From November 25-28, 2002, organizations from all of the countries of the Americas convened in Habana, Cuba in order to participate in the II Hemispheric Meeting Against the FTAA. More than one thousand delegates participated from all of the countries of the Americas. Since the first Meeting, the process has shown a greater level of consciousness about the significance and origin of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and the effects it would bring. There has also been an increase in continental mobilization accompanied by an agenda of mobilizations and actions against the FTAA. Additionally, there is a greater level of consciousness and discussion about how the relation of the regional plans of integration paving the way for the FTAA such as the Andean Plan, Puebla Panama Plan (PPP) and Colombia Plan as the military expression of this economic process, or through bilateral Free Trade Agreements that the United States is forming with countries in the region.  The organizations of the Continent agreed to continue to mobilize, locating the principal strategic focus of struggle for the following years as the FTAA.  Additionally, the umbrella and mother of all of the Neoliberal ills:  the World Trade Organization (WTO) which will hold their next Summit in September 2003 in Cancun, Mexico.

At the event, the clear consensus formed by different networks of campesinos, indigenous people and social groups, and all of the other sectors, was a strong rejection of the FTAA and the WTO. It was determined that the social forces will focus on combating these agreements because they are already threatening human rights, food sovereignty of indigenous people and campesinos, and all of the people of the Americas.  Below, we reproduce the “Havana Call for Action,” along with parts of the Plan for Action, and the World Social Agenda.

HAVANA CALL FOR ACTION (* official translation from www.alcaabajo.cu)

TO ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT
THE LIFE OF OUR PEOPLES AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUR NATIONS ARE AT STAKE: FIGHTING THE FTAA IS FIGHTING ANNEXATION AND POVERTY

We indigenous people, black people, trade unionists, rural workers, young people, members of the public, people of religious faith, environmentalists, defenders of human rights, creative people, journalists, members of parliament, artists and intellectuals, men and women of all races, representing social and political organizations from the (35 countries) [?] of our continent, have gathered here in Havana, Cuba, for our Second Hemispheric Meeting Against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The United States and its ally governments in the hemisphere persist in their aim of imposing on our nations this supranational treaty that condemns increasingly large segments of the population to poverty, in the North as well as in the South; that grants rights to transnational corporations over those of states and peoples, indiscriminately exposing our natural, material and human resources to unbridled exploitation and, ultimately, eliminating any scope for independent development by our nations. It would amount to a new era of colonialization and annexation of Latin America, by the political, economic and military power of the United States.

The year since our First Meeting, however, has seen an appreciable strengthening of resistance to the threat of the FTAA and other disasters for our peoples, spawned by neo-liberalism. The first victories are appearing: the story is the same in Bolivia as in El Salvador, in Ecuador as in Peru, in Paraguay and Uruguay, in Quebec and the United States, in Mexico and other countries: policies aimed at privatizing energy, health, water and even life itself are being successfully resisted. Argentina, where the scale of the disaster created by the neo-liberal model has become apparent, has seen accelerating mobilization of the people against policies for concentration of wealth responsible for nothing less than social genocide; similarly, in Venezuela, coup and destabilization attempts, against an elected government frowned on by Washington, have so far been thwarted. Examples of resistance and measured reaction proliferate everywhere, most notably in the case of struggles lead by indigenous Indian peoples and the Black Movement - hitherto the most severely marginalized. Everywhere, the individualism, authority and division created by neo-liberalism are beginning to give way to unity and solidarity between peoples.

Everywhere, women are increasingly taking their place and in the front line and pressing their claims, a source of dignity and pride for the whole movement.

As regards the fight against the FTAA in particular, since the last meeting we have seen the setting up of committees representing a wide-ranging convergence of social and political forces in the various countries. This process has translated into the development of an information and education campaign, mass demonstrations and the preparation and creation of the Continental Peoples’ Consultation. The latter received a powerful boost with the plebiscite held in Brazil in the first week of September 2002, when over 10 million Brazilian men and women said No to the FTAA.  In Quito, on the occasion of the Trade Ministers’ Summit, we mobilized even under tear-gas attack by the police, and clearly transmitted our peoples’ message of opposition to the assembled governments that persisted with negotiations on the FTAA.

