News and Media (Free Trade Area of the Americas)

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CNN: Six with explosives arrested in Canada before summit CNN: Six with explosives arrested in Canada before summit: Six people who authorities say planned to disrupt an international conference with smoke bombs, grenades and other "frightening equipment" have been arrested. (News and Media) http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/04/18/summit.bombs/ Plastic: Quebec Protest Leader Kidnapped -- Was It Les Flics? Plastic: Quebec Protest Leader Kidnapped -- Was It Les Flics?: According to witnesses, the marauders were dressed like activists, and when Singh's friends tried to pull him back, they shouted 'police!' and beat them back with long batons. (News and Media) http://www.plastic.com/article.pl?sid=01/04/21/2237254 Summit Ends With Pact and Cleanup Summit Ends With Pact and Cleanup: A comprehensive draft plan which pledges to complete a free-trade agreement in four years was signed by the leaders at the Summit of Americas in Quebec, where a sense of calm has returned. [ABC News] (News and Media) http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/Summit_plan010422.html Wired: Hacktivists Target Trade Summit Wired: Hacktivists Target Trade Summit: A coalition of cyber-protesters plan to flood 28 websites associated with this weekend's free trade negotiations at the Summit of the Americas with page requests and e-mail messages. By Jeffrey Benner. (News and Media) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43137,00.html Summit Under Siege Summit Under Siege: Police and anti-globalisation protesters in Quebec fight into the early hours, delaying the official opening of the pan-American summit. [BBC News] (News and Media) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1288627.stm AP: Greenspan calls anti-globalization protesters "wrong-headed" AP: Greenspan calls anti-globalization protesters "wrong-headed": Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, declaring anti-globalization protesters "wrong-headed," said Wednesday the United States must resist calls for erecting protectionist trade barriers. By Martin Crutsinger. (News and Media) http://www.hollandsentinel.com/stories/040501/bus_0405010033.shtml SF Indymedia Special Coverage of Quebec FTAA Protests SF Indymedia Special Coverage of Quebec FTAA Protests: The San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center's coverage of FTAA issues and actions, with photographs and reports. (News and Media) http://sf.indymedia.org/features/ftaa/ Globe and Mail: Meeting of finance ministers draws protesters Globe and Mail: Meeting of finance ministers draws protesters: As hundreds of protesters marched on a meeting of finance ministers in Toronto, Paul Martin said that he agreed with their position that global leaders should focus on social issues and democracy, not just trade. By Allison Dunfield. (News and Media) http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/C/20010404/wmartin?tf=RT/fullstory.html&cf=RT/config-neutral&slug=wmartin&date=20010404&archive=RTGAM&site=Front CNN: Police push back protesters as Quebec summit opens CNN: Police push back protesters as Quebec summit opens: Leaders of countries across the Americas opened talks on a regional free trade pact as police pushed back demonstrators opposed to further globalization. (News and Media) http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/04/21/summit.americas.03/index.html NY Times: Demonstrators at the Summit Are Greeted With Tear Gas NY Times: Demonstrators at the Summit Are Greeted With Tear Gas: The Summit of the Americas got under way in this fortified city today with 34 leaders passing through color guards and red-coated Mounties inside the delegates' hall, while outside hooded protesters tangled with riot policemen under billowing clouds of te (News and Media) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/21/world/21SUMM.html For Activists Today, It's Marks, Not Marx For Activists Today, It's Marks, Not Marx: Coverage of students opposing free trade agreements. [Washington Post] (News and Media) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A38223-2001Apr19 FTAA Independent Media Center (IMC) FTAA Independent Media Center (IMC): International coverage of demonstratrions and activism opposing the FTAA. (News and Media) http://www.ftaaimc.org/ Disinformation: Corporate Totalitarianism and the FTAA Disinformation: Corporate Totalitarianism and the FTAA: The corporate media realizes that the anti-globalist movement poses a threat to their domination, as interest in the movement might inspire some viewers to seek out more alternative media outlets. By Wes Moore. (News and Media) http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id1054/pg1/index.html FTAA Diaries FTAA Diaries: Zine highlighting personal political feelings of the protest in Quebec City in 2001. (News and Media) http://www.geocities.com/ftaadiary/ Washington Post: Protesters Disrupt Summit on Trade Washington Post: Protesters Disrupt Summit on Trade: "President Bush and 33 other Western Hemisphere leaders seeking to build the world's largest free-trade zone opened a summit meeting today as clouds of tear gas and violent demonstrations played havoc with schedules and delayed meetings." By Dan (News and Media) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A42089-2001Apr20 Atlantic Infoshop: Anti-FTAA Protests Atlantic Infoshop: Anti-FTAA Protests: Background and event information, and news coverage of the Quebec City 2001 protests. (News and Media) http://www.infoshop.org/octo/ftaa.html Straight Goods - Quebec City FTAA Coverage Straight Goods - Quebec City FTAA Coverage: Independent and reader supported coverage of the issues and the protests. (News and Media) http://www.straightgoods.com/FTAA/ Protests Delay Start of Americas summit Protests Delay Start of Americas summit: Anti-globalization protesters clashing with police delayed the beginning of the Summit of the Americas on Friday for one hour. [CNN.com] (News and Media) http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/04/20/summit.americas.04/ This Modern World: We don't want to have to kill you! This Modern World: We don't want to have to kill you!: Editorial comic strip about the anti-protest security at the Quebec Summit. By Tom Tomorrow. (News and Media) http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2001/03/26/tomo/index.html CBC News: Summit of the Americas 2001 CBC News: Summit of the Americas 2001: Full coverage and in-depth look at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City. (News and Media) http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/summit_americas.html Plastic: AP Bashes FTAA Protesters as Protesters Bash Security Fence Plastic: AP Bashes FTAA Protesters as Protesters Bash Security Fence: The protests in Quebec have gotten rowdy, and the AP is going with the 'law-abiding businessmen versus violent anarchists' media spin. (News and Media) http://www.plastic.com/article.pl?sid=01/04/20/2221256 Center for Media Alternatives to Quebec (CMAQ) 2001 Center for Media Alternatives to Quebec (CMAQ) 2001: Editorials, articles and coverage of what's happening before, during and after the Quebec 2001 Summit. (News and Media) http://www.cmaq.net/ CMAQ: Activists try to shift focus of debate on violence CMAQ: Activists try to shift focus of debate on violence: The Groupe Opposé à la Mondialisation des Marchés, Opération Québec Printemps 2001 and Forum Populaire de l'Outaouais are trying to shift the debate away from whether or not protesters will be violent or not in Quebec City. By Vincenzo D'Alto. (News and Media) http://www.cmaq.net/viewarticle.ch2?articleid=841&language=english Will Free Trade Kill Democracy? Will Free Trade Kill Democracy?: Coverage of the protestors, and how free trade impacts the countries that sign the agreements. [Salon.com] (News and Media) http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/04/23/quebec/index.html A-infos Radio: Interview with Jaggi Singh of the CLAC A-infos Radio: Interview with Jaggi Singh of the CLAC: Interview with Jaggi Singh about topics including the anti-globalization movement, FTAA, the Quebec City Protests in April, and American Imperialism. Downloads in MP3 format. (News and Media) http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=2754