Action for Community and Ecology in the Regions of Central America GREEN PAPER 3: Freedoms That Are Abolished

Table of Contents Introduction 1) Trade and Investment: a little history 2) What is in the FTAA Agreement? Biotechnology and the FTAA Protecting Intellectual Property Free Flowing Capital What about Free Flow of People? Militarization and Globalization in the Americas Free Trade and Economic Developmen 3) Making the FTAA a Reality Corporate Globalization in the Americas Dry Canal Megaprojects and the FTAA Dry Canal Megaprojects and the FTAA 4) The FTAA and the Future of the Hemisphere Protecting Corporate Profits FTAA Attacks the Forests 5) Is THIS What Democracy Looks Like? The FTAA's Threat to Democracy North American First Nations: Going Corporate? Free Trade and the Proliferation of Sweatshops 6)THIS is What Democracy Looks Like Free Trade and the Proliferation of Sweatshops 7) What You Can Do Sources Acronym List espa–ol download this document (488k). ACERCA

The architects of the global economy have a new plan to extend corporate rule. Are you ready to stop them? ACERCA would like to acknowledge and thank the following people for their efforts: Principal Writers - S'ra DeSantis and Jennifer Webster (ACERCA), Mark Swier (Alliance for Global Justice) Contributors - Carlos Beas-Torres (UCIZONI), Sean Donahue (New Hampshire Peace Action),Sosar Easlo (Wabanaki Indian), Jason Ford (Native Forest Network), Emily LaBarbera-Twarog (Campaign for Labor Rights), Bob Naiman (Center for Economic and Policy Research), Anne Petermann (NFN/ACERCA), Daisy Pitkin (Campaign for Labor Rights), Basav Sen (Boston Global Action Network and Bankbusters), Brian Tokar (Institute for Social Ecology) Editing - S'ra DeSantis, Orin Langelle, Anne Petermann, and Jennifer Webster (ACERCA), Mike Prokosch (United for Fair Economy), and Bob Naiman (Center for Economic and Policy Research) Layout and Design - Jennifer Webster (ACERCA) Distribution - Lauren Sullivan (ACERCA) Photos - Orin Langelle (ACERCA) Special Thanks to Mike Prokosch, Irma Valeriano, Jaggi Singh, Bob Naiman, Wendy Call, and Lauren Sullivan for their help! All information in this packet may be repoduced, excerpted, or quoted. ACERCA should be given credit.