Stiffening resistance, strengthening of the social movement and its increasingly global expression are also being translated into political victories, such as the large vote secured by Evo Morales in Bolivia and especially the electoral triumphs of Lula in Brazil and Lucio Gutiérrez in Ecuador - candidates supported and brought to power by forces deriving from the people, who are opposed to the recolonization of Latin America. The new vistas opened up by these successes unquestionably represent a blow against the neo-liberal model: the votes of our peoples were votes against that model, against “free trade”, against US domination.

But despite these clear demonstrations of the wishes of our peoples, the US empire and its subservient governments in the hemisphere are turning a deaf ear to the growing, grassroots demands for justice and independence, and are persisting with their colonialist, anti people-power strategy. Despite the promises of development emanating from the promoters of “free trade” and the farcical programmes against poverty, there has been no improvement in unemployment and poverty levels; on the contrary, the situation has now reached the point of social genocide and human degradation. Our countries are even losing their food sovereignty. Basic public services and commodities, such as education and health, would be left to soulless market forces. In a country like Argentina, the hitherto unthinkable is now happening: children are dying of starvation. Debt remains a scourge and an instrument of blackmail and control turned against our nations. Militarization under the pretext of the war on the narcotics trade and, latterly, on terrorism, is the inevitable corollary of  “free trade”. The Colombia Plan, the Northern Command and the general “co-operation” of our governments with the Pentagon’s hawks complete the policy of economic integration subordinated to US interests.

Despite the seriously adverse social consequences of NAFTA in Mexico and other countries, and the significant opposition to the content of the present negotiations, the trade ministers reiterated in Quito their intention of completing the FTAA talks by 2004. Moreover, Washington and its allies (or, rather, subordinates) is not waiting for these negotiations to conclude, but is progressing on a daily basis bilateral or regional “free trade” treaties, each a component of a strategy for consolidating US hegemony in Latin America and paving the way for the FTAA. These plans for the hemisphere are part of a wider strategy pursued by US corporations within the framework of competition with the other economic blocs in the WTO; issues such as agriculture and privatization of public services which are only now being considered for inclusion in the WTO are already part of the FTAA process.

The FTAA and WTO negotiations (and the bilateral and regional processes within these) have entered a decisive stage. The crisis and desperation of our peoples are reaching their limit. The threat of war is here. But our chances of successful resistance are better than before: there is light at the end of the tunnel. Our struggle must also enter a decisive stage. For all these reasons, from the homeland of Martí - who has shown us that imperial domination can be overcome - we send out this.

CALL FOR ACTION: (* official translation from www.alcaabajo.cu)

·        In each of our countries, redouble the Campaign Against the Free Trade Area of the Americas, at regional and continental level, strengthening the initiatives of information, dissemination and education among the population at large, as well as all the forms of mobilization, all the other initiatives and activities within our power, to curb this programme for recolonization

·        Progress the setting up of unitary, inter-sector, multilateral and horizontal anti-FTAA committees

·        Provide a fresh boost to the organization and creation of the Continental Peoples’ Consultation on the FTAA, to be held on a new date by October, before the Trade Ministers Summit in Miami, so as to arrive there with the strength of the support of many millions of men and women from all over the continent

·        Develop a strategy for national congresses which ensures that members of parliament opposed to the FTAA present a united front with their peoples in the struggle to regain sovereignty and halt its progress

·        Oppose simultaneously the bilateral and regional “free trade” treaties, agreements and plans deriving from the unjust and inequitable FTAA model, as well as designing an alternative, just, equitable and sustainable basis of integration of the peoples, from the bottom up

·        Link opposition to “free trade” in the hemisphere to the struggle against the WTO, especially the new round and the inclusion of new issues that merely serve to extend the powers of an institution dominated by and subservient to the major transnational corporations

·        Forge more links with the specific campaigns pursued on a day-to-day basis by our peoples, against the various evils induced by neo-liberalism, especially those concerned with defending the public nature of education, health, social security and the energy and natural resources of our countries

·        Join the fight against all forms of exclusion and discrimination, as well as, especially, that for the prevention of violence against women

·        We call especially for linking of the campaign against “free trade” to the historic struggle against the unjust and unjustifiable burden of foreign debt, and against the US sabre-rattling that is threatening not just sovereignty but the whole planet

·        As well as the campaigns we shall be initiating in every country and region, we are calling for a gathering and mobilization against the FTAA and the WTO at the Port Alegre meeting of the World Social Forum in January 2003; for a gathering and mobilization against the WTO, together with our brothers and sisters from all over the world, at Cancun, Mexico in September 2003, staging all possible forms of mobilization and simultaneous demonstration in all our countries; for holding a continental day of action against the FTAA to coincide with the Miami meeting of the FTAA trade ministers at the end of 2003 and reconvening in Havana in January 2004.

