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Free Trade versus Fair Trade

May 15 2011 - 2:00pm
May 15 2011 - 4:00pm

Location

Room 5280, OISE
252 Bloor St. West (at St. George subway)
Toronto, ON M5S 1V6
Canada
43° 40' 4.4004" N, 79° 23' 54.1392" W

The fifth and final session of the Toronto Bolivia Solidarity (TBS) study group series, "Extracting Profits" will be held Sunday, May 15 at 2 p.m. 

This last session, will compare the Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) with the Bolivarian Alliance with the Americas (ALBA). Lisa Mantia and Paul Kellogg will discuss "Free Trade versus Fair Trade" by examining these two developments in trade politics. 

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Situation critical: Honduras coup resistance continues

The dictatorship in Honduras, which overthrew the elected government of Manuel Zelaya in a military coup on June 28, has stepped up its reign of terror.

A state of siege remains in place. The most recent targets of the repression have Radio Globo and Channel 36 -- the two main media outlets opposing the coup and giving the mass resistance movement in the Central American nation a voice.

The continual repression has affected the size of anti-coup protests.

However, the ongoing resistance has caused further cracks to open within the pro-coup forces as support for the resistance spreads.

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in his own words

'Everything is possible' with coup resistance in Honduras

The following is a presentation made by Carlos Torchia to a Sept. 26 Toronto teach-in on the mass resistance in Honduras to the June 28 anti-democratic coup d’état in that country. The event was attended by about 60 solidarity activists.

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Toronto rally for Honduras

Supporters of deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya gathered outside the Brazilian consulate in Toronto Wednesday demanding his return to power. (Photo: John Bonnar)

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Repression as Honduran democracy in the balance

Early Tuesday, the coup regime in Honduras resorted to dispersing crowds who had gathered to welcome back President Zelaya, who remains inside the Brazilian Embassy. (Photo: Mariel Belz)

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The Honduras coup: A template for a hemispheric assault on democracy

The people of Honduras have now suffered more than 40 days of military rule. The generals’ June 28 coup, crudely packaged in constitutional guise, ousted the country’s elected government and unleashed severe, targeted and relentless repression.
 
The grassroots protests have matched the regime in endurance and outmatched it in political support within the country and internationally.  Its scope and duration is unprecedented in Honduran history. Popular resistance is the main factor affecting the international forces attempting to shape the outcome of the governmental crisis. It weighs heavy on the minds of the coup’s authors and their international backers.
 

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Harper government isolated as opposition to coup in Honduras grows

At Saturday's special meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) minister for the Americas, Peter Kent, recommended that ousted President Manuel Zelaya delay his planned return to the country.

Kent said the “time is not right,” prompting Zelaya to respond dryly: “I could delay until January 27 [2010],” when his term ends. Kent added that it was important to take into account the context in which the military overthrew Zelaya, particularly whether he had violated the Constitution.

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President Zelaya set to return to Honduras

A week after the illegal coup in Honduras, supporters of democracy continue to rally and brave military repression. Three people were reported killed Sunday. (Photo: http://www.iuf.org/www/en/)

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