In mid April, the leaders of 34 American countries met in Quebec City to discuss the pursuance of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Meanwhile, the Second People’s Summit of the Americas, sponsored by trade unions and NGOs, was also meeting and issued the following declaration.
“All except weapons”
3 May 2001, byA year after the end of the negotiations of the Cotounu treaty with the ancient colonies of Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific the European Union has adopted the initiative" all except weapons" in it’s foreign economic policy Asuntos Generales of 26 of Feb 2001.
Left Unity in Australia
3 May 2001, byThe newly formed Socialist Alliance (SA) was officially launched on April 10, 2001 at public meetings in Sydney and Melbourne, the two largest cities in Australia. Around 300 people attended the meeting at the Sydney Trades Hall. The standing-room-only Melbourne meeting attracted a similar number to the inner suburban Brunswick Town Hall. Both meetings enthusiastically backed the Alliance project and many of those who attended joined SA on the spot.
Drawing the lessons
3 May 2001, byThis year the international camp for revolutionary youth organized for the past 18 years at the initiative of the Fourth International in Europe will take place in Italy, near Rome, from Sunday July 22 to Saturday July 28, 2001.
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