We conclude our Second Hemispheric Meeting Against the FTAA in the conviction that we have fulfilled many of the goals we set ourselves at the First Meeting and that the present event heralds a new stage, a major advance in the struggle against this new attempt at colonial domination; the conviction that, following in the footsteps of the global resistance movement that found expression in Chiapas, Seattle, Quebec and in many other people's campaigns in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, we shall be able to change the destiny of marginalization, poverty and war reserved for our peoples by the moguls of power and money. From this free territory of the American continent, with which we proclaim our solidarity and for which we demand an end to the blockade, and respect for its sovereignty, we say:

LATIN AMERICA IS NOT FOR SALE

PEOPLE'S SOVEREIGNTY YES, FTAA NO!

TOGETHER LET’S CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE AMERICA!

Strategy for opposition to the FTAA. The main prerequisite for defeating the FTAA is mobilization of the peoples. The tasks and action plan set out below address this objective-

PERMANENT TASKS (* official translation from www.alcaabajo.cu)

1) Set up unitary and horizontal movements, committees and national platforms based on the social organizations. The challenge for the next stage remains that of organizing and unifying the various anti-FTAA groupings and initiatives into committees or national movements in all the countries. Unity must take precedence over internal disputes and pet projects, in setting up structures, horizontal and effective for the purposes of staging events, based on the social organizations. This is the central task, since it is the only way of achieving a degree of national and continental mobilization capable of beating the FTAA. The committees, national platforms and movements must encourage the widest possible participation by women at all levels and develop local, community-based committees linked to the centre.

2) Highlight the interaction between debt, militarization and free trade. It is essential to reveal the connection between these three mechanisms for re-colonialization. New free-trade agreements and credits are increasingly dependent on the “war on terrorism” - the new name for militarization of our countries. One example is the ATPA . Similarly, financial instruments, debt, plans for structural adjustment, conditions imposed by the IMF, World Bank and IDB complement and consolidate the trade mechanisms designed to exploit our nations.

3) A new stage in monitoring, following up and observing the negotiations. It is essential to strengthen not only monitoring of the content of the treaty, but also the proposals for products, services and commitments that each country is making in the FTAA talks.

Monitoring must cover not just the FTAA but also the WTO negotiations, the regional agreements (Panama Puebla Plan, ATPA, CAFTA, CBTA,…..), the bilateral trade and investment agreements and the militarization plans (Colombia Plan and installation of military bases) and foreign indebtedness. 

Monitoring must be carried out at continental, world, regional and national level, distinguishing between the various activities. We must pursue our demand that governments publicly announce all details of the negotiations and the identity of the countries responsible for the proposals noted in brackets in the draft of the FTAA.

4) Strengthen the mechanisms of communication, dissemination and training at all levels. Communication is a strategic activity and must exploit all available channels, public and commercial. National or municipal public media in countries with people-oriented governments should be used. We must take advantage of any opportunity among the commercial media that presents itself. It is essential to strengthen the media controlled by the social movements and their organization. We must increasingly make common property of the material being produced in the countries (booklets, audiovisual aids, radio programmes, CDs etc.). Promote the training of local instructors and agents. Combine the preparation of wide-circulation materials with the production of more in-depth texts in response to the latest stage in the FTAA talks. Launch materials and information campaigns on typical cases (San Luis de Potosí, Bechtel, etc.) and the real effects of the FTAA on people and the environment. Strengthen electronic communication and exchange of experience between the various organizations involved in the continental campaign. 

