Tanya Margolin, World Bank Bonds Boycott Campaign 2/1 1:30 Hamilton 302
The Bhopal Campaign Debi Kar, Bhopal Campaign, and reps of CorporateWatch, Greenpeace, and Essential Action 2/1 1:30 Lerner Party Space
The Struggle for Justice in Palestine Robert, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP); Matt, Stop U.S. Tax Aid to Israel Now (SUSTAIN); Abbas, Al-Awda; Jordan Flaherty, International Solidarity Movement 2/1 1:30 Hamilton 306
WEF's Local Agenda: Fighting NYC Budget Cuts Jean Charles, Unite Local 169; David Thurston, ISO; Rep. From NYC Labor Against the War 2/1 1:30 St. Paul's Art Gallery