2009 Bulletins Index
December 2009
1. WTO Geneva Ministerial – Nowhere to Go – A Summary of the Outcomes
2. United nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
3. AFTINET Fundraiser – Battle in Seattle – 10 Years On
4. Connecting Trade & Climate Change – A Simple Picture
5. WTO – Time to Turn Around
6. WTO: Four Problems from Pascal Lamy – Four Answers for Pascal Lamy
7. General Trade News
8. Coming Events
9. New Resources available on our website: www.aftinet.org.au
November 2009
1. World Trade Organisation Update
2. Pacific Update - PACER Plus
3. Events: 10 Years Since WTO in Seattle - Fundraiser
August 2009
1. A day of Reckoning in Honduras
2. The Australian Labor Party National Conference and what it means for a fairer trade policy
3. World Trade Organisation Update
4. Free Trade Agreement Update
5. Job Vacancy – AFTINET Campaigner
6. Seeing through Empire's new clothes: extending strategies for anti-capitalist struggle against the economic crisis
7. The 2009 Ted Wheelwright Memorial Lecture Thurs August 20
July 2009
1. Australia takes and the Pacific gives in trade talks.
2. Latin America Drags a Reluctant Washington Into Supporting Democracy in Honduras
3. World Trade Organisation Update
4. Free Trade Agreement Update
5. AFTINET Event: Trade, Workers’ Rights and Development, 31 July.
6. The Gr8 Climate Sale Video now available
June 2009
1. ACTU Congress trade policy, the myth of protectionism and government purchasing policy.
2. Fairytale economic modelling ignores real world experience
3. Stop the violent repression against indigenous Peruvians
4. Take Action: Tell Crean Not to Push PACER
5. World Trade Organisation Update
6. Free Trade Agreement Update
7. National Climate Emergency Rally 13 June 2009
8. “Our Futures, Our Land": A photographic Exhibition, June 18th
May 2009
1. Fiji trade-off? Another reason to scrap a Pacific Trade Agreement
2. The Cure for Layoffs: Fire the Boss – Naomi Klein
3. ‘Food Colonialism’ Increasing Hunger in Africa.
4. World Trade Organisation Update
5. Free Trade Agreement Update
6. National Climate Emergency Rally 13 June 2009
7. “Our Futures, Our Land": A photographic Exhibition, June 18th
April 2009
1. Salesman Crean and the Snake Oil Trade Remedy
2. Trading Sham: Snakes and ladders in the market place.
3. AFTINET Fundraising Dinner – April 29th, Marigold Restaurant
4. AFTINET’s new Website!!
5. World Trade Organisation Update
6. Free Trade Agreement Update
7. Aid Through Trade - Tradewinds
March 2009
1. Global Financial Crisis - Jobs, not shopping
2. Who owns the Pacific Island Forum?
3. World Trade Organisation Update
4. Free Trade Agreement Update
5. AFTINET Fundraising Dinner – April 29th, Marigold Restaurant
6. Events
a. Fourth Sydney Roundtable - Global Economic Crisis: Challenges for the Rudd Government, March 21, 280 Pitt St, 12:00 – 5:00pm
b. Book Launch March 27 “Contemporary Society” by James Arvanatakis
c. Understanding Globalisation: A Short Course about Global Crisis & Global Justice - Melbourne, April 14 to June 15.
d. Announcing Just Coffee's 2009 delegations to coffee country!
February 2009
1. Australia, NZ Push Trade Agreement in Pacific2. US trade policies limit 52 governments' use of capital controls to fight financial crisis
3. Econo-protests paralyze Mexico City, Juárez-El Paso bridge
4. World Trade Organisation Update
5. Free Trade Agreement Update
6. AFTINET and AID/WATCH Economics for Ordinary Folk Teach In, March 28
7. Nuclear Policy in the Northern Territory: Current proposals and community resistance, Feb 20.
AFTINET Bulletin No. 154
January 2009
1. Free Trade Agreements Badly Failing Australia
2. Palestinian Farmers Union (PFU) on the Agricultural Sector losses as a result of the Israeli Aggression against Gaza Strip
3. Submissions for the Proposed Australia/Republic of Korea FTA due Jan 31
4. World Trade Organisation Update
5. Free Trade Agreement Update
6. AFTINET Strategic Planning Workshop Feb, 11, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt St
7. Australia's Climate Action Summit Jan 31 - Feb 3