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Zapatista Fair Trade Shopping Tour, Bay Area, Dec. 3-4, 2005Anonymous Comrade writes: Zapatista Fair Trade Shopping Tour Zapatista women's crafts will be on sale in San Rafael and San Francisco, December 3 and 4. Proceeds from these fair trade shopping events help to support economic development projects in Chiapas, Mexico.
A video message will be shown from Mujeres por la Dignidad, the women’s cooperative of Zapatista indigenous weavers whose art will be available for purchase. Speakers will discuss the Zapatista struggle for indigenous rights, the impact of globalization on indigenous people in Mexico, and the movement to promote fair trade and social justice. Gabriela Martinez López, a sociologist and researcher with the Center for Political Analysis and Social and Economic Research in Chiapas, is traveling across California as part of the tour titled "Women Confronting Globalization: Cultural Resistance, Fair Trade and Human Rights." Ms. López will discuss the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and collective rights of indigenous communities.
Contact: Carolina Dutton • 415/647-8126 (Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas) |
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