5) Develop proposed alternatives to the FTAA. In parallel with opposition, we must continue developing proposals for alternatives to the FTAA. A contribution to be worked on in this context is the Alternatives for the Americas document prepared by the ASC. The aim is not negotiation or reform of this treaty for re-colonization and death, but for creating a different form of integration that respects life, bio-diversity, water resources and the natural environment, defense of our borders, protection of domestic markets and production, food sovereignty, the importance of the culture and identity of our peoples, solidarity, justice and equity in the distribution of and access to wealth, and respect for the sovereignty of our nations.

PRINCIPAL COURSES OF ACTION PROPOSED (* official translation from www.alcaabajo.cu)

6) Maintain a People's Consultation on the FTAA in all the countries. The exchanges that started in Brazil and now move to Mexico, Quebec and Canada [?] represent one of our principal vehicles for informing and mobilizing millions of people and laying a democratic foundation for our campaign. Continental Consultation should take place in every country, extending the deadline for holding these sessions to October 2003. Each national committee should fix the dates for People's Consultation meetings within their country. The results of the Consultation at continental level will be made public at the days of action against the FTAA to be held in all the countries during the Miami meeting of ministers at the end of 2003. 

7) Integrate the campaigns against the FTAA and the WTO. Features of the FTAA are reproduced in the new round of WTO negotiations scheduled for relaunch at the Fifth Ministers Summit to be held in Cancun, Mexico in September 2003. The basis for operating via a single battle front is rejection of the FTAA and the new round of WTO talks coupled with the demand that agriculture, essential services and intellectual property be excluded from the WTO and any free-trade treaty. Derailing this new round of WTO negotiations would be a great boost for the anti-FTAA campaign, and conversely, victory against the FTAA would strengthen efforts against the WTO. It is essential that the national anti-FTAA movements take on this task, and it would be very important if the organizations that oppose the WTO took up the cudgels against the FTAA and other free-trade agreements world-wide. The idea is not that of running two parallel campaigns on the American continent, but of effectively including the WTO dimension as part of our normal operations.

8) Continental days of action against the FTAA and WTO. In this new phase, we can think in terms of mobilizing against the FTAA and the WTO simultaneously in our various countries. We are calling a continental day of opposition and mobilization (marches, sit-ins, route-blocking, protests, blockades, border closings and other events) for 10 September, coinciding with the start of the Fifth WTO Ministers Summit in Cancun. Similarly, the Continental Campaign against the FTAA will support the events and demonstrations being prepared for Cancun by the Mexican Committee Against the FTAA and other organizations. We endorse and invite participation in a number of other events such as the continental day against militarization, the 'Solidarity with Cuba' day, the continental day for observance of international law and others mentioned in the attached calendar of events.

9) Launch specific campaigns to strengthen opposition to the FTAA in terms of: 

i) aspects of the draft FTAA treaty (investment, services, agriculture, state purchasing, etc.) 
ii) common and distinguishing aspects of the FTAA and the WTO 
ii) regional treaties (PPP, ATPA, CAFTA, CBTA ….)
iv) bilateral treaties and actual cases of proceedings against states brought by transnationals.

These specific campaigns will facilitate the organization and combining of the forces and initiatives of various countries' movements and committees. All the groupings of countries involved in the same regional treaty should join forces and act in concert. Implementation and coordination of the various campaigns is the responsibility of the actors concerned, while the Continental Coordination's role is to promote and support such initiatives. Importantly, these events should involve as many FTAA-affected sectors as possible (businessmen, professionals, small firms, domestic producers, municipal authorities and others). Similarly, the role of the religious communities in the development of these campaigns should be highlighted.

10) Campaigns on issues common to the trade agreements. There are several initiatives and campaigns at continental and international level on issues such water, debt, militarization, GM foods, education, privatization, dams, duty-free zones etc. which should be strengthened and correlated better with the campaign against the FTAA and the WTO. Gender, ethnic and other aspects should be highlighted to demonstrate the real effects that the free-trade treaties will have. The central aim is not to create new campaigns but to contribute to and strengthen the orchestration of the ongoing initiatives.

11) Identify and strengthen the key issues within the national campaigns. In each country, one or more issues or sectors are of most interest to the transnationals and/or are uppermost in the public mind at national level (e.g. gas, bio-diversity, sector privatization, dams, etc.). It is essential that each national movement identifies these core issues in its campaign and clearly highlights its connection with free-trade agreements. At continental level, it is essential to organize support action for these local campaigns and contribute to their success. Victory against the FTAA and other free-trade agreements is built on such local battles.

12) Parliamentary and judicial action to strengthen the anti-FTAA campaign. The negotiations over this treaty breach the sovereignty and national constitutions of the countries concerned and fail to recognize the functions of parliaments and the courts. So we need to work with members of parliament and jurists involved in the social movements in our countries and persuade as many as possible to take steps in their respective fields, such as requests for official reports, putting questions, challenging on grounds of unconstitutionality, judgments and other means of demonstrating the undemocratic nature of the trade treaty negotiations; also by obstructing ratification of the FTAA and other trade agreements by the national congresses. This does not mean we think that parliamentary and/or judicial action alone will defeat the FTAA, much less provide the basis for negotiating or improving this treaty. 

NEW AND OTHER CURRENT ASPECTS

13) Policy towards governments and international institutions. The recent electoral victories in Latin America are an expression of growing rejection of the neo-liberal model. But however important they are, these successes at the polls must not cause us to lose sight of the fact that strengthening national international movements and mobilization remains the key task. We should be clear that it is not possible to amend or improve the FTAA through these new governments. We have no intention of telling these new governments their business. The most important thing is to maintain the unity of the anti-FTAA movement and, depending on the country and the conditions at the time, take the most appropriate steps to support, demand, pressurize or call for a hard line on the part of these governments in their dealings on the FTAA. We must demand that both these new governments and the traditional ones call plebiscites or referendums to let the public decide whether it agrees with the FTAA and whether its government should withdraw IMMEDIATELY from the negotiations. We must appeal to all the relevant international authorities and conventions (the UN, ILO, ICESCR etc.) to denounce, challenge or obstruct the talks.

14) Orchestrated action against the FTAA and WTO at the World Social Forum. Via the Continental Coordination of the Campaign against the FTAA and the anti-WTO movements, we plan to organize certain events designed to win support and derive synergy during the WSF. One of these initiatives involves jointly staging a day-long seminar to review the way issues such as investment, agriculture, services and others are being handled within the FTAA and WTO. Actively participate in the march against militarization, the FTAA, WTO and debt called for 27 January. A similar initiative involves constituting a court to consider specific cases where transnationals have sued countries, to highlight one of the key issues addressed in the negotiation of trade agreements. 

15) Ration continental events to conserve our energies. The events at continental level in the campaign against the FTAA which are defined, set in concrete and for which we are responsible are: (a) participation in the WSF - January 2003, (b) the WTO Summit - September 2003, (c) the FTAA ministers meeting in Miami - end 2003, and (d) the Third Hemispheric Meeting Against the FTAA in Havana - 13 to 18 January 2004. As regards the American Peoples' Summit in Argentina in April 2003 and the Hemispheric WSF in Ecuador in October 2003, the nature and relevance of these as continent-level events will be reviewed during the WSF in the light of the official calendar and timing of alternative events in process of definition. 

CONTINENTAL COORDINATION AUTHORITIES  FOR THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE FTAA

CONTINENTAL COORDINATION (CC)
Based on experience gained in January 2002 during the World Social Forum and renewed in May and October in Quito, the Continental Coordination is composed of two representatives of movements, committees, chapters or platforms per country and two from each continental or regional network. These rules will be interpreted less strictly during a process of unification or campaign organization at national level. Meetings of the Continental Coordination will be timed to coincide with scheduled continental events (see point 15), with additional dates being arranged if necessary.

CONTINENTAL SECRETARIAT (CS)
The Continental Secretariat will be based in Brazil. It will be set up on an integrated basis by the Continental Social Alliance Secretariat in Brazil and the Secretariat of the Brazilian Campaign against the FTAA. The CS will be permanent and will operate on a full-time basis. 

Calendar of Actions and events 2003: (* official translation from www.alcaabajo.cu)

January 4 to 6. National Farmworkers Assembly, CLOC- Chile
January 17 to 19. Pan Amazonian Social Forum, Belen Do Pará, Brazil
January 20 to 22. South Jubilee Global Meeting, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
January 21to 23. World Farmworkers Assembly, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
January 23 to 28. World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
January, 2003. Workshop on Alternative Media, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

February 7 to 14. Plebiscite on the FTAA, Haiti
February 10-14. Fifth International Meeting of Economists against Globalization and Development Problems, Havana, Cuba.

March 7. International Tribunal of Anti-FTAA Opinion, Bogotá, Colombia
March 5 to 7. Central American Farmworkers Meeting, Honduras.
March. Protest days on the CAFTA Ministerial Meeting in San Salvador.
March. Forum on Biodiversity, Honduras.
March-April. World Meeting on Agrarian Reform and Gender, Bolivia.
March. Consultations against the FTAA, Ecuador.
March. Women's World Assembly on Agrarian Reform and Trade in Bolivia
March 8. International Women's Day: the women call for a mass march against the FTAA
March 8 to June 24. National Consultation Against the FTAA, Peru

1^st fortnight in April. Regional Meeting Against the FTAA.
April. National Agrarian Congress in favor of Land Tenure Rights, Colombia.
April. National Women Farmworker's Meeting, Colombia.
April 10-12. Peoples of the Americas Summit, Buenos Aires (to be confirmed)
April 17. World Day for Peasant Struggle.
April 17. Caribbean Farmworkers Against the FTAA Day
April. Andean Regional Meeting.
April. Plebiscite against the FTAA, Chile.
April 27 to May 1. "Globalize a Full Life" Continental Consultation on Faith, Economics and Society
April. National Anti-FTAA and Alternatives Forum, Panama

May 1^st. International Labor Day.
May 6-9. I Hemispheric Meeting against Militarization, Chiapas, Mexico.
May. Demonstrations in Puerto Rico for the Liberation of Vieques.

June. Continental Day for Respect of International Law. Legal Analysis of the FTAA.
June. Third Biological & Cultural Diversity Week
June. Second Central American Forum Against Dams
June 5 to 7. Central America Social Encounter in Honduras; preparations in all countries of the region
June 26. Solidarity with Cuba Day, commemorating the attack on the Moncada Barracks.

July-August. Fifth Forum against the Panama Puebla Plan, Honduras.

August. Second Andean Forum of Rural Organizations, Peru.
August 20-24. Third Caribbean Peoples Assembly, Haiti.
August. March of the Poor Against the FTAA, Southern USA with hemispheric participation

September 10-14. Protest days against the WTO event in Cancun. Parallel meeting.
Week of continental-level activities in every country.

October. Via Campesina World Conference, Brazil.
October 8-12. Hemispheric Social Forum, Quito, Ecuador (to be confirmed)
October 12. Cry of the Excluded.
October 12. Peoples' Resistance Day
October 15. International Rural Women’s Day.

(November 16 or 3) Continental Day of Demonstrations against Militarization.
November. Protest days against the meeting of ministers negotiating the FTAA, in Miami.
November 7 to 9. Encampment against the FTAA, Brazil.
November 17. International Students Day.
November 25 to 29. Building Women's Emancipation, Colombia
December. World Congress on Migration
November 25. Latin American Days on Preventing Violence Against Women, and Days Against the FTAA
Two-nation Meetings, Ecuador-Peru and Peru-Bolivia, 2003 (no date set for CLOC).

2004

January 13 to 16. Third Hemispheric Meeting Against the FTAA, Havana, Cuba.
August. Fourth Assembly of the Convergence of Movements of Peoples of the Americas (COMPA).

·        Solidarity Event with/in Venezuela, organized by Evo Morales and supported, among others, by the trade union and anti-militarist workshops and the Christians' workshop.
·        Caribbean Event on the FTAA, duty-free zones and cross-border plants.
·        Boycott of products of the transnationals (Coca Cola, MacDonalds, GM foods).
·        Bus tour of the US to campaign for Economic and Social Human Rights, with the participation of movements in the hemisphere opposing the FTAA and supporting political, economic, social and cultural human rights.
·        Women Against Poverty world march. Americas Campaign against the FTAA. March - November.
·        Campaign against the use of toxic chemicals in agroindustrial processes.
·        Anti-FTAA Consultation in all the countries throughout 2003
·        Forum of Left-Wing members of Parliament
·        Local Authorities Forum.

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