From www.ifg.org/

INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION &
TEBTEBBA FOUNDATION PRESENT A

TEACH-IN

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION:
A CELEBRATION OF VICTORIES, RIGHTS AND CULTURES

COOPER UNION, THE GREAT HALL, NEW YORK CITY
7 East 7th St. (at Third Avenue), from 1 PM to 10 PM

The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) and the Tebtebba Foundation are pleased to announce a public Teach-In celebrating major milestones in the rising resistance and political power of indigenous peoples against the invasions of corporate globalization. The event will feature 30 indigenous and non-indigenous speakers and will celebrate three important developments:

The passage of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations General Assembly. This momentous achievement, after 22 years of struggle, creates one of the most important political documents of our era, serving to protect the rights of indigenous peoples, their crucial right of self-determination, their collective rights, and sovereignty. Indigenous speakers active in the Declaration process will be present.

The recent political gains of indigenous peoples, especially in South America. They have succeeded in influencing progressive political outcomes in many countries, including election of indigenous leader Evo Morales, president of Bolivia. Speakers actively involved in these struggles will join us.

The publication of a new, expanded edition of “Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance to Globalization,” edited by Jerry Mander and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, published by Sierra Club Books. The book contains 28 articles on the major issues facing indigenous communities throughout the world, and highlights the many ways their resistance continues to counter corporate globalization’s drive to exploit the world’s last remaining natural resources, much of which is on native lands.

INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE (*confirmed):

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Igorot, Philippines), chair, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,
director, Tebtebba Foundation, co-editor Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples Resistance to Economic Globalization.*

Winona LaDuke (Ashinaabeg), indigenous activist, director, White Earth Land Recovery Project, founder, Honor the Earth, author, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life.*

Tom Goldtooth (Dine’ and Mdewakanton Dakota), director, Indigenous Environmental Network.*

Oren Lyons (Onondaga), faithkeeper, the Turtle Clan, Professor of American Studies, University of Buffalo.*

John Mohawk (Seneca), professor of Indigenous Studies, University of Buffalo, author, Utopian Legacies: A History of Conquest and Oppression in the Western World.*

Jerry Mander, founder, International Forum on Globalization, author, In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations, and co-editor, Paradigm Wars.*

Chief Arthur Manuel (Secwepem, Canada), Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade.*

Mililani Trask (Kanaka Maoli, Hawai’i), indigenous advocate and international human rights expert.*

Joseph Ole Simel (Masaai, Kenya), director, Mainyoito Pastoralist Integrated Development Organization.*

Chief Vilson Benedito de Oliveira (Tupinikim, Brazil), member Tupinikim/Guarani Commission, chief of Caieiras Vehlas.*

Luis Macas (Kichwa, Ecuador), 2006 presidential candidate; founder, Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE).*

Special Guest:
Q’orianka Kilcher (Quechua/Huachipaeri), actress, “The New World.”*

Jeannette Armstrong (Okanagan, Canada), director, En’owkin Centre, recipient of Buffet Award (2003) for Indigenous Leadership.*

Elouise Cobell (Blackfeet Indian Tribe), Executive Director, Native American Community Development Corporation.*

Joan Carling (Igorot, Philippines), Cordillera Peoples Alliance.*

Vandana Shiva (India), founder and director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy, recipient Right Livelihood Award, author, Monocultures of the Mind.

Mirian Masaquiza UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.*

Ali El-Issa Director, Flying Eagle Woman Fund.*

Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson (Haida, Canada), attorney and director, White Raven Law.*

Sheila Watt Cloutier (Inuk) former chair, Inuit Circumpolar Conference.*

Beverly Bell, Coordinator, Other Worlds Are Possible Collaborative, former director, Center for Economic Justice, author, Social Movements and Economic Integration in the Americas.*

Atossa Soltani, director, Amazon Watch.*

Elsa Stamatopoulou, chief of the Secretariat, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.*

Luis Macas, (Quechua, Ecuador), Goldman Prize Award Winner, 2006 Presidential candidate for Ecuador.

Melissa Nelson (Ojibwe), executive director, Cultural Conservancy.*

Maude Barlow, national chairperson, Council of Canadians.*

Judith Kimerling, professor of law, City University of New York.*

many others, to be announced

*confirmed

TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA THE NEW YORK OPEN CENTER:

$10 for students/seniors – Student/Senior Tickets

$15 for general admission – General Admission Tickets

Or call, 1-212-219-2527, ext. 2
New York Open Center

PARADIGM WARS BOOK TOUR

Author and International Forum on Globalization founder, Jerry Mander, will be discussing the IFG’s recent book Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance to Globalization, published by Sierra Club Books, in various U.S. cities over the next few months. He will be joined by other contributing authors and indigenous activists at many of the book events. Please join him at one of these locations and share this information with friends, family and colleagues.

SAN FRANCISCO
November 6, 2006
Modern Times Bookstore
7:30 pm
888 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA
415-282-9246
http://www.mtbs.com

Joining Jerry at Modern Times will be Atossa Soltani of Amazon Watch and Victor Menotti of IFG.

NEW YORK CITY
November 8, 2006
Bluestockings Books
7:00 pm
172 Allen Street
New York, NY
212-777-6028
http://www.bluestockings.com

November 13, 2006
McNally-Robinson Booksellers
7:00 pm
52 Prince St
New York, NY
212-274-1160
http://www.mcnallyrobinsonnyc.com

Joining Jerry will be Victor Menotti of IFG.

PHILADELPHIA
November 14, 2006
Robin’s Bookstore
7:00 pm
1837 Chestnut St
Philadelphia, PA
215-567-2615
http://www.robinsbookstore.com

WASHINGTON, DC
November 15, 2006
Busboys and Poets
6:30 pm
2021 14th Street
Washington, DC
202-387-POET
http://www.busboysandpoets.com
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, co-editor of Paradigm Wars, will be joining Jerry at Busboys and Poets, along with Atossa Soltani and Victor Menotti.

SAN FRANCISCO
November 28, 2006
Cody’s Books
7:00 pm
2 Stockton St
San Francisco, CA
415-773-0444
http://www.codysbooks.com

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, co-editor of Paradigm Wars, will be joining Jerry, along with Atossa Soltani and Victor Menotti.

December 6, 2006
City Lights Books
7:00 pm
261 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA
415-362-8193
http://www.citylights.com

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, co-editor of Paradigm Wars, will be joining Jerry, along with Atossa Soltani and Victor Menotti.

SEATTLE
December 10, 2006
Elliot Bay Book Company
2:00 pm
101 South Main Street
Seattle, WA
206-624-6600
http://www.elliottbaybook.com

December 12, 2006
Third Place Books
7:00 pm
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA (12 miles north of downtown Seattle)
206-366-3333
http://www.thirdplacebooks.com

PORTLAND
December 13, 2006
St Johns Booksellers
7:30 pm
8622 N. Lombard
Portland, OR
503-283